/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19326714
You don't need this meme knife. Marketing thread

>>19326719
Please fuck off, uneducated janny. The knife pictured is not even for sale anywhere.

Here

>>19326729
Tell us the benefits of this over any regular well-sharpened knife you CCP shill.

>>19326754
More easily scooping up finely minced ingredients.

>>19326742
I got to say, I'm surprised the Chinese have a character for Bowery. Truly they are a great culture.

>>19326759
No way you're that shit at handling a regular knife.

>>19326785
You got really triggered when I identified you, huh.

>>19326766
Pretty sure it just says "Chinese kitchen supply" in Chinese, but in practice Chinese does do transliteration where they try to find something close in pronunciation. America for example is mei guo, which means beautiful country

>>19326714
>Where do I get caidao?
any asian kitchen shop
>And what is a good price range for a good one?
my shi ba zi zhuo costs ~$45, it's pretty good, consider that the maximum I would pay for a big knife, anything higher is purely indulgence
>Should they have a straight cutting edge or a little curved?
slightly curved, like your pic is ok
>How long and tall should they be?
my cleaver is 22cm long, I think.. not sure about height but it should be at least taller than your typical western chefs knoif

>>19326803
Thanks. The local Chinese grocery didn't have knives (although they have literally everything else), so I'm forced to look online. Seems like a carbon steel cai dao should probably be like $30 in a store, but idk.

you have to travel to mainland china for a real one, the ones on amazon and in gwailo american stores are fake made of solid wolf poop

>>19326759
Use a bench scraper you nonce.

How can you go wrong with a cleaver? It's meant for rough-chopping hard ingredients, is it not? Does brand/quality actually make a tangible difference?

>>19326714
My eleven year old niece just started her Cai Dao. She's blossoming.

>>19327185
I am not talking about a cleaver for butchering meat. Chinese cleaver is basically a tall chef's knife. Very thin behind the edge.

>>19327177
No.

>>19327177
>use two tools when one does the job of both
No thank you.

Op is the mind of fag who wants to get into bike riding, spends $2,300 on a touring bike and a spandex onesie, camelback, apple watch with heart monitor, carbon fiber butt plug, etc., etc.

Then rides for 3 months, never improves, gets bored and stops completely.

Imagine thinking you need a magic Chinese cleaver to make Chinese food

>>19327337
>buy an asiaboo utensil when the most common one does the job just as well

>>19326714
chinatown or an online shop
around $35, but nigflation has probably pushed prices up, havent bought a knife in a while
idk what curve you need, you should know that

amazon for less than 10". look up "chinese vegetable cleaver"

>>19327910
*less than $10 dollars. I'm retarded.


I use pic rel which can be bought today for $16

>>19327427
Nice strawman faggot. Stay on topic.

>>19327916
I've got one of these cheap single piece cleavers, was about $10.
Must be 4 years old now and holds an edge incredibly well.
Use it a lot more than any other knife, great value for what you get.

>>19327177
Checked, fellow benchscraper chad.

>>19326714
keep in mind that a traditional wok is a round bottomed vessel (nice) that is meant to be used at high heat over an open flame essentially.
You can get a flat bottomed wok for an electric stovetop which might be alright, but it's never going to give you the same wok hei as you would get from a restaurant with proper equipment. So... just temper your expectations.

>>19328261
Why are you getting two kitchen utensils dirty when making fried rice when you can just use knife

>>19326714
buy any carbon steel chinese cleaver from aliexpress. then realize that dealing with rust in the knife the second it touches any moisture sucks and go back to your stainless knives. at least it will be a cheap lesson.

If Want Chinese.
Know One Thing.
Do One Thing.
Destroy own Ding.

>>19326759
bench scraper, faggot

>>19328358
Because I just send it to dish when I'm done with it, or if I'm home, give it to my wife to clean.

>>19326754
Knuckle clearance for big hands.

>>19326785
It's not a skill issue you clown. Twice the surface area = twice as much material can be scooped.

>>19327177
>>19328445
You're simply incompetent if you think adding a bench scraper is in any way as efficient as having a knife that can do both.

>>19327177
Isn't a nonce just another term for pedophile? Why would wanting a particular type of knife be associated with that?