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13 Dec 2023 Conversations with Tyler Fuchsia Dunlop on the Story of Chinese Food
“Again, I don’t know about India, but China very early on — like in the Song Dynasty from about 12th century — had a really lively and developed and diverse restaurant scene with restaurants at different levels.”
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- Fuchsia Dunlop
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- uncertainty
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- 13 Dec 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…I have no take. Another idea that I was thinking of . . . Again, I don’t know about India, but China very early on — like in the Song Dynasty from about 12th century — had a really lively and developed and diverse restaurant scene with restaurants at different levels. So eating out was a real thing. There were restaurants with menus where you would order your dishes, not just fixed menus and so on. In those conditions, you do want dishes that can be made quickly to order. Maybe that would encourage the development of fast cooking methods as well as home cooking and slow — the pot on the stove in the home kitchen. What about yi tand di san xian 一烫抵三鲜? The hot food would beat three times over the flavors. Chinese people love to eat quick, hot food.…
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