Restaurant food at home
Following on from the last post, my goodie box from Donald Russell contained some chicken breasts. The marinade choices were Teriyaki, Creamy Moroccan or Chilli and Lemon. I chose the latter to try. The marinade was superb, giving the chicken flavour and zing. My only qualm was that the breasts […]
To say its been a busy few weeks is an understatement. There’s no let up in the weeks ahead either. It hasn’t been all work though. I have been away for our annual cycling pilgrimage to France. This year we visited Bordeaux. What a beautiful place. Most of France is […]
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 […]
This miso and black sesame chicken dish comes from the inspiration behind Black Cod. The dish originated in Nobu, and although the fish looks black with its caramelised marinade, black cod is actually a variety of cod generally from the Northern Pacific. I’ve eaten differing versions of this a couple of […]
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 […]
People often ask me when they see my blog, “Do you eat like this every day?”. I wouldn’t say every day, but certainly most. This dish was my interpretation of a Sunday Roast. It could be called Roast Chicken with Manchego stuffing balls, Parmesan Crisp, Asparagus Puree and Mushroom […]
Part of this dish came from leftovers, the other part inspiration from my travels. At Pollen Street Social I had a superb fish dish with celeriac crumble. I googled this and couldn’t find a recipe anywhere. So, I bought a celeriac, cut some nice symmetrical pieces from it and fondanted […]