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 […]
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Five Spice Duck Breast with Firecracker Rice
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 […]
Thai Parcels with Gomadare Sauce.
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 […]
Dim Sum and Gyozas.
I don’t think anyone could say they don’t like Dim Sum and Gyozas. They a perfect mouthful or two of perfectly seasoned meat and fish. Added with an addictive chilli sauce or a sesame and soy dipping sauce, what more could anyone wish for. Although we don’t eat a great […]
Japanese Vegetarian Selection
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 […]