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In response to previous reviewers, this is not authentic Chinese food that Yan is making. That said, in reading this book I never got the impression from Yan that it was. Yan includes recipes for many favorites that you would find in Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, and other asian restaurants in the US. These are very good. I'm not buying General Tso's chicken or Sweet and Sour chicken again in a restaurant because these recipes... Read Full Review

Martin Yan's cookbook is truly what you want in a book of recipes.Each recipe is very thorough and goes step by step (even telling you how many teaspoons of oil and garlic you should use). My roommate had a Martin Yan cookbook in college 10 years ago when I was just learning how to cook. I remember I was able to follow the recipes without diverging from them and end up with great food. Now, I've grown more experienced in... Read Full Review

Here's why I always recommend Martin Yan's books; for some reason, his recipes will result in that authentic taste that is often missing from other Chinese or Oriental cookbooks. He gives techniques that really work, like marinating chicken or meats in a cornstarch-soy sauce mix that give the meat that succulent coating when stir fried. Yet most of the recipes can be made with ingredients found in a majority of American grocery... Read Full Review

This book is a must for my library, resting in the area reserved for the Ultimate Book. It is the bible of all of my oriental cook books and I have plenty of them. Yan is not only a superb Chinese chef but an artisan with foods. That's where his magic is. I will never learn to chop as fast as he does and I never seem to have a smile on my face, like he also does, when I'm doing this. But his recipes are easy to follow... Read Full Review

As I was flipping through this cookbook with a friend, we would stop every two or three pages to exclaim, "I love that dish!" I've tried about seven recipes so far, and six have turned out excellent. Make sure you try the green onion pancakes. The recipes are for the most part very simple, and Martin Yan includes a lot of hints for making your dish perfect. The book also contains beautiful photos, so it makes a great... Read Full Review