Menu Planning: Develop menus featuring a wide variety of Chinese dishes, including regional specialties from provinces such as Sichuan, Cantonese, Hunan, and Shandong. Create balanced menus that offer a mix of flavors, textures, and cooking techniques. Food Preparation: Prepare a diverse range of Chinese dishes, including stir-fries, steamed dishes, soups, dumplings, noodles, and seafood dishes. Use a variety of ingredients such as meats, poultry, seafood, tofu, vegetables, and aromatic spices. Ingredient Selection: Source high-quality ingredients commonly used in Chinese cuisine, including fresh produce, meats, seafood, and specialty ingredients such as soy sauce, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, and fermented bean paste. Pay attention to freshness and authenticity to enhance the flavor of dishes. Cooking Techniques: Master a wide range of Chinese cooking techniques, including stir-frying, steaming, braising, deep-frying, and roasting. Use these techniques to achieve authentic flavors, textures, and aromas in dishes. Flavor Balancing: Understand the principles of flavor balancing in Chinese cuisine, which often involves combining sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami flavors in harmony. Adjust seasoning and spices to achieve the desired taste profile in each dish. Wok Skills: Develop excellent wok skills, including the ability to heat the wok to the correct temperature, stir-fry ingredients quickly and evenly, and create delicious wok hei (breath of the wok) flavors. Sauce Making: Master the art of making Chinese sauces from scratch, including basic sauces such as soy sauce-based stir-fry sauce, as well as specialty sauces such as black bean sauce, sweet and sour sauce, and hoisin sauce. Dumpling Making: Learn the techniques for making various types of Chinese dumplings, including potstickers, wontons, and steamed dumplings. Experiment with different fillings and folding techniques to create delicious and visually appealing dumplings. Dim Sum Preparation: Familiarize yourself with the preparation of dim sum, including steaming, frying, and baking techniques. Learn how to make a variety of dim sum dishes, such as siu mai, har gow, char siu bao, and egg tarts. Customer Satisfaction: Focus on guest satisfaction by consistently delivering delicious, authentic Chinese dishes that exceed expectations. Solicit feedback from guests and use it to improve menu offerings and dining experiences.