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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 12:00:50 JST Adrianna Tan

   I saw a YouTube food thing claim that ‘eating two dishes and a soup and rice’ is the Japanese way of life and I was like ? I’m Japanese??

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 12:01:39 JST Adrianna Tan

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     It is a very different way of thinking about food for sure. I do expect that configuration in most of my meals (and now have to make it myself). No clear soup, no life. No rice, no happy. No small dishes, no good.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 12:08:30 JST Adrianna Tan

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     A running joke at home is my wife always asks me what’s for dinner and I’m like ‘something really simple’ and then she says 4 dishes! Really simple!

     Well that is simple food for me heheh (also once you get the hang of wok cooking and steaming it is super fast)

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 12:11:16 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I think these basic building blocks of home cooking also extend to family style eating at Chinese restaurants.

     2 people = 2 dishes. 3 people = 3 dishes. 4 people = 4 dishes.

     Don’t repeat cooking techniques (1 steamed 1 fried is ok, 2 fried is weird)

     Have as many proteins as possible

     One of the dishes is veg-centric

     There’s always rice and soup

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 12:14:08 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Dan McDonough

     @danluvsbeer I have a carbon steel wok on a gas stove.

     I would prob be fine with an electric stove if I got one of the induction wok / stove combos. Most western kitchens are already severely underpowered with gas for Chinese cooking, and electric feels less useful for what I do. But the new induction wok combos look like they’re getting better.

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     Dan McDonough (danluvsbeer@thepit.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 12:14:09 JST Dan McDonough

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     @skinnylatte What's your wok setup? Just a flat-bottomed one on a gas or electric stove?

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     Das (srdas@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 13:32:31 JST Das

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     @skinnylatte this (at restaurants) must be for beginners. I'd up the dishes count per person by 1, and by 2 when 4+ people 😄

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 13:32:31 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Das

     @SRDas I’d do that at a Chinese restaurant I *really* like