Product Description

Chinese take-out has become a popular staple in American Dining. Now you can find out how to make some take-out favorites in your own kitchen. The dishes are simple and easy to follow! Unlike the regular cooking video which rush through each dish demonstration, this video has no time limits, you can see the end result and detail of each dish. There is no rush-rush, chop-chop, no lengthly instruction, no time-lapse, no talk-show host, just simple straight forward step-by-step cooking instruction - real time cooking demonstration. You can learn at your own pace. If you have trouble following, just pause and rewind, it's that simple! This DVD features : How to make take-out style broth; Wonton Soup, Egg Drops Soup, Fried Wontons, Egg Rolls, BBQ Spare Ribs, Char Siu (Roast Pork) and Special Chinese Sauces. Hosted by Sifu Chui, a Hong Kong native, shares her passion for cooking home-style Chinatown dishes. In this series, she researches some popular take-out restaurants and their specialty dishes, then shows you how to create them in your own kitchen.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #151289 in DVD
• Brand: Chopstick Bowl
• Model: CT6245S
• Published on: 2007
• Rating: Unrated
• Format: Color
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 120 minutes

Features

• Making take-out style broth
• Wonton Soup; Egg Drop Soup
• Fried Wontons; Egg Rolls
• Bar-B-Que Spare Ribs; Char Siu (Sweet Roast Pork)
• Special Chinese Sauces

Customer Reviews

What a blessing this video was for me!
Although I've always appreciated the art of cooking (and not to mention I love to eat!) I never enjoyed cooking. In fact, I hated it. I never had the patience for it, nor did I ever enjoy the mess I had to clean up afterwards. For whatever reason, I decided to try this volume of a series on preparing Chinese food at home. I figured since I spend so much money on a weekly basis ordering it and tipping a driver, why not try to overcome my aversion and learn it myself? It turns out to be the smartest move I made all year. Once I got all the tools and ingredients, following this video was so easy and SO rewarding in terms of what I accomplished. The food I prepared by following this video was without a doubt as good if not better than any take-out place I've ever ordered from, and I am NOT a good cook by any means! I can't wait to try the rest of this series, and thank you to the people who released this series!

Very Good Chinese Take-out Instructional DVD - Recommended
We bought "Chinese Take-out Soups and Appetizers Cooking" as part of the Chinese Take-out Cooking DVD Box Set. This video does exactly what we hoped it would do, show us how to make the soups and appetizers we order when we go get Chinese Take-out.

The video stresses that off the shelf mixes and wrappers can be used (most of the examples do use store bought components), but they also show the ingredients used in the store bought items. The video shows almost every step in real time, with very few cut aways. This can get a little tedious, like when she is making egg dough or folding 5 Egg Rolls, but it isn't too bad. They also do a comparison to "actual Take-out" and what they made on the video, which is interesting.

Some things to note:

* The ingredient list is very quickly shown at start of section, so it is best to pause and write them down because they are not always identified as the dish is being prepared.

* They also point you to their web site for spice and ingredient info. I should note that there is a lot of good information and tips on the site.

* The video was shot without benefit of a tripod, so it can be a little jumpy and a little distracting

* The background music is somewhat repetitive and also a little distracting

This is a very good video and it does exactly what it advertises, teach you how to quickly make popular Take-out soups and appetizers. It did not show "Hot and Sour" soup (my favorite), but did include Egg Drop and Wanton.

Highly recommended!