An Interview with Andong (Kitchen Passport, Tacos in Germany, Chinese Food, and More…)

An Interview with Andong (Kitchen Passport, Tacos in Germany, Chinese Food, and More…)

My Name is Andong YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@mynameisandong
Kitchen Passport -- Andong’s Cookbook: https://amzn.to/41WGcRq (affiliate link)

Good channels for Chinese cooking:
Chinese Cooking Demystified https://www.youtube.com/c/ChineseCookingDemystified
Made with Lau https://www.youtube.com/c/madewithlau

00:00 Intro
00:30 Where have you lived and traveled?
02:11 How was your Chinese when you got to China?
04:21 Did you start cooking in China or were you into food before that?
08:00 What was it like to go back to Germany after living in China?
08:38 How Andong started to cook Chinese food
09:55 What are some good Chinese YouTube channels?
10:52 Hand pulled noodles
12:23 Andong's dream to go to a Chinese Noodle School
13:07 Why learning to eat is more important than learning to cook
14:12 The problem with “Authenticity”
15:55 Are some cultures more touchy about authenticity than others?
16:37 Is your food an example of fusion, or is it something else?
18:48 Why Borscht with Kimchi is a great idea
20:19 Is it possible to get a better spice tolerance?
21:25 What German ingredient would you adopt to other cuisines?
27:57 How to make a taco with ingredients from a German supermarket
35:27 What's the role of cookbooks now that we have videos?
40:34 What's involved in recipe testing for a book?
41:04 How much creative freedom did you have with the book?
43:28 How did you put your book team together?
45:03 Photography and food styling for the book
50:55 How long did the book take?
51:31 Advice for other creators who want to write a book
52:48 Why the cover in Germany is different from the cover in the US
53:22 How do you develop recipes for an international audience?

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