Gas actually slower to heat up compared to induction, unless you cook the food directly on fire (without pan), then nothing to say liao

Gas overall cheaper (the stove, the gas tank, compatible cookware), but produces more ambient heat + soot + you need to source gas tank.

If you live in small highrise and your kitchen doesn't have a separate outdoors yard area/"wet" kitchen to cook in, strongly do not recommend gas tank because of ventilation issues and heat issues.

Wok hei honestly difficult to reproduce unless have very powerful flame.

Kids who dunno how to control temperature and don't know how to use a well seasoned flat bottomed wok on induction, don't know how to deliberately heat the oil to smoking point before cooking, not using dry/drained fresh ingredients at room temperature 😂😂😂 on gas or induction, it's more important that the ingredients are sufficiently dry without excess moisture and that the food is at room temperature, so the maillard reaction happens quickly without overcooking.

Yea ori version of wok hei needs a super seasoned wok and the rocket engine that professional kitchens and hawker centres use. Modern gas stoves don't go that strong or high because it's a greater fire hazard than usual, so the condition of ingredients are more important.

This post has been edited by DragonReine: Jul 8 2023, 01:38 PM

Induction need specialized cookware:

1) must be made of magnetic material (cast iron, magnetic stainless steel) or have a magnetic flat bottom (cookware that come with induction-compatible bottom, like this: https://www.lagourmet.com.my/product/shogun...frypan-with-ih/ )
2) must have flat bottom

If your pot/pans cannot be magnetized (aluminum, ceramic, stoneware, glass, copper, nonmagnetic stainless steel etc.), then can only use on ceramic hob.

Ceramic also need flat bottom.

1) if it's flat bottomed, most stainless steel wok okay PROVIDED THAT ENOUGH MAGNETIC MATERIAL. Example: some high-nickel content stainless steel cookware is not compatible because too much nickel blocks magnetic field.

2) need to look at your specific brand's warranty. Some only cover very limited, example Fujioh's warranty as follows, only cover toughened glass and only ONE TIME replacement: