A wok (in Standard Cantonese as ; Jyutping: wok6)'s a versatile round-bottomed cooking vessel originating in China. It's used especially in East and Southeast Asia. South Asia also uses a similarly-shaped vessel known as a karahi. A wok's most often used for stir frying, but can also be used many other ways, such as in steaming, deep frying, braising, stewing, smoking, or making soup. It's commonly, almost exclusively, cooked with a long handle chahn (spatula) and/or a long handle hoak (ladle).… (More on Wok)