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gar-b-age/cooklikehoc

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TLDR

A collection of Chinese recipes from the Laoxiangji restaurant chain, organized with origins and cooking instructions, available as a web interface or Docker deployment.

Mindmap

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Recipe collection
      Dish origins
      Cooking instructions
    Access methods
      Web interface
      Docker deployment
      AI illustrations
    Content source
      Laoxiangji restaurant
      Traceability reports
      Community edited
    Use cases
      Learn Chinese cooking
      Explore restaurant menu
      Host locally

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Learn how to cook authentic dishes from a popular Chinese restaurant chain at home.

USE CASE 2

Host a local copy of the recipe collection using Docker for offline access.

USE CASE 3

Browse dish origins and traceability information to understand restaurant menu history.

Tech stack

JavaScriptDockerWeb interface

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
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In plain English

CookLikeHOC is a Chinese-language recipe collection project. The name "HOC" stands for "Home Original Chicken," the English name used in China Daily reporting for the popular Chinese restaurant chain Laoxiangji (Old Home Chicken). The project collects and organizes dishes published in the Laoxiangji "Dish Traceability Report," a document detailing the origins and recipes of the restaurant's menu items. The text content is adapted from that official report, with additional editing and organization by contributors. It is not an official repository of the restaurant. The project has a web interface available online and also supports running via Docker. There is also an AI-illustrated version with hand-drawn style images.

Copy-paste prompts

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Show me how to set up this Chinese recipe collection locally using Docker.
Prompt 2
Help me understand the structure of this recipe repository and how to navigate the dishes.
Prompt 3
I want to contribute edits or translations to this Laoxiangji recipe collection, what's the workflow?
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