I LOVE Chinese food...

.... and I'm not talking about 'American Chinese' food (General Tso's, Sweet n sour chicken, beef lo mein). I'm talking about the authentic Chinese food, that Chinese people eat in China.

The Chinese food I have been cooking is from Chinese cook books full of recipes straight from China and full of ingredients that I can only find at the Chinese market. AND IT HAS ALL BEEN DELICIOUS. I'm sure to a native of China it probably doesn't taste quite authentic, but I feel confident that it's pretty close!

I am currently on vacation in Las Vegas. I drove here from Cleveland, which is a 33 hour drive away and obviously haven't been doing any cooking during this time. And my tummy has been suffering!!!!

So yesterday I was super excited to find that the Bellagio has a restaurant called Noodles that serves some good authentic Chinese food (as well as some of the expected American Chinese dishes and other dishes from Japan and Korea). I had congee for lunch yesterday, congee again for lunch today (with edamame and kim-chee) and a wonton soup tonight for  dinner, which had shrimp dumplings that were to die for. And my tummy is already feeling a lot better.

Yummy congee:

Here is a photo of tonights soup:

I LOVE CHINESE FOOD!!!