Why does the Chinese food in restaurants taste better than that cooked at home? Restaurants will have a long list of ingredients prepped, including stocks, sauces, lots of different spices, dark, light, and regular soy sauce, etc.

People who work in Chinese restaurants come in to work early and spend an enormous amount of time cutting food into bite sized pieces. This means that along with sauces, spices and other ingredients, everything that goes into the dish is ready and at the chef's fingertips.