Food
Rice with dried anchovies, quick stir-fry for lunch
With a few ingredients it is simple to make rice with dried anchovies in a tasty lunch, a quick stir-fry and your good to go. I had some leftover rice, dried anchovies and last bit of tempeh kering (Indonesian snack) to add an extra crunch to the dish. Have to make a new batch of →
YumNua Yang, ยำเนื้อย่าง Thai beef salad
Thai beef salad recipe with authentic aromatic flavours and an enticing complexity of sweet, sour, spice and heat combined with grilled marinated meat. This dish is one of our family & friends favourites. Quick and easy to prepare, serve the salad as a starter for lunch or as a side with other complimentary dishes together →
Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad Gluten-free
Quinoa is a basically a powerhouse full of nutritional value and a good choice on the menu. A super grain high in protein and fibre, an ancient seed re-ignited as a super food. If Aragan oil is gold liquid than the mother grain of the Inca’s are gold nuggets. Apparently, NASA sent astronauts into space with Quinoa on the menu as the power food.
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Tea connection, introducing The Tea Urchin
Tea Connection For the love of Tea, I’ve made a wonderful connection with the owners of Tea Urchin, →
Cupping Tea – How to taste and grade Chinese teas
Guest post contributed by The Tea Urchin blog. Chinese Tea ceremony, tea grading Cupping tea is a sensory process →
Summer is coming, Berry&Berry Daiquiri!!
Cocktail Time!! Timing just about right, needed a drink and with two punnet’s of fresh strawberries it can’t →
Aubergine stuffed with minced lamb and spices
Greek/Turkish Stuffed Aubergine with minced Lamb and spices Had plans for MaPo DouFu, but the minced meat was Lamb mince, slight adjustment and a dive into the cupboard and fridge to see what else was available. On the left two shiny aubergines, a jar with tiny dried bird’s eye chilli peppers, a quick look in →
Huat Kueh 发糕 or Prosperity Cake by Louisiana van Menxel
A Guest recipe contribution from my Indonesian-Chinese friend and fantastic home Chef Lousiana van Menxel. Both our family moved →
Smashed Beetspuds hodge-podge:
After visiting an entertaining seminar I biked home along with a late afternoon sun, but the temperature had →
Chicken Broccoli easy stir-fry recipe
Chicken Broccoli stir-fry recipe is an easy budget-friendly dish and a crowd pleaser. All the ingredients can be easily substituted with other meat cuts and greens in season. Pork, lamb, beef (even fish, see note) with vegetables like cauliflower, green beans, Pak Soi or Chinese cabbage. Versatile and ideal to mix vegetables of what is left in the refrigerator and needs to be finished →