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It is a very different way of thinking about food for sure. I do expect that configuration in most of my meals (and now have to make it myself). No clear soup, no life. No rice, no happy. No small dishes, no good.

A running joke at home is my wife always asks me what’s for dinner and I’m like ‘something really simple’ and then she says 4 dishes! Really simple!

Well that is simple food for me heheh (also once you get the hang of wok cooking and steaming it is super fast)

I think these basic building blocks of home cooking also extend to family style eating at Chinese restaurants.

2 people = 2 dishes. 3 people = 3 dishes. 4 people = 4 dishes.

Don’t repeat cooking techniques (1 steamed 1 fried is ok, 2 fried is weird)

Have as many types of proteins as possible

One of the dishes is veg-centric

There’s always rice and soup

@skinnylatte this (at restaurants) must be for beginners. I'd up the dishes count per person by 1, and by 2 when 4+ people