Romantic dinner for two via Basil Magazine

For a little over a year now, I've been writing an article for the online publication "Basil Magazine". They hide my articles deep inside their website, so good luck finding them, lol. If you have enough patience to find said articles, check out my latest one in the upcoming February edition. I've been asked to do a product review for my choice of cooking vessels by doing a romantic dinner for two.

Being the corny romantic I've been known for, I decided to test this out on one of my biggest fans; my wife.

The item I chose was this ceramic wok from Emile Henry. What a beauty! Bright red, ceramic, held heat like a champ and easy to clean!

In keeping with the Asian influences of said cooking vessel, I decided to go with a menu inspired by such cuisine.

A quick trip to the Asian market inspired me to take on this:

Deep Fried Crab Balls with Water Chestnuts - Served these puppies with a sambal ranch :)

Beef Chow Mein

Crab balls before eating...

About to eat this bad boy!

Chocolate covered lychees, yeah!

I love that wok man! I never thought you could ever get a great experience in cooking with a ceramic wok. I mean, all my life, I've had to learn how to use a metal one; keep it clean and dry, well seasoned and suffer a horrible cleaning disaster. With this, all I have to do is toss it in the dish washer! Very cool. Since I didn't have to pay for it, I could say for sure that it is worth every bit of the $200.00 they wanted for it!