Man am I full

Sooo full....can barely type. Tonight, unrelated to my birthday (did I mention that yesterday was my birthday?), LL and I went to a cooking class on stir frying. We both like veggies with dinner in pretty good amounts, but we like meat too so stir frying seemed like a natural, but neither of us have really ever done. This class, at The Wooden Spoon (not far from Sun Wah or Hopleaf), was byob and pretty fun.

The dish we worked on involved cut up flank steak, fresh ginger, garlic and broccoli. When we make it at home, we'll probably leave out the ginger as we're not huge fans, but the dish was pretty damn tasty and we learned a lot. Blanching the broccoli for instance. It's not a necessary step in any way, but it adds slightly to the overall quality of the finished product.

To start the class the teacher asked who had a wok and if so what kind. Of course we didn't have the best kind (I bought one that was on sale somewhere). Then she asked if anyone had an electric stove. We were the only people of the dozen or so that raised their hands. Doh. The GOOD news is that if you don't have a gas oven, then you don't really need a wok! The wok is good because it can get warm up the sides if you turn it on high and the flames crawl up the side of the pan. So we probably won't really use the less than perfect wok anyway. If you have an electric stove then you just need a big pan, preferably with slightly rounded edges but a wide base to heat up as much surface area as possible. We have several pots that fit the bill.

The dishes we ate, there were at least four, were all delicious and maybe I'll just scan the handout for everyone. Yeah, I'll do that tomorrow. Definitely worth trying the recipes!!