Restaurant food at home
I wanted to have a light meal without compromising on flavour the day we made this Poached Mackerel in Umami broth. Why, because you cant’t have your cake and eat it everyday, so this was concocted after a night of excess. It consists of a flavourful broth with cured mackerel […]
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 […]
I discovered this beautiful gomadare sauce by accident. I was looking for an Asian satay sauce and decided to start mixing a few things together. Knowing I didn’t have any peanuts in the house, I thought this was like pushing water uphill. I created my standard Japanese flavourings of […]
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 […]
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 […]