We make "ethnic" food all the time. I will admit though that living in a large metropolitan area gives us access to a lot of different ethnic markets. Within 15 minutes or less drive time from home , we have 3 Asian markets, I have no clue how many Latin markets, a Persian market, an Indian market, and an Arab market. Broaden that drive a bit and we can get pretty much anything.
I will not eat fried rice from a Chinese place, but love the fried rice we make. Sometimes Craig will get his propane burner out and wok hei, as he puts it, the fried rice. Otherwise, I use the power burner on the stove top. Craig gets fried rice out fairly often but he'd rather have homemade as well.
We went out for dim sum last friday and it was good, but I'd rather have my homemade. It was nice not to have to do the work to make it, but... I know exactly what goes into mine and I certainly don't skimp on quality or amounts of filling. I ended up making some Sunday because I was craving good dim sum. Char siu bao baked. Spinach, shiitaki and carrots steamed. Shrimp toast.
We had homemade hot and sour soup recently and lion's head meatball soup is going to be on the menu soon.
Italian, Mexican, German (Craig's ethnicity), Indian, Korean, Thai are all made at our house fairly regularly. We also dabble in other cuisines if something takes our fancy while watching a food travel show.
It takes a bit of time and research to find and cook fairly authentic recipes but it can be done.
I will not eat fried rice from a Chinese place, but love the fried rice we make. Sometimes Craig will get his propane burner out and wok hei, as he puts it, the fried rice. Otherwise, I use the power burner on the stove top. Craig gets fried rice out fairly often but he'd rather have homemade as well.
We went out for dim sum last friday and it was good, but I'd rather have my homemade. It was nice not to have to do the work to make it, but... I know exactly what goes into mine and I certainly don't skimp on quality or amounts of filling. I ended up making some Sunday because I was craving good dim sum. Char siu bao baked. Spinach, shiitaki and carrots steamed. Shrimp toast.
We had homemade hot and sour soup recently and lion's head meatball soup is going to be on the menu soon.
Italian, Mexican, German (Craig's ethnicity), Indian, Korean, Thai are all made at our house fairly regularly. We also dabble in other cuisines if something takes our fancy while watching a food travel show.
It takes a bit of time and research to find and cook fairly authentic recipes but it can be done.