Last night I made dinner for David (read: DJ) downtown. I made one of my classics: Fake-out General Tso's Chicken.
Today for lunch, I had leftovers. As tradition stands, I offered a bite to Tristan and we started discussing the flavors of the five-spice. After we made out guesses as to the five spices in Five-Spice powder, I did a little research to see just how keen our taste buds are.
Much to our surprise, five-spice is not a combination of five spices! Instead, it incorporates the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking: sweet, sour, bitter, savory, and salty. How interesting!
(In case you wanted to know the spices that are usually tossed in there, they are cinnamon, ginger, star anise, ground cloves, pepper, and fennel).
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