🔪 Chinese Knife Skills 101: How a chef cares for his knives

In today's video, my dad (a Chinese chef of 50+ years) teaches us how to use and care for a Chinese Chef Knife (cai dao)! This is a follow up to last week's video on basic knife skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96z3ha9fRCM&&list=PLvd5bo3J-_kq4FcYVCOK6ZR87dCGDqrSH&index=2&t=0s 🍴 WRITTEN POST + TIPS🍴 Visit our blog for more tips and info that we didn't cover in the video: https://madewithlau.com/posts/chinese-knives 🍜 JOIN THE CANTO COOKING CLUB 🍜 Develop the intuition and foundation to cook Cantonese food with exclusive classes from Daddy Lau! Take a free peek inside: https://bit.ly/mwlclub 🍳 COOKWARE WE USE/LOVE 🍳 - Chinese Cleaver: https://amzn.to/4eMSoL9 - Carbon Steel Wok: https://amzn.to/3BH16fq - Stainless Steel Spatula: https://amzn.to/4fomqVZ - Non-Stick Wok: https://amzn.to/47Q8fGk - Non-Stick Spatula: https://amzn.to/489rWsY - Gas Burner: https://amzn.to/3XYAQVI - Electric Burner: https://amzn.to/4eLoXZO - Steaming rack: https://amzn.to/4eKewpQ - Steaming rack with holes: https://amzn.to/408qPYu 🥢 KITCHEN ACCESSORIES WE USE/LOVE 🥢 - Infrared Laser Temperature Gun: https://amzn.to/3ZRioAK - Wireless Meat Thermometer: https://amzn.to/3BE6iRg - Food Scale: https://amzn.to/47QRIC6 👨‍🍳 DAD'S SPECIAL INGREDIENTS 👨‍🍳 - Light Soy Sauce: https://amzn.to/3NcsQva - Dark Soy Sauce: https://amzn.to/3Y6uyV8 - Chicken Bouillon: https://amzn.to/3ZQWn4V - Sesame Oil: https://amzn.to/3XJGef6 - Rice Cooking Wine: https://amzn.to/4gJG405 - Shaoxing Cooking Wine: https://amzn.to/3TWiBib - Premium Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/4drBPTS - Chili Oil: https://amzn.to/3Y7w1uo - Hoisin Sauce: https://amzn.to/3Y9mwuJ - Vegetarian Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/47RJ0U5 - Gluten-Free Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/3NdKPRK - Handcrafted Soy Sauce: https://bit.ly/handcrafted-soysauce 🎥 MY CAMERA GEAR! 🎥 - Workhorse Camera: https://amzn.to/3UaMdsd - Lens for Wide Shots: https://amzn.to/3YpCUHD - Lens for Detail Shots: https://amzn.to/4h781if - Macro Lens: https://amzn.to/3Y6ANXF These links are affiliate links, which means that if you use our links to purchase these ingredients, Amazon pays my family a small amount for the sale - at no extra cost to you. If you use these links, we really appreciate the support! ⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲ 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Origins of my dad’s Chinese chef knife 01:32 - Different knives, different purposes 02:52 - How do you know if you can’t use a knife anymore? 03:11 - How to use different tools to sharpen knives 04:53 - How to tell if your knife is sharp enough 05:34 - Angles and bevels when sharpening knives 08:20 - Sharpening a Western knife 09:35 - How to use a honing rod 10:14 - Using a plate to sharpen your knife 11:37 - Randy tries sharpening knives 15:20 - Why a one-sided bevel? 16:02 - How often does my dad sharpen his knives? 16:45 - About my dad’s meat cleaver (& how to sharpen it) 18:29 - Different parts of a Chinese knife 19:57 - How to (not) wash a knife 21:12 - What kind of sharpening stone do you need? 22:47 - Why my dad’s knife’s handle is worn down on one side 23:34 - More on the origin of my dad’s knives 24:22 - On getting expensive knives 25:12 - Versatility of a Chinese chef knife 25:50 - Experience, love, and the American dream 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗 @JKenjiLopezAlt has a great video on how to sharpen a knife: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixCnCvDUKQ8 @seriouseats has a great article on what not to put in a dishwasher: https://www.seriouseats.com/2018/10/how-to-load-a-dishwasher.html @Burrfection has awesome videos all about knives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCIbsLaNp84 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOluHMoKJ6CrS0kcybhaThg 🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵 Intro Flute Music - Performed by Daddy Lau Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/49e6fa9c Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/4ca8cc15 Overhead Camera Rig built by P.Oak - https://www.instagram.com/p.oak.co/ Chinese Subtitles by Wynee Pan - https://www.instagram.com/gotchacafenyc 💛 OUR FAMILY 💛 Learn more about the Lau family, and why we started this channel + blog: https://madewithlau.com/family 👋 CONNECT WITH US 👋 https://www.tiktok.com/@madewithlau https://www.instagram.com/madewithlau https://www.facebook.com/madewithlau https://www.pinterest.com/madewithlau 🙏 SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL 🙏 If you enjoy these videos and want to support us being able to continue creating content for many years to come, we’d love for you to consider becoming a patron of Made With Lau. https://www.patreon.com/madewithlau