soy sauce has been used as a condiment for close to 2,500 years. light soy sauce is the main soy sauce used for seasoning, since it is saltier, but also adds flavour

sesame seeds were one of the first crops processed for oil as well as one of the earliest condiments. widely used as a flavour enhancer in chinese cuisine

a sweet, jam-like sauce with a tart flavour that goes very well with chinese cuisine and makes a great dip

traditional mandarin-style dipping sauce

traditional rice noodles, great for noodle based soups and dishes

known colloquially as "yellow wine," rice wine is a rich-flavoured liquid that is made from fermented glutinous rice or millet. aged for ten years or more, this rice wine is perfect for use in cooking

an essential piece of equipment for chinese cooking. the wok is designed to allow heat to spread over a large surface area quickly for rapid cooking, which is essential for stir frying

two pairs of black lacquer style chopsticks

although fortune cookies are a modern invention, there's a circulated legend that attempts to link a possible origin from chinese history. according to this legend, in the 14th century, when the mongols ruled china, a revolutionary named chu yuan chang planned an uprising against them. he used mooncakes to pass along the date of the uprising to the chinese by replacing the yolk in the center of the mooncake with the message written on rice paper. the mongols did not care for the yolks, so the plan went on successfully and the ming dynasty began. It is claimed that the moon festival celebrates this with the tradition of giving mooncakes with messages inside. Immigrant chinese railroad workers, without the ingredients to make regular mooncakes, made biscuits instead. It is these biscuits that may have later inspired fortune cookies

chinese confectionery combining peanuts & sesame