Fuchsia Dunlop went to Sichuan Province in southwest China in 1994 to study China's policy on ethnic minorities for the British Council, the British Government the body of international cultural relations.
Fortunately for lovers of Chinese food, Ms. Dunlop neglected his studies in favor of taking to the streets on a bicycle, filling journals with notes and drawings discovered and grilling food hawkers and shop owners noodle food from your city.
She recounted her Chinese culinary journey in China 'Sichuan cuisine "(2001) and" revolutionary China cookbook: Recipes from Hunan Province (2006). Its 2. 008 memories, 'shark's fin and Sichuan pepper, "won the 2009 Jane Grigson Award of the International Association of Culinary Professionals last year and was shortlisted for a prestigious James Beard Foundation, established in honor of the chef famous American cookbook author.
Today, Ms. Dunlop is widely recognized as the preeminent Western expert on Chinese food, and a clever lyrical interpreter of the mysteries of the regional cuisine for lovers of Western food and Chinese diaspora alike. Along the way, she has become accustomed to having both Western and Chinese people are asking her obsession.
"In the early days I think they were touched that this stranger was so mad passion for Chinese food, but because I can talk a lot about the professional kitchen and I can speak with some precision on cooking methods and ingredients, which are really surprised," said Ms. Dunlop, who also read and write in Chinese.
At home in London, she takes a dim-sum settlement in the Royal China restaurant in Canary Wharf ─ one of the six best Chinese restaurants in the world, according to his calculations. "Sitting on the terrace here on a hot summer day, eating donuts and overlooking the Thames, is one of my favorite things. His other five teams are in China:
1. Beijing Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant
For Peking duck, obviously.
22 Dongsishitiao, Dongcheng District. Tel 86-10-5169-0328
2. Yu's Family Kitchen in Chengdu, Sichuan Province
This restaurant, run by chef and his wife Yu Bo Dai Shuang, is probably the most exciting thing I've found in over 15 years of eating around China. Is a small place with only six private dining rooms, and the food is exquisite.
43 Xiangzi Zhai. Tel 86-28-8669-1975
3. Dragon Well Manor in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
The food here is organic, coming directly from artisan producers and farmers, cooked by chefs without MSG and served in private rooms scattered around a beautiful garden in the hills of Longjing tea. It's like visiting the Prospect Garden in the classic Chinese novel "Dream of Red Mansions (Hong Lou Meng"). One of my favorite places in China.
Longjing Lu 399. Tel 86-571-8788-8777
4. Fat Cheung, Hong Kong
A rather scruffy coffee area in Kowloon City, which serves wonderful food Chaozhou.
60 Nam Shing Rd. Tel 852-2383-3114
5. The Lu family residence, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province
His is possibly my favorite breakfast in China: Yangzhou baozi delicious dumplings and served in the restored mansion of a salt merchant.
22 Kangshan San Tel 86-514-8790-7197
Fortunately for lovers of Chinese food, Ms. Dunlop neglected his studies in favor of taking to the streets on a bicycle, filling journals with notes and drawings discovered and grilling food hawkers and shop owners noodle food from your city.
She recounted her Chinese culinary journey in China 'Sichuan cuisine "(2001) and" revolutionary China cookbook: Recipes from Hunan Province (2006). Its 2. 008 memories, 'shark's fin and Sichuan pepper, "won the 2009 Jane Grigson Award of the International Association of Culinary Professionals last year and was shortlisted for a prestigious James Beard Foundation, established in honor of the chef famous American cookbook author.
Today, Ms. Dunlop is widely recognized as the preeminent Western expert on Chinese food, and a clever lyrical interpreter of the mysteries of the regional cuisine for lovers of Western food and Chinese diaspora alike. Along the way, she has become accustomed to having both Western and Chinese people are asking her obsession.
"In the early days I think they were touched that this stranger was so mad passion for Chinese food, but because I can talk a lot about the professional kitchen and I can speak with some precision on cooking methods and ingredients, which are really surprised," said Ms. Dunlop, who also read and write in Chinese.
At home in London, she takes a dim-sum settlement in the Royal China restaurant in Canary Wharf ─ one of the six best Chinese restaurants in the world, according to his calculations. "Sitting on the terrace here on a hot summer day, eating donuts and overlooking the Thames, is one of my favorite things. His other five teams are in China:
1. Beijing Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant
For Peking duck, obviously.
22 Dongsishitiao, Dongcheng District. Tel 86-10-5169-0328
2. Yu's Family Kitchen in Chengdu, Sichuan Province
This restaurant, run by chef and his wife Yu Bo Dai Shuang, is probably the most exciting thing I've found in over 15 years of eating around China. Is a small place with only six private dining rooms, and the food is exquisite.
43 Xiangzi Zhai. Tel 86-28-8669-1975
3. Dragon Well Manor in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
The food here is organic, coming directly from artisan producers and farmers, cooked by chefs without MSG and served in private rooms scattered around a beautiful garden in the hills of Longjing tea. It's like visiting the Prospect Garden in the classic Chinese novel "Dream of Red Mansions (Hong Lou Meng"). One of my favorite places in China.
Longjing Lu 399. Tel 86-571-8788-8777
4. Fat Cheung, Hong Kong
A rather scruffy coffee area in Kowloon City, which serves wonderful food Chaozhou.
60 Nam Shing Rd. Tel 852-2383-3114
5. The Lu family residence, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province
His is possibly my favorite breakfast in China: Yangzhou baozi delicious dumplings and served in the restored mansion of a salt merchant.
22 Kangshan San Tel 86-514-8790-7197
