j biesinger
TVWBB Platinum Member
I've been looking for one of these for a couple of years. I'm always shocked when I see one at a store and look at the price. I keep thinking I'll bump into one when we're exploring chinese restaurant supply stores in nyc, but despite the name (chinaman's cap) they are probably more french than asian.
Well as luck would have it we were in a store in nyc and I stumbled on one for $35. I grabbed it and tried to ignore the impulse to buy anything else (forschner granton edge slicer for $40...doh!).
It turns out that we walked a bit uptown to Broadway Panhandler in the East Village, which is a "fancy store" unlike the one I just came from that was filled to the ceiling with unopened boxes. A similar sized chinois, that I thought was inferior to the one I just bought, was twice as much (75!!!).
Now I just got to remember what I intended to use it for. The mesh seems fine enough that I think it'll replace my normal technique of lining a funnel with cheese cloth when straining sauces.
Well as luck would have it we were in a store in nyc and I stumbled on one for $35. I grabbed it and tried to ignore the impulse to buy anything else (forschner granton edge slicer for $40...doh!).
It turns out that we walked a bit uptown to Broadway Panhandler in the East Village, which is a "fancy store" unlike the one I just came from that was filled to the ceiling with unopened boxes. A similar sized chinois, that I thought was inferior to the one I just bought, was twice as much (75!!!).
Now I just got to remember what I intended to use it for. The mesh seems fine enough that I think it'll replace my normal technique of lining a funnel with cheese cloth when straining sauces.