Restaurant food at home
OK, just by looking at the title there seems to be a few problems. Have I finally gone mad? Well, yes and no. Firstly the chicken and banana. This is an a very old classic combination from the introduction of curry from India. In order to tame some of the […]
I’ve made two versions of this dish. The star of the show is the citrus mussels. Usually you only ever eat them mariniere. Mussels and clams have the most delicious juice, so I feel it’s a shame to always drown it with cream. So we have used the mussel […]
Lomo saltado, if you didn’t already know, is a Peruvian dish. It is generally served as a beef stir fry with onions, peppers etc. To change it around, I basically put all of the stir fry ingredients into a marinade. Marinaded the beef for a few hours and served it […]
I have a strange affinity with Chinese Five Spice, I want to love it, but for some reason I never really enjoy it. Until it was rubbed into some duck breasts that is. The five spices being star anise, cloves, fennel seeds, szechuan peppercorns and cinnamon. They need some […]
Before I get onto my dish I would just like to mention that I have been nominated for The Observer (English Broadsheet) Food Blog of the year. If you would like to add your support click on the link. Observer Food Awards, you don’t need to fill in every category, […]
I love Japanese cuisine but it does tend to look unspectacular. I’ve seen three michelin star restaurants in Japan and all you get is a different flavoured nigiri after nigiri. Nothing exciting about that. This tests my imagination to create something tasty, colourful and overall look like fine dining to […]
This dish is so versatile it can be made with lamb, chicken, fish or vegetables. It would even work well with paneer. If you don’t want to use lamb, just substitute your favourite protein source and follow the recipe. The most difficult part of this dish is actually the poppy […]
I was just discussing with my wife that you never find beef dishes with Indian Spices. I know because of religious origins, the cow being a sacred animal and all, but I still eat it so why not use it with some Indian spicing. It’s an earthy enough meat that […]
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