Gok Cooks Chinese

Not exclusively is Gok Wan one of the UK's top design beauticians, yet he can cook as well! Gok's fabulous book, Gok Cooks Chinese, contains 80 individual and family plans, which are flavorful and solid as well as inconceivably easy to make. Gok's affection and enthusiasm for Chinese food and preparing methods radiate through from each page. From his interesting viewpoint he gives us his own and current interpretation of the Chinese food that he grew up eating, drawing on his Chinese legacy to give us an alternate point on the most proficient method to eat - for Gok, it's tied in with plunking down, getting into phenomenal food that is without whine and loose. Gok's food is about equilibrium, wellbeing, flavor and fun. From his supreme most loved formula for Prawn Wonton Noodle Soup (which he calls 'satisfaction in a bowl') to Perfect Fried Rice or works of art like his father's Honey-coated Char Siu Pork, through parts on Dim Sum, Street Food, One Pot Wonders and Feasting, you will discover plans for all events and dispositions, regardless of whether engaging companions or getting a charge out of a dinner at home without anyone else. Most importantly, Gok Wan will demystify Chinese fixings and gear. Gok Cooks Chinese shows us that it is so natural to shop and cook simply like him.

About the Author
Acclaimed fashion stylist and on-screen consultant Gok Wan was shot to fame by his Channel 4 Series, How to Look Good Naked. On the back of the show's success, Gok crystallized his position as a true champion for women with Gok's Fashion Fix and Gok's Clothes Roadshow, helping them to feel confident and stylish. This has led to his enormously popular women's wear collection for Sainsbury's, released in October 2011. He has published four books, including his autobiography Through Thick and Thin, and his openness about his own weight issues as a teenager led him to film two searching documentaries, Too Fat Too Young and Gok's Teens: The Naked Truth. Optomen Television is an independent production company the forefront of the food television revolution both in the UK and the US, known for the flair and originality it brings to its productions. Making shows for all UK broadcasters, Optomen has launched the television careers of household names, including Clarissa Dickson Wright and Jennifer Paterson, Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay and Valentine Warner.

If you want a cook book that has recipes you can use without any prior knowledge of Chinese Cooking, to produce meals that have big flavours with healthy ingredients so you don't clog up your arteries, then this is the book for you. And it's easy enough to use the recipes to learn principles that you can apply to different ingredients. The only suggestion to ignore is that you use a cleaver to chop food if you have always been used to standard kitchen knives. Gok can handle a cleaver with expertise, because he was brought up with using one. But if you haven't, then stay away from this blade unless you feel you have too may fingers and would like to lose a few. --Gery Davis

I found this to be a great cookbook. It was very easy to follow with simple recipes. We have already tried the green beans - delicious. --Katie

This book arrived earlier than I expected. Couldn't believe the condition it was in - like the seller said like new - so new it still had the plastic cover on it. Waiting for another of Gok's book to arrive. I love to cook my own Chinese and this book has so many easy to follow receipes. I enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoy going to the Chinese supermarket for ingredients. Thank you. --Debra Welsh

Gok Cooks Chinese