Sweet Mandarin Cookbook

Helen and Lisa Tse have been cooking the original recipes that have been handed down through the generations of their family all their lives. In 2004, they opened their popular restaurant, Sweet Mandarin in Manchester, which won Best Local Chinese restaurant on Gordon Ramsay’s F Word. Since then they have appeared on Dragon’s Den, where they won a £50,000 investment for their range of Sweet Mandarin sauces, which they developed for their customers who suffer from coeliac disease. In January 2014, the twins were both awarded an MBE by the Queen in the New Year Honours List for their services to Food and Drink.

In Sweet Mandarin Cookbook Helen and Lisa share their knowledge, favourite recipes and cooking tips, including advice on indispensable pieces of equipment such as the wok, cleaver and steamer, to Chinese store cupboard ingredients and essentials. Chapters cover everything from Stocks and Sauces to Desserts and Exotic cocktails, with everything in between including Soups, Meat, Fish and Vegetables. The delicious recipes include Cantonese Won Ton Soup, Salt and Chilli Squid, Hong Kong Beef Skewers with Satay Dip, popular dishes such as Aromatic Crispy Duck Chicken Chow Mein and Fortune Cookies, as well as Sweet Chilli Strawberry Daiquiri. This book is indispensible for not only fans of Chinese cuisine, but for those who follow gluten-, dairy-free or kosher diets as each recipe has a tip to tailor it accordingly. If you love Chinese food, you’ll love this book.