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 […]
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 […]
This dish came originally from a starter I had many years ago. I was amazed at how I had a perfectly round salmon fillet rather than a flat piece. I finally found out how they did it and hence this dish was born. The lentils are flavoured with soy […]
What on earth is chicken katsu kiev I hear you cry. Well, chicken katsu is one of our favourite dishes from Yo Sushi. It is simply crumbed chicken goujons with a Japanese curry sauce, which is extremely moreish. I wanted to make a version of chicken kiev, but something […]
Festive greetings and best wishes to all. Since we are all feeling a little roast dinner/meated out, I thought this would be a pleasant change to the hearty waist busting dishes we consume over the next few days. I love Thai/Asian flavourings, and nothing beats a homemade curry paste. […]
This Arabian aubergine stew has become one of my favourite dishes. It is quite rich tasting and can be quite spicy, hence a nice creamy scallop mousse in the pasta to counter balance it. The large tortellini is very filling and so one will be enough for a comfortable […]
The idea of this Moroccan Spiced Chicken and Bulgur Wheat Pilaf emerged from the quite fantastic weather we are having in the UK. The doors and windows are all wide open trying to cool us down a bit. Now apart from a BBQ and salad, I was trying to think […]
It’s not often I make an entire vegetarian plate, I hope vegetarian readers will just steal parts of my other dishes for their own creations. I have to admit though, I enjoy the challenge of trying to create a fine dining meal that is entirely vegetarian. One thing that I […]
I was inspired by this Sumac crusted cod after looking through www.steenbergs.co.uk website. They supply pretty much every spice you have never heard of. If you ever get stuck in a rut of using the same spices, check out their website for some inspiration. Ok, so most people have just […]