5 fun facts about S.F. s Chinatown from the triumphant new Mister Jiu s cookbook
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The cover of “Mister Jiu’s in Chinatown: Recipes and Stories From the Birthplace of Chinese American Food” by Brandon Jew and Tienlon Ho.Ten Speed Press
It isn’t easy to pin down “Mister Jiu’s in Chinatown,” the dazzling new cookbook from the Michelin-starred Chinese American restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
In ways, it’s a chef’s cookbook, with many multiday, technically precise recipes that only the most enthusiastic home cooks would likely ever attempt. But it’s also full of inspiring ideas and components that could be spun out on their own maybe you don’t have to make the two different chile oils for a combo of peeled tomatoes and mung bean jelly, or maybe you use a store-bought sausage instead of making chicken boudin blanc from scratch for Moongate Lounge’s riff on Chinese sausage in a bun. (See below for recipes for salt-baked trout and