A lot of Chinese cooking features meat - but you shouldn't overlook delicious meals like tomato egg and vegetarian dumplings, ...
It's a lot of work, though, and I won't blame you if you decide to ask the butcher to put the meat through the grinder. Buy a whole dried cuttlefish, not the shredded type sold as a snack ...
Although this is a Chinese dish, I like to use sakura shrimp - tiny, pink dried shrimps that are sold in packs in the Japanese food sections of supermarkets. They have a more delicate texture and ...