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Guide Picks - Top 10 Asian Kitchen Gifts
Are you a kitchen person? Maybe someone you love (but haven't "bought for" yet) enjoys making their own Asian food, or grinding garlic into paste themselves. These items would be great additions to most kitchens...
1) Pepper Mill and Salt Shaker
Freshly ground pepper adds so much more flavor to Asian dishes than preground pepper. This set by Trudeau includes a pepper mill with a carbon steel grinder, and a salt shaker, both made from blonde wood.
2) Mortar and Pestle
A mortar and pestle is a must-have for any cook who wants to get serious about preparing Asian food, especially Southeast Asian and Indian dishes. This is a traditional Thai mortar and pestle, made of granite with a smooth, polished interior, ideal for pounding herbs and spices to prepare spice pastes.
3) Professional Candy/Deep-fry Thermometer, Taylor
For cooks who do their deep-frying in a wok, a deep-fry thermometer is very useful for determining oil temperature. Made by Taylor, this model registers temperatures between 50 and 500 degrees Fahrenheit. A handy feature is the clamp which allows you to fasten the thermometer to the side of the wok instead of holding it.
4) Chopsticks
While you don't need chopsticks to enjoy Asian food, their prescence does lend a certain ambiance to the meal. This set by Joyce Chen contains five pairs of nine-inch long, lacquered chopsticks in assorted colors.
5) Wok Turner (Spatula)
Made for wok cooking, this spatula resembles a child's toy shovel with its wide "turner" and long handle. It is made of stainless steel and is dishwasher safe.
6) Sushi Making Kit from Sushi Chef
This kit includes a bamboo mat, a rice paddle, Japanese-style rice, rice vinegar, sushi vinegar, soy sauce, pickled ginger , nori (seaweed), wasabi (Japanese horseradish), and a cookbook.
7) Japanese Chopsticks
Colorful five pairs of Japanese chopsticks. They are dishwasher-safe.
8) White Sushi-2-Go Dinnerware Set
It's a set of two soy sauce dishes, two sushi platters (8" x 5"), two fish-shaped chopstick rests, and two sets of wooden chopsticks. They are made of porcelain.
9) Japanese Tea
Japanese Sencha green tea, which is steamed while being rolled to preserve the color is very good.
10) Geisha Design Sake Serving Set
A set of a sake pitcher and four sake cups. Each one has an illustration of a geisha woman.They are made of porcelain with glazed finish. Sizes: pitcher (2 3/8" diameter x 5 1/2" high) / cups (2" diameter x 1 3/4" high)
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