COOKING UP A STORM

Chef Wang Gang has given more than 200 online cookery classes, stirring up viewers' passion for Chinese cuisine. Li Yingxue reports.

"Hello everyone, today I'm teaching you a tofu dish," says Wang Gang, holding a fresh white block of it in one hand.

Over the next four minutes, he accomplishes a composition of cutting, seasoning and cooking, as if in just one breath. It's one of Wang's most popular cooking videos, with more than 2 million hits on micro blog Weibo.