| do yourself a favor

Buy a cheap chinese wok at Ranch 99 - properly season it (look up seasoning a wok) on the net, use large fire when cooking lots of oil, fresh garlic, fresh ginger, and fresh onions.

Buy - Dried hot peppers, 5 spice, white pepper, (All asians get their rice at costcos) get the pheonix brand, corn starch to thicken sauce, Sweet soy sauce (thick kinds are good too), black vinegar, Hot bean paste, Oyster sauce, sweet plum paste and now youre ready to cook all sorts of asian food! Especially kung poa chicken.

EDIT: oh i forgot, I personally like the Rooster brand hot sauce that you find in all the vietnamese restaurants. Nothing beats the cock sauce. oh yeah.