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Old 10-13-2008, 09:55 AM
ChrisLehrer Offline
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Originally Posted by phatch View Post
Martin Yan clearly loves what he is doing. I agree, watching him is educational.
Yeah, but watch his hands when he cuts. The guy is very, very skilled. Ming Tsai calls him the fastest knife in the West. Bar taking classes with a top Chinese chef, there is no better way to learn to use a Chinese cleaver than to get the basics from Tropp's descriptions and then watch Yan again and again, closely, preferably in slow-motion alternating with fast.
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