SHAOHSING Premium HuaDiao COOKING WINE 640ML (21.7 FL OZ)

This is my favorite Chinese cooking wine brand thus far. I like that the lid is a screw-on and it is likely the missing magical ingredient to your stir fry if you’ve been just throwing veggies and meat in a wok and wondering what it doesn’t taste “right”. A must have for broccoli beef! Used in so many dishes.

Awesome flavor, well packed when shipped

Purchased for recipe and was surprised at the taste improvement over the same recipe that I did not use the Shaohsing wine. I have tried Mirin as a substitute, which is too sweet. This is the best produce for my fried rice, fish, shrimp or beef recipes. I have not yet tried with pork, but have several recipes in mind that call for Shaohsing wine...I'm sure it will be delicious.

I did a simultaneous taste test of 4 Shao Xing (salted) cooking wines - Golden Brand, Quin Hu, Rich Pagoda (One NineChef), and Pagoda Brand HuaDiao. Golden and Quin Hu had barely perceptible scent and no flavor but salt. You may as well buy salt water and add 2 drops of dry sherry as use these. The 2 Pagodas were also very salty, but had the scent and some flavor beyond the salt. The One NineChef was a tiny bit less complex (flavor and scent) than the HuaDiao, but both were better choices as a salted cooking wine. The HuaDiao was actually $2 cheaper than the One NineChef the day I bought it. So all things together, I’d buy Pagoda Brand again.

Don't be fooled by other cooking "wines" that are flat and salty. Though not meant as beverage, the wine is pure and is great in place of the usual dry sherry.

On time and good packaging for a glass bottle. Thanks for that.

Used in a variety of cuisines adds a very unique flavour

Not much to say, except that it was perfect for my recipe