Comments on: Chinese cucumber salad, three ways (黄瓜三吃)

By: Wei Guo

Wei Guo — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 06:43:09 +0000

In reply to Lucia DeChino. Glad you enjoyed the cucumber salad, Lucia! The flavors in Chinese cuisine are hard to beat—great choice!

By: Lucia DeChino

Lucia DeChino — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 12:32:53 +0000

I tried the sliced cucumber salad.I love it because you don’t use the seeds. I also love the flavors associated with Chinese cuisine. I prefer this over the American version of cucumber salad.

By: Wei Guo

Wei Guo — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 09:45:54 +0000

In reply to Gin. Hope you'll enjoy making and eating them, Gin!

By: Gin

Gin — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 04:12:20 +0000

Thank you Wei! I love cucumber salad but it gets boring (western style) and I think I will give the sliced cucumber salad a try-out. These all sound so and look delicious!

By: Wei Guo

Wei Guo — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 23:39:34 +0000

In reply to Lydia. Thank you Lydia for trying out my recipes. Regarding the Option three, it isn't a typo. It means to be light soy sauce and sugar. As I explained in the post: for option three, "Use light soy sauce to provide saltiness instead of salt. Together with soy sauce, sugar increases the umami taste of the dish." Hope this helps!

By: Lydia

Lydia — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:42:31 +0000

Hi Wei! Under the recipe for Option three you say to mix soy sauce and “sugar” to rest 10 minutes then drain excess liquid. Do you mean soy sauce and “salt”? That is what it says in the extra notes before the recipe and seems to make more sense.

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By: Wei Guo

Wei Guo — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 09:30:56 +0000

In reply to Edyta. It's indeed an achievement to cut a "coir raincoat" cucumber. Congratulations!

By: Edyta

Edyta — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:57:30 +0000

I made a raincoat salad, pity I can’t add a photo of my cucumber! So proud of my cutting 😀 Like with smashed cucumber salad I also added few more ingredients to make a light, healthy supper. Both dressings are great, I feel that the cucumber consumption in my house will grow dramatically 😉

By: Wei @ Red House Spice

Wei @ Red House Spice — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:06:06 +0000

In reply to Eileen. My pleasure Eileen! Hope you'll like them!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 19:09:22 +0000

Hi, I’ve so glad you posted these recipes, can’t wait to make them. Thank you!