I often eat (at home in Hong Kong) a cold cucumber salad that's definitely Chinese-inspired. I've tried to get the recipe out of my mom several times but her English isn't fabulous and all she can has e-mailed is "salt cucumbers, no cooking!".

I had the dish again in DC, and have been trying to replicate with the (sparse) help of online recipes.

Basically what I've been doing is slicing the cucumbers in bite-sized wedges, then salting them in a coriander to remove moisture for half an hour. Then I marinate them in 1/4 cup of rice wine vinegar, 1 tbs of lite soy sauce, and a Splenda packet and adding a dash of sesame oil (per whole cucumber). It still doesn't taste "quite right" so I was wondering if any other SE-eaters had an original recipe or could give me some intel (at least until I can get my mother face to face to show me how she makes it!).

P.S. I also tried to make it today with my newly purchased Slap-Chop, which is a disaster of a purchase and a painful waste of $15 to a college student. Stay away!!