Far East Cafe: The Best of Casual Asian Cooking

The recipes in this book taste very authentic. The chicken and sticky rice in lotus leaf parcels is the real thing...tasted just like the dim sum resturant. The book is an excellent collection of the most popular or signature dishes of the Asian cuisine ranging from Chinese to Indonesian. It is organized by in the traditional cookbook fashion of appetizers to desserts. Some of the recipes are very simple and some are compound recipes (recipes that rely on the recipe of another dish). It's worth the space on your cookbook shelf and is a good way to sample a variety of different far east ethnic cuisines.

It's not a very large book, but it's got a pretty wide range of recipes from several different countries. All the recipes look very tasty, and there are some fabulous pictures to go along with each. Recipes range from the very simple to moderately complex, so this book should offer an entertaining range of challenges to most kitchen savvy people. This would be a good book for people interested in learning about asian cuisine, or those looking for more recipes to try out. All the ingredients should be relatively easy to find, although some will require a trip to a specialty store. If you live anywhere with a chinatown, finding ingredients shouldn't be a problem.