Recommend an Asian cookbook, please....

I-SIG
I-SIG Posts: 2,238
edited January 2010 in The Clubhouse
An Asian marketplace just opened near my house, a nice big one like on Buford Hwy in Atlanta.

Anyway, I've been making excuses not to get a nice Asian cookbook so now I have no excuse not to get one.

Can anyone make a recommendation of one they like? I mainly like Chinese, Thai, and Japanese, but I definitely want to expand to Korean and Vietnamese.

Thanks,
Wes
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  • Gadabout
    Gadabout Posts: 1,072
    edited January 2010
    Since Asian is such a broad scope of flavors and cooking styles / techniques perhaps Charmaine Soloman's Asian Cooking might be a good place to start. It's been in print for 30 years. Friend of mines wife calls it the bible for asian cooking.

    While perhaps not the Holy Grail, she loves it and says its a good way to get started.

    Hope that helps.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited January 2010
    u should read my mom... lol
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  • DeusExa
    DeusExa Posts: 491
    edited January 2010
    nguyendot wrote: »
    u should read my mom... lol

    lol...or my dad
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  • anhchungdoan
    anhchungdoan Posts: 760
    edited January 2010
    I-SIG wrote: »
    An Asian marketplace just opened near my house, a nice big one like on Buford Hwy in Atlanta.

    Anyway, I've been making excuses not to get a nice Asian cookbook so now I have no excuse not to get one.

    Can anyone make a recommendation of one they like? I mainly like Chinese, Thai, and Japanese, but I definitely want to expand to Korean and Vietnamese.

    Thanks,
    Wes


    Haven't try " PHO" ? Then you may miss something good.
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  • DeusExa
    DeusExa Posts: 491
    edited January 2010
    Roy Yamaguchi - he's probably the asian fusion chef.
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited January 2010
    wes, how big is the place? name and location? i heard nothing of it. my mom likes to run up to phoenix to hit up the big market they have up there. this would save time and gas.

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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,849
    edited January 2010
    DeusExa wrote: »
    Roy Yamaguchi - he's probably the asian fusion chef.

    Yes for those with money...but for "broke da mouth" meals and costs anyone can afford Sam Choy is the way to go.

    check out the net you will find thousands of recipies to try........
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,238
    edited January 2010
    BIZILL wrote: »
    wes, how big is the place? name and location? i heard nothing of it. my mom likes to run up to phoenix to hit up the big market they have up there. this would save time and gas.

    Bill,

    The Lee Lee Asian Market is at La Cholla and Orange Grove, northeast corner across from the NW Hospital.

    It's in one of the old grocery stores from the 70's or early 80's, 40-60,000 square feet. Compared to that store on Oracle near Rudasill, this place is like a Fry's Marketplace vs a Food City! :eek:

    Wes
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited January 2010
    nguyendot wrote: »
    u should read my mom... lol

    Nguyendot, do you recommend any other stores beside the big one at 25th & Military? Just curious, as that's the one we are familiar with.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited January 2010
    The Cao Nguyen super market there is the best. You can find some different varieties at the Chinatown supermarket just south of there on Classen as well.

    There isn't much Super Cao Nguyen doesn't have. There's one on the south side too but it doesn't compare.

    Any yes.... my mom is a walking talking Vietnamese cook book. She could probably cook a different meal every night that's Vietnamese without ever consulting a recipe.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2010
    Unless you like a particular chef's style, there are about a billion free recipes on the web if you do a little digging.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited January 2010
    nguyendot wrote: »
    The Cao Nguyen super market there is the best. You can find some different varieties at the Chinatown supermarket just south of there on Classen as well.

    There isn't much Super Cao Nguyen doesn't have. There's one on the south side too but it doesn't compare.

    Any yes.... my mom is a walking talking Vietnamese cook book. She could probably cook a different meal every night that's Vietnamese without ever consulting a recipe.

    Okay, figured I'd check with a pro.
    Super-Cao is where we go.

    Oh man, a jingle.

    Yeah, I think we checked the Southside one on Penn one time. Had a few different items, but definitely not in the same league.


    We're not a rice every night family, but I scored a used Zojirushi (sp) Bigboy 10 cup cooker off CL a few months ago. It was in Electronics, of all places, and I'm thinking, "Great, another CL noob can't find....waitaminit", checked around Amazon prices and snapped that puppy up for a song.

    Man, I was so sick of that black & decker piece of junk. Even once a week was too much it would spew that rice starch goo all over the counter.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited January 2010
    Yeah I have one of those too. It sits on the floor. I scavenged parts from it for my 12 year old cooker. It keeps rice for 5 days with no problem ;)
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited January 2010
    Wow. You leave it on Warm all that time? Or shut it off? Either way, that's amazing.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited January 2010
    John30_30 wrote: »
    We're not a rice every night family, but I scored a used Zojirushi (sp) Bigboy 10 cup cooker off CL a few months ago. It was in Electronics, of all places, and I'm thinking, "Great, another CL noob can't find....waitaminit", checked around Amazon prices and snapped that puppy up for a song.

    Man, I was so sick of that black & decker piece of junk. Even once a week was too much it would spew that rice starch goo all over the counter.

    For a rice cooker, get a National (Panasonic)....they do not ever break.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,079
    edited January 2010
    Some guy named Keiko has a good recipe for some Asian Pie.
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,238
    edited January 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Unless you like a particular chef's style, there are about a billion free recipes on the web if you do a little digging.

    I'm sure there are, but I didn't really want to blindly buy a cookbook and end up hating all the recipes. The folks around here usually come through for odd requests like this....

    Wes
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