I love love Asian Cuisine coming from an African-American background there were only three items I didn't have I was in here clapping thank you for the tutorial I did learn some things
East Meets Kitchen chilli oil, toban chilli soybean sauce and black and red vinegar which will be in my pantry this weekend 💃💃💃I love Asian Cuisine I think my favorite is Cantonese that's what I'm trying to master but I'll try anything that looks 👍 good!
OMG this is awesome. I'm I'm the UK and recently went to my local Chinese store for the first time. I just didn't know where to begin. This is such a boon to us who are trying to navigate Chinese cuisine. Thankyou so so much for this xx
Great video! I have about 3/4 of what you discussed in my pantry. My go to condiments are the Black Bean Garlic and the Toban Jian sauces. The fermented Bean Curd in the Toban Jian makes a BIG difference in flavor when compared to a "hot sauce". I use a Sambal Oelek once in a while. Unfortunately you'll need to look at the ingredients as some of the Sambal uses Shrimp or Fish Paste as part of their ingredients. Being a carnivore I can say that the LKK Premium Oyster Sauce is in a league all it's own. A little bit of the LKK Premium Oyster Sauce goes a long way. LKK also makes other grades of Oyster Sauce. In my humble opinion the Premium Oyster Sauce packs a whole lot of flavor over the other sauces. That also means the Premium Sauce commands a higher price over the other grades of Oyster Sauces. As you mentioned earlier, you can't beat freshly grated Garlic and Ginger. Being in Hawaii we have access to young local fresh Ginger once a year. If you can get your hands on a young Ginger root, try it. It has a more mellow taste than the older Ginger root.
If you ever decide to visit HNL just drop me some messages early on so that I can recommend places to see, visit, eat, etc. Honolulu's Chinatown is smaller, but not as dense, as BOS or NYC's Chinatown. Still a lot of nationalities are represented in these few blocks: Filipino, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Chinese to name a few. Just a caveat... I think HNL is just as expensive as LHR! Hawaii, as a whole, has prices higher the prices for food, housing, and gasoline when compared to the Continental US (CONUS). The price for living in Paradise.
19:12 Now that I'm older I like spice, even crave it occasionally but for years I "only tasted spice" when I ate something that was even moderately spicy
Wonderful video! Am sure the giveaway is LONG past since this was 5 years ago! :) I am an amateur cook from the deep south of the US who could live on Asian every day. Sauces has been a new thing, so I found the vegetarian stir fry sauce a new possible as I do not eat certain items due to religion. I found this helpful, many thanks!
Kudos... Excellent video.. great explanation of these condiments for the non-Chinese that LOVE Chinese food... I can now purchase what I need to make homemade meals. Thank you so much for sharing.👍👍👍👍👍
East Meets Kitchen, the feeling of love is mutual! You are amazing - a godsend! You present authentic Chinese recipes and you are vegan! Thank you so much for all you do and thank you for the educational video
This is so helpful! Where I live in the UK, there are no Asian markets, so I have to buy everything online that I can’t find in Tesco or Morrisons... Luckily a lot of Lee Kum Kee products float around- I’ll have to keep an eye out for the vegetarian stir fry sauce! Looking for a vegan oyster sauce has been an ongoing struggle... X’D
Have a good look around, online most big towns , will have a Chinese supermarket tucked away somewhere, unless you live in rural areas,hope you find one 🍀🇬🇧👍🏼
Lee Kum Kee has another "Vegetarian Stir Fry" sauce. Can you tell me the difference between it and the one in your video? I have it, but I'm not sure if the one in your video would be better, when I need a refill. Using it in place of oyster sauce when cooking for my wife, but I think it might be a little sweeter?
Be careful with some of those condiments(hot oils included, especially that lee kum kee garlic chili oil) because many of them contain sodium if not large amounts & will mess around & over salt your food if you already tried to get your food to perfect saltiness BEFORE adding your bonus optional chili oil etc. To avoid that, read the labels & try under salting your food until you are certain you are done adding/experimenting with them in that dish. You can always add salt LATER which I assure you will not mess up the recipe of any of your cuisines like over salting will. Should you ever over salt, simply cook up more vegetables, rice, noodles, or whatever else goes with the dishes & add it. Also I found many chinese restaurant style dishes I make that are slightly over salted will taste waaay better the day after but better to get it right the first try. Sort of like mixing music, its often more about adding a tiny bit of many tasty things than alot of some "magic good favor" sauce that can hijack & ruin the flavor.
In Filipino cooking, we balance (or cut) the salt with vinegar or something acidic like a squeeze of lime or lemon unlike other Asian cultures where powder sugar is used. The only time we use sugar is on dessert and coffee but we do use Sprite for marinating meats. The carbonation in Sprite helps in tenderizing the meat (same way baking soda is used) and balances the soy sauce.
Wow, I'm so happy that I stumbled apon you channel. I am so grateful to you for all your information about different sauces. I am a bit confused on how many different kinds of soy sauce there are out there? Light, dark, sweet, or non sweet. I only knew of one and that is the dark. I am going to send your video to my little sister and it will also help her out too. Thank you so very much for making this video, I am grateful to you. I look forward to seeing your recipes soon....
i have all of these condiments etc. except the grated garlic and ginger. i absolutely cannot stand preminced garlic because i really love garlic. the char siu bao sauce is also too sweet for me. so i just make it from scratch when i need it.
WARNING: MSG ahead! 15 years ago Chinese restaurants advertised "NO MSG". Many of the bottles here have MSG.....and I found out by accident. Never crossed my mind to look, and I am allergic. Mine was with Lee Kum Kee Oyster sauce, and there was a ton of MSG in it. So read the label.
No issues with tomatoes or seaweed....eat both. I learned of it from eating "KFC". I mentioned the next day how my gums were all sore and swollen. The person next to us at the coffee shop suggested I may have an allergy to MSG. I tested it, and sure enough I do. The effect goes away after a few days. I've had NO troubles in 15 - 20 yrs, and no Chinese restaurant ever uses MSG, and says so in their MENU.
@@EastMeetsKitchen tomatoes or seaweed? Do Tomatoes and Seaweed have MSG? Please let me know....For I am allergic to MSG in a really bad way....Tfs....BA...
THE FOLLOWING BOTTLE OF HOISIN SAUCE IS NOT AS BEAUTIFUL AS WHAT WAS THE TIME, IT IS VERY USE ONLY A FEW TIMES TO END A BOTTLE, BUT THE MARKET PRICE IS A bit high.
ةزنؤزوؤزنؤدح و،ظو،كخوووو وزتزة. تكفون ساعدوني في زمن قاسي القلب من فيلم عش البلبل في زمن قاسي القلب من فيلم عش البلبل في زمن قاسي القلب من فيلم عش البلبل في زمن قاسي
I love love Asian Cuisine coming from an African-American background there were only three items I didn't have I was in here clapping thank you for the tutorial I did learn some things
East Meets Kitchen chilli oil, toban chilli soybean sauce and black and red vinegar which will be in my pantry this weekend 💃💃💃I love Asian Cuisine I think my favorite is Cantonese that's what I'm trying to master but I'll try anything that looks 👍 good!
OMG this is awesome. I'm I'm the UK and recently went to my local Chinese store for the first time. I just didn't know where to begin. This is such a boon to us who are trying to navigate Chinese cuisine. Thankyou so so much for this xx
Great video! I have about 3/4 of what you discussed in my pantry. My go to condiments are the Black Bean Garlic and the Toban Jian sauces. The fermented Bean Curd in the Toban Jian makes a BIG difference in flavor when compared to a "hot sauce".
I use a Sambal Oelek once in a while. Unfortunately you'll need to look at the ingredients as some of the Sambal uses Shrimp or Fish Paste as part of their ingredients.
Being a carnivore I can say that the LKK Premium Oyster Sauce is in a league all it's own. A little bit of the LKK Premium Oyster Sauce goes a long way. LKK also makes other grades of Oyster Sauce. In my humble opinion the Premium Oyster Sauce packs a whole lot of flavor over the other sauces. That also means the Premium Sauce commands a higher price over the other grades of Oyster Sauces.
As you mentioned earlier, you can't beat freshly grated Garlic and Ginger. Being in Hawaii we have access to young local fresh Ginger once a year. If you can get your hands on a young Ginger root, try it. It has a more mellow taste than the older Ginger root.
If you ever decide to visit HNL just drop me some messages early on so that I can recommend places to see, visit, eat, etc. Honolulu's Chinatown is smaller, but not as dense, as BOS or NYC's Chinatown. Still a lot of nationalities are represented in these few blocks: Filipino, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Chinese to name a few.
Just a caveat... I think HNL is just as expensive as LHR! Hawaii, as a whole, has prices higher the prices for food, housing, and gasoline when compared to the Continental US (CONUS). The price for living in Paradise.
19:12 Now that I'm older I like spice, even crave it occasionally but for years I "only tasted spice" when I ate something that was even moderately spicy
Wonderful video! Am sure the giveaway is LONG past since this was 5 years ago! :) I am an amateur cook from the deep south of the US who could live on Asian every day. Sauces has been a new thing, so I found the vegetarian stir fry sauce a new possible as I do not eat certain items due to religion. I found this helpful, many thanks!
I take olive oil and pour Chinese black vinegar on top.. Dip it into bread. It's sooo yummy
Kudos... Excellent video.. great explanation of these condiments for the non-Chinese that LOVE Chinese food... I can now purchase what I need to make homemade meals. Thank you so much for sharing.👍👍👍👍👍
East Meets Kitchen, the feeling of love is mutual! You are amazing - a godsend! You present authentic Chinese recipes and you are vegan! Thank you so much for all you do and thank you for the educational video
This is so helpful! Where I live in the UK, there are no Asian markets, so I have to buy everything online that I can’t find in Tesco or Morrisons... Luckily a lot of Lee Kum Kee products float around- I’ll have to keep an eye out for the vegetarian stir fry sauce! Looking for a vegan oyster sauce has been an ongoing struggle... X’D
Well there is wing yip but they only have a few stores.
Have a good look around, online most big towns , will have a Chinese supermarket tucked away somewhere, unless you live in rural areas,hope you find one 🍀🇬🇧👍🏼
Lee Kum Kee has another "Vegetarian Stir Fry" sauce. Can you tell me the difference between it and the one in your video? I have it, but I'm not sure if the one in your video would be better, when I need a refill. Using it in place of oyster sauce when cooking for my wife, but I think it might be a little sweeter?
Headed to the store for chili soybean sauce right now! Really great topic. I’m very glad I found your channel.
Be careful with some of those condiments(hot oils included, especially that lee kum kee garlic chili oil) because many of them contain sodium if not large amounts & will mess around & over salt your food if you already tried to get your food to perfect saltiness BEFORE adding your bonus optional chili oil etc.
To avoid that, read the labels & try under salting your food until you are certain you are done adding/experimenting with them in that dish. You can always add salt LATER which I assure you will not mess up the recipe of any of your cuisines like over salting will.
Should you ever over salt, simply cook up more vegetables, rice, noodles, or whatever else goes with the dishes & add it. Also I found many chinese restaurant style dishes I make that are slightly over salted will taste waaay better the day after but better to get it right the first try.
Sort of like mixing music, its often more about adding a tiny bit of many tasty things than alot of some "magic good favor" sauce that can hijack & ruin the flavor.
In Filipino cooking, we balance (or cut) the salt with vinegar or something acidic like a squeeze of lime or lemon unlike other Asian cultures where powder sugar is used. The only time we use sugar is on dessert and coffee but we do use Sprite for marinating meats. The carbonation in Sprite helps in tenderizing the meat (same way baking soda is used) and balances the soy sauce.
Wow, I'm so happy that I stumbled apon you channel. I am so grateful to you for all your information about different sauces. I am a bit confused on how many different kinds of soy sauce there are out there? Light, dark, sweet, or non sweet. I only knew of one and that is the dark. I am going to send your video to my little sister and it will also help her out too. Thank you so very much for making this video, I am grateful to you. I look forward to seeing your recipes soon....
I Love chinese cuisine thank you for information🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Happy somebody else uses vegetarian oustersauce 🤗
What do you use the brown braising sauce for?
i have all of these condiments etc. except the grated garlic and ginger. i absolutely cannot stand preminced garlic because i really love garlic. the char siu bao sauce is also too sweet for me. so i just make it from scratch when i need it.
Love this video! Very informative! Thanks girl!
Pls let me know where toget the thick soya suace here in Phils.i will really appreciate your help
Hey! I was wondering if you can use the black bean garlic paste to make the jajangmeon? Would be okay? 😊
i know this is quirky but can't stop focussing on your beautiful teeth ... and still love the content of this video. Great work!
I bought the selected dark soy sauce. May i know the difference to premium dark soy sauce?
Which one is very hot and has flavours?
this was really interesting, thanks!
WARNING: MSG ahead! 15 years ago Chinese restaurants advertised "NO MSG". Many of the bottles here have MSG.....and I found out by accident. Never crossed my mind to look, and I am allergic. Mine was with Lee Kum Kee Oyster sauce, and there was a ton of MSG in it. So read the label.
No issues with tomatoes or seaweed....eat both. I learned of it from eating "KFC". I mentioned the next day how my gums were all sore and swollen. The person next to us at the coffee shop suggested I may have an allergy to MSG. I tested it, and sure enough I do. The effect goes away after a few days. I've had NO troubles in 15 - 20 yrs, and no Chinese restaurant ever uses MSG, and says so in their MENU.
@@EastMeetsKitchen tomatoes or seaweed? Do Tomatoes and Seaweed have MSG? Please let me know....For I am allergic to MSG in a really bad way....Tfs....BA...
i would add fish sauce to the list. :)
I also love fish sauce but it's mostly used in Thai, Lao, Vietnamese cuisine, not Chinese.
Try a splash in your scrambled eggs instead of salt!
@@literatious308 it's better in fried rice instead of soy sauce.
THE FOLLOWING BOTTLE OF HOISIN SAUCE IS NOT AS BEAUTIFUL AS WHAT WAS THE TIME, IT IS VERY USE ONLY A FEW TIMES TO END A BOTTLE, BUT THE MARKET PRICE IS A bit high.
The fact that many of these products are not available in China says a lot.
U need to give it away it’s disgusting. I tried the Thai green chilli stir fry and it was like burned plastic.
Get you hand out of the label so we can read what it is, please.
This is just an advertisement for Lee Kum Kee
Not an influencer...
ةزنؤزوؤزنؤدح
و،ظو،كخوووو
وزتزة. تكفون ساعدوني في زمن قاسي القلب من فيلم عش البلبل في زمن قاسي القلب من فيلم عش البلبل في زمن قاسي القلب من فيلم عش البلبل في زمن قاسي
gluten free one is horrific.. vegetarian one is great....
Must be annoying to watch TV behind cacti
Talks about fermented black beans - show picture of a packet of five-spice powder.
Asian culture really needs to learn how to make lower sodium products.
Or maybe Non-Asian cultures need to lean how to eat higher sodium products?
@@jsprite123 Just fuck my blood pressure up, fam.
great, thank you 👍👍