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Understanding 'wok hei', the breath of the wok

Eat Drink Asia

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How to Cook Wokke-Fai Vegetables

In Cantonese kitchens all the Wokke cooking is usually done by male chefs. In traditional Chinese upbringing a girl should not be required to do labor-intensive work. A lot of women are kind of discouraged to even go near it because a well-brought up woman should have stuff to take care of the kitchen, but it's pretty heavy stuff. It is physically demanding if any of you guys have held one of these Woks whether or not you're going to buy it,. they typically weigh a ton.

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