Conversations with Tyler Fuchsia Dunlop on Chinese Food, Culture, and Travel
Nov 16, 2016
Fuchsia Dunlop, expert on Chinese cuisine, joins Tyler for a conversation on truly enjoying Chinese food, including where to visit, how to order, key ingredients to keep, her favorite dishes, and why sea cucumbers are a must. They also discuss the evolution of Chinese cookbooks, the cultural significance of Chinatowns and Dream of the Red Chamber, tips for doing a food tour in China, farmhouse cooking similarities with Italian cuisine, exploring the cuisine of Shandam Province, and preserving traditional Chinese cuisine at Dragon Well Manor.
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How To Find Good Food In Shanghai
- Use your nose and eyes to find street food stalls that cook in full view.
- Carry dish names in Chinese on your phone for refined restaurants or private-room bookings.
Three Must-Try Shanghai Dishes
- Try three Shanghai dishes: red-braised pork, shepherd's-purse pork wontons, and crab-potato-tomato soup.
- Each showcases home cooking, lighter Shanghai flavors, and the city's cross-cultural mix.
Why Cantonese Gained Prestige
- Cantonese cuisine became prestige partly because southern China got wealthy first after reform.
- Jiangnan (lower Yangtze) cuisine holds classical, delicate gastronomic values often underappreciated recently.