Chinese cooking, esp. Cantonese cooking, had known this for hundreds of years. Cantonese call it “wok-hei” 鑊氣, or “breath of the wok”, which is basically the high heat you get from the food when it’s been stir-fried with a wok. It’s just not the same using (relatively) low-heat ranges at home using a pan or a skillet.
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