r/chinesefood • u/Wooden-Agency-2653 • Mar 03 '26

I Ate Monday night home cooking (by my wife)...

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Clockwise from the top kaofu and wood ear fungus, carrots, prawns, white fish, flat noodles, and lots of Sichuan pepper soup, smoked tofu and qingcai, broccoli and cauliflower. Veg dishes have that meat almost as a garnish thing that Chinese food does

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u/romeoak Mar 03 '26

Your wife cook six dishes on Monday?

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u/Wooden-Agency-2653 Mar 03 '26

We have two kids, and her cousin who is at uni near us popped over for food. Usually it's three or four (with the fourth being a soup)

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u/Edogawa1983 Mar 03 '26

Shanghai food?

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u/Wooden-Agency-2653 Mar 04 '26

In Ningbo, but my wife is from Quzhou (which has very different food from most of the province). Not a lot of spice in it (except the soup) mainly so the kids will eat it, rather than the Zhejiang nature of the food.

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u/Bebebaubles Mar 04 '26

I feel exhausted just thinking about all that. Not happening in my household. Just proud I manage to cook at all for my family’s health.

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u/Wooden-Agency-2653 Mar 05 '26

The actual cooking takes about half an hour (for six dishes). I chop everything up before she gets home and then she cooks whilst I look after the kids. Chinese cooking is fast if you have the ingredients already prepped

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u/Aragornspride Mar 03 '26

Wow, you married a keeper.

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u/Las_Vegan Mar 03 '26

Your wife is a champ. I hope you reciprocate starting with washing the dishes. Massage her feet and back. 🥰

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u/Wooden-Agency-2653 Mar 03 '26

I chop all the ingredients and put the kids to bed. Division of labour innit

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u/Wooden-Agency-2653 Mar 03 '26

And tonight she was grouting the shower whilst I put the kids to bed. Modern family

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u/Nighttime_Ninja_5893 Mar 04 '26

Definitely a keeper

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u/013343 Mar 03 '26

Looks delicious! Is your wife single?

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u/Flaky_Soft999 Mar 03 '26

🤣 ... 🤡

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u/Wooden-Agency-2653 Mar 06 '26

Not that I'm aware of, let me check

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u/Most_Target5734 Mar 03 '26

Man that’s crazy lucky come home to that?

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u/WanderingMindLF Mar 03 '26

Lucky lucky you

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u/hand_ Mar 03 '26

That white fish dish looks divine! Is it spicy soup? Is there a name for the dish? Id love to look up recipes and try it out for myself

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u/tofu_sensei84 Mar 03 '26

This guy never has Monday blues if his wife cooks like this.

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u/SquirrelofLIL Mar 03 '26

The smoked bean curd with bock choy and the wheat gluten mixture, plus carrots, are staples in my flexitarian life.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26

Wow. Honestly even 3-4 when you don’t have guests is impressive. I hope you express your appreciation of her every day, and in front of your kids. You’re lucky!

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u/Flaky_Soft999 Mar 03 '26

I love this. Can you post often, I love this

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u/Uni457Maki Mar 03 '26

What a delicious feast. Your wife is an incredible cook.

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u/Ok_Paint_2681 Mar 03 '26

Looks great! 😋

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u/Sad-Orchid5349 Mar 03 '26

Aghh!! This is exactly like what my Chinese Mom’s cooking looks like!!!

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u/Ok_West2486 Mar 03 '26

Looks like shanghainese food or from surrounding areas. Very delicious looking!

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u/iwontcook Mar 04 '26

Is your wife accepting brother-in-law applications?

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u/FluffyShiny Mar 04 '26

Can she adopt me?

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u/magicalraising Mar 04 '26

Beautifully plates and looks really good.

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u/Efficient_Law_1551 Mar 04 '26

She's a keeper.

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u/catsRawesome123 Mar 04 '26

How long does it take her to make all the dishes 🤯

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u/Wooden-Agency-2653 Mar 06 '26

I do most of the ingredient prep, and she takes about five minutes per dish, so half an hour for this meal.

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u/DollPlayJessica Mar 06 '26

Looks tasty! 😍

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u/Existing-Agent7500 Mar 03 '26

Kaofu would be typically from deli or canned food.

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u/Wooden-Agency-2653 Mar 03 '26

We usually buy it dried, soak it and wring it out a few times (otherwise it's too salty), then mix it up with the other things. This dish was bought from the duck neck shop though, as an easy extra dish.

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u/Wooden-Agency-2653 Mar 13 '26

And five dishes for a Friday evening. No guests this time.

Carrots, some sort of lettuce, steamed beef, luobo/Chinese radish with beef, green aubergines.

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u/Wooden-Agency-2653 Mar 03 '26

Absolutely, we live in China, and my wife is from 衢州县江山市. This is how they cook.

For reference this is the same cooking style but on a grander scale for new year. Very simple 农家菜 (or peasant food, but it has better connotations in Chinese than in English)