Filled with beautiful photos!! As a visual learner, photos teaches us how the final product looks. Nice layout and tips. But I did find some of the ingredients hard to find. Maybe a list of substitutions would be nice.

Ahh I was so excited to read this after modern baking! The photographs, story and recipes all look so amazing and I can’t wait to try them out

This book was full of so many Asian dishes that I cannot wait to incorporate into my weekly meal preps! The author had little anecdotes along with each recipe, that were well thought out. The included meals seemed easy and doable, all while looking delicious!

An excellent cookbook jam packed with information.

I would recommend this for people who are already confident in the kitchen and looking for different ways to stretch their cooking skills.
The author does an excellent job of breaking it down into easy steps, but a beginner in the kitchen would be a bit overwhelmed.

I particularly liked the must have equipment and tools section, detailing everything you need for the recipes. It's one of the worst greivances trying to collate every ingredient or tool you need for an individual recipe, so at the beginning of the book, this is a handy section. There are lots of recipes here, which are sure to capture the interest and hunger of everyone. The make it vegan post its are handy as well, to transform the dishes for other dietary needs. I enjoyed the sauce section, something that is missed in a lot of recipe books and I was surprised at how extensive the collection was, with baked goods included too.

This is a huge book, with lots of recipes and I enjoyed reading.

I liked it a lot. Nice recipes, it made me go buy ingredients and embark on a learning journey. I've always wanted to start cooking aasian recipes, I guess this was the right moment.

Love this book! Recipes are approachable and categorized so that it’s very easy to use, not to mention delicious. With vegetarians in our family, there was something for everyone.

I'm a fan of Asian cuisine and as a vegetarian, I appreciated the options to adapt to these recipes. The artwork is so inviting. Unlike many other Asian cookbooks I have, the recipes here don't all call for a tonne of obscure ingredients. The authors personal stories and their connection with food was really warming. I also liked the little details: advice on how you might want the butcher to prepare meat, and the notes and tips boxes which make the recipes less daunting.
The Mapo Tofu recipe went down a storm this week! Thank you!!

What a great overview of recipes from different Asian cultures! This book was a bit heavy on East Asian recipes, and I don’t think I’d reach for it for South Asian food, but I would probably recommend this to beginner cooks or cooks with less experience with Asian food who want to delve into unfamiliar cuisines. I can’t really see myself using it all that much just because I prefer to delve deeper into one culture’s cuisine within a book, but I’ll probably end up keeping some of these recipes handy.

A beautiful book. Lots of pictures of finished dishes, as well as ingredients and equipment, which a lot of cookbooks don't do. There's a wide range of dishes with rice and noodles getting their own chapters entirely.

Good clear ingredient lists with a lot of optional extras or potential changes which is really nice touch. There's a little personal story under each picture and tips/notes dotted throughout the book denoting allergen alternatives or 'if this isn't coming together the way you'd expect, try this' etc.

My only complaint is that not all of the specialist ingredients are easily obtainable and there isn't always easily available alternatives.

5/5 stars! Thank you, NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Harvard Common Press for this eARC of Modern Asian Kitchen cookbook by Kat Lieu in exchange for an honest review.

This is my kind of cookbook! (And the type of cookbook I would have in my kitchen!) I love that there is a photo for each listed recipe and clear details on the instructions on how to execute the dish. I love how some of the listed recipes just provide me with priceless feelings because it bring back memories of how my mom would cook these fresh hot meals every day when my sisters and I would get home. My favorites so far have been the recipes that are cooked in a clay pot. I'm currently exploring how that cooling tool can be used in the kitchen (cooking rice, chicken, pork belly, fish, etc - pretty much all of the above haha). I'm going back to my roots and a majority of these recipes are similar to how my mom cooks food, but I'm sure that other cultural moms - my mom never writes down the recipes, it's all in her head and she goes based on a "dash of this and a taste of that". Modern Asian Kitchen helps me replicate the home comfort foods and I love that I can share it with my husband and kids. A huge plus is when my kids eat everything off their bowl/plate!

I also love the sauces and am so glad that this cookbook offers that towards the end of the entree section. Oh, and importantly, list the fundamentals/suggestions of what tools to have in the kitchen before starting! My parents always poke fun at my husband and me because of how much we sauces and spices we have in our fridge and spice rack. Anyway, love how easy this cookbook is to follow instructions the list of ingredients needed, and the time it takes to cook and prep. Highly recommend this wonderful book to everyone.

Absolutely loved getting to try some of these recipes. The sushi bake was a definite highlight! I really liked how the book gave recipes for basic sauces that are commonly used and told us about little things like spices, condiments, and etc that are common in Asian culture and recipes. That was really helpful.

I really liked the recipes in Modern Asian Kitchen, and have tried quite a few. They are very well written and easy to follow

A lovely cookbook with lots of different recipes. My boys love Asian food and this book had lots of recipes that are easy to follow. I loved that the recipes were on one page, no having to turn pages mid cooking especially when your hands are already messy. I also loved that there wasn’t too much writing in the instructions so it was easy to see what I was doing in each step.

We really enjoyed the garlic greens beans, pop chicken and Hong Kong bubble waffles. We’re also looking forward to trying the melty cheesecake

This is a very informative book, not only has it got many recipes, but throughout, the photographs are really good. The food certainly has an Asian bent but with a little twist of fresh ideas and a mixture.of various Asian cuisine..
The book starts of with tools, equipment and ingredients, which gives a very good explanation of uses and how to use. There is a section on vegan,gluten free and vegetarian food, with a mention how some of the recipes can be made to fit these criteria by changing ingredient. There are chapters on noodles, rice, essential sauces, street food,, one pot wonders, sweets and much more.
I very much like this book, it is down to earth, easy to follow instructions, with the fundamentals well explained. . Thanks you NetGalley and the publishers for the DR

What a yummy cookbook, with recipes that look quite doable, even for a non-chef like me. A winner!

Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the ARC.

Opinions are mine.

This book made me hungrier than any cookbook has made me in a long time. Goodness, I want to cook these things. They all look so good and the instructions are so easy to follow.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity for this ARC!

I have Kat Lieu's other book, Modern Asian Baking at Home, and it's chock full of a bunch of delicious recipes, many of which I've grown up with and loved + always wanted to learn how to make, so Modern Asian Kitchen has been up there on my want list + this definitely didn't disappoint!

The book is split into 9 different chapters:
-"The Fundamentals" covers basic recipes, e.g. making rice, onigiri, naan, + techniques on blanching veggies + making stir-fries.
-"Garden Party" = all things veggie=related! This includes things like cucumber salad, braised mushrooms, green papaya salad, spinach goma-ae (spinach salad with sesame dressing/sauce).
-"Dim Sum" - if you've ever been out for dim sum, you'll recognize a bunch of popular favorites here, from char siu bao + har gow/siu mai to steamed spare ribs + lotus-leaf wrapped sticky rice.
-"One-Pan Wonders" = where it's at for me (the less to clean up, the better...) - tandoori chicken, tonkatsu, sweet + soy salmon, sushi bake, saucy egg/beef/gai lan stir fry...everything looks amazing!
-"The Sharing Table" is aptly named, with different recipes that are great for sharing "family style" - Taiwanese three-cup chicken to soondooboo chigae (Korean spicy tofu stew), barley tea + cocoa-smoked chicken, chicken tinola...
-"The Rice is Right" - lots of tasty rice dishes included in this chapter, including bibimbap, kimchi fried rice, Hong Kong cafe-style baked pork chop and rice, congee...
-"Life is Noodiful" - yay for more carbs! Tteokbooki (stir-fried Korean spicy rice cakes), chili crisp butter garlic pasta, curried vermicelli (Singapore chow mei fun), pho ga (Vietnamese chicken soup), laksa noodle soup, miso ramen...
-"Essential Sauces" - lots of different types of sauces, including nước chấm (Vietnamese fish sauce), peanut dipping sauce, tonkatsu sauce, chili crisp oil...
-"Not-Too-Sweet Treats" = In my experience, "not too sweet" is the best compliment an east Asian parent can give to a dessert. You can learn to make milk bread, sesame balls, mochi cake, Hong Kong bubble waffles (gai daan jai), Pandan Tres Leches with Kaya drizzle + a bunch more in this chapter!

Each recipe includes a short intro, an ingredient list, prep time, cook time, inactive time, serving size, instructions, and little notes/pieces of advice (e.g. how to add flavor, make it vegan, sauce substitutes, etc.).

I love that most of the recipes don't require a whole ton of ingredients + am looking forward to getting a physical copy of this book when it comes out!

I really enjoyed this cookbook and found a lot of recipes to be beginner friendly and very delicious!

I would like to thank Netgalley for sending me this arc in exchange for an honest review. This was a good cook book to look through and I can't wait to give some of the recipes a try.