I love a good laksa soup. Usually I’d go for a mild green laksa like the chicken and prawn laksa soup served by The Banana …
Yummy Eastern salad and dressing with nasturtium flowers
Anna’s Eastern Salad with falafels In the summer I make a big bowl of this scrumptious savoury salad with a dressing based on Thai …
Piquant pigs trotters with star anise
If you get this dish right, you end up with a delicious savoury gelatinous sauce that makes the best comfort food on a cold winter’s …
Seasoning a wok: cooking as an extreme sport
Halfway there Ready for its first stir fry Today I seasoned a wok. This means preparing one of those huge Chinese carbon steel frying pans …
Ladudu in West Hampstead: restaurant review
Ooh, Ladudu is a welcome addition to West Hampstead’s cluster of great restaurants. Situated at the junction of Iverson Road and West End Lane, this …
Coriander and tomatoes in the garden
I don’t grow much foodstuff in the garden, a situation I must rectify. In the meantime, here are photos of coriander, basil and tomatoes coming …
Roast potatoes and parsnips
Sorry for the hiatus but I’m trying to find time to write up another couple of blogposts including a review of the Kam Sang Chinese …
How to cook Nasi Goreng: classic Asian fried rice video Part 2
PART TWO plus recipe(PART 1 HERE) The second part of how to make Nasi Goreng, the traditional East Asian rice dish with ginger, garlic and …