Chinese Food Feast

I happen to love Chinese food.  It's delicious and for the most part it's fairly simple to whip up in a hurry.  So when I found this and this on Pinterest, I was pretty excited.  Since I was cooking, I thought for sure they wouldn't turn out as well, but I had high hopes anyway.  Well, even if I do say so myself, they turned out amazing! 

I used pork for the egg rolls instead of mushrooms (no fungus for me!).  I love the crisp on egg rolls so I was worried these wouldn't have the same texture as fried versions, but they were perfect and much less greasy than the original.  I even went out on a limb and tried duck sauce which I'd never had before and found that egg rolls and duck sauce are the perfect combo.

The only substitution I made for the Sesame Chicken, was the use of molasses instead of brown sugar since my brown sugar was harder than a rock. Other than being a bit lighter in color than the picture, it was yummy too.  It didn't taste like the sesame chicken you usually order in Chinese restaurants, but it had great flavor and was perfect over rice.

Overall, I'd rate tonight's feast Yum with a capital Y : ) 

Please note: A food photographer, I am not...