Ala Luke: Hi, my name is Ala Luke. I will be your host today. I like to welcome you on an exclusive interview with our master chef Chu-Yen Luke. Over doing tons of same topics to get you started, in cooking great tasting Chinese food. We are going to give you some of the concepts that you guys can take them home with you, and just start practicing them right away. Now I am going to introduce my father, the master chef Chu-Yen Luke.

Chu Yen Luke: Hi everyone! I would like to thank all of you for listening to our discussion on Chinese cooking with my son Ala and myself. We are going to explore the secret art of Chinese cooking and once you understand these idea, we will learn how to cook better than ever. We are going to cover a lots of informative and fun topics. We are going to begin our discussion about the various influences of Chinese cooking based on its regional area. We are going to cover our fundamental or basic equipment needed in Chinese cooking. We'll need the woks strainer, cleaver, ladle, plus discussing how to sharpen cleavers by using two tools.

Next, we will show you how to season your wok properly before you get started cooking in Chinese food, and as for seasoning, we are going to review and show you the amount of Chinese seasonings available in Asian grocery store markets such as sesame oil and rice cooking wine.

We will give you some of the fantastic and great tasting recipes to make sauces used in dipping your food or for food seasoning. Next, we are going to make a list of spices you can find in the market, to understand the kind of taste the Chinese food should have. Let me show you the pictures and explain the many dried, canned and also fresh ingredients available to you. We are going to review several techniques to cut your vegetables and meat, and also why you should need to marinate your meat properly.

There are several taste in Chinese cooking you want to accomplish in Chinese food. We are going to review all important methods of Chinese cooking, and let you review the Chinese thickener used in Chinese cooking and then we will find out, in the end of talking a little bit about Yin and Yang in effects with Chinese food. Now I know there is a ton of information that we would have to look at here first glance. Let's begin our discussion right now.