On Monday, 28 January 2013 13:53:16 UTC+10, Judy Haffner wrote:
> Am wondering if you had ever gone to a restaurant and ordered something
> on the menu that was real delicious, but when you asked for the recipe,
> they would not reveal it?

I had a very tasty beef, cumin, and fresh coriander dish in Beijing. The menu was in Chinese, none of the staff were fluent in English, I didn't have a pen with me to write down the name of the dish.

Not knowing what it's called makes it harder to find a recipe.

I didn't duplicate it exactly, but did make a similar tasty dish. I also found a similar recipe in Fuchsia Dunlop's Hunan cookbook. I'm happy with the results, but I remember the original being better. I probably use less oil, and my wok doesn't stay hot enough (on electric stove).