<p>An insight into the customs, cuisine, and culture of Mandarin China. Includes many recipes and a guide to buying, preparing and presenting the Grande Cuisine of China, with special sections of cocktail parties, a Mandarin banquet, a family dinner and dinner for a distinguished visitor.</p>

The Mandarin Way

Cecilia Sun Yun Chiang

Allan Carr

California Living Books

<p>Cecilia Sun Yun Chiang (b. 1920) was the presiding genius of one of the great Chinese restaurants of the world, The Mandarin, in Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco. A native of China, one of 13 children in a family of great wealth, she was brought up in an ancient palace in Peking, was forced to escape from China in 1942 when the Japanese occupied China. She eventually made her way to San Francisco after her family lost everything during the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949. The restaurant initially open on Polk Street in 1960 before it moved to Ghirardelli Square in 1968. In 1974, in collaboration with Allan Carr, she recalled THE MANDARIN WAY as she knew it in a memoir that eludes conventional classification - at once a fascinating account of growing up in Old China, a re-creation of its festivals and customs, and a little treasury of recipes from the classic Chinese cuisine. The way of life captured in these pages no longer exists. It combined modernity and ancient tradition in sometimes startling juxtaposition. Between the chapters of recollections, there are interludes, specifically for the gourmet and/or cook, in which Mme. Chiang presents many of her most treasured recipes and menus. Here are T'ang-ts'u Yü (Mandarin Sweet-Sour Fish), Chiao-hua Chi (Beggar's Chicken), Pa-szu P'ing-kuo Hsiang'-chiao (Mandarin Glacéed Apples and Bananas), and other superlative dishes that will be nostalgically familiar to past patrons of her restaurant. Mme. Chiang retired from the restaurant in 1991 and it closed in 2006.</p>

The Mandarin Way: A Tapestry of Adventure and Success Blended With Practical Information on How to Purchase, Prepare, and Present the Grand Cuisine of China

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The Mandarin Way

The Mandarin Way: A Tapestry of Adventure and Success Blended With Practical Information on How to Purchase, Prepare, and Present the Grand Cuisine of China