PART 1(PART 2 plus recipe HERE) My friend Denise made us a wonderful meal last week. Nasi Goreng is a traditional Indonesian fried rice dish …

Beef stir fry with ginger & garlic marinade
Stir-fried beef and vegetables is another way to use the basic ginger and garlic marinade. Because the beef is shredded finely, you can use relatively …

How to order Chinese food from the window: Canton Restaurant WC2
The Canton11 Newport Street London WC2H 7JR T: 020 7437 6220 Sun-Thurs 12 noon – 11.30pm Fri-Sat 12 noon – 12.30am Cost: £6 to £15 …

How To Make A Chopsticks Rest
A quickie. Should you find yourself in the sort of joint where they provide chopsticks in paper wrappers, and the table setting lacks the requisite …

Perfect boiled rice — the easy way
For years, I’ve been simultaneously puzzled, astonished and amused by those who boil their rice in an excess of water, then drain and wash out …

Stir-fry noodles with garlic, ginger and seared salmon
Stir-fried vegetables with noodles and seared salmon fillets is a simple dish that’s quick to make once you’ve washed and prepared the veg. The principles …

Chinese ginger and garlic marinade: basic and easy
Here’s a Chinese marinade my dear old Dad taught me when I was knee-high to a grasshopper, Grasshopper. It’s a basic one made from crushed …

Scrambled eggs with hot chilli sauce
OK, this could have been a disaster.I’d knocked up a quick scrambled eggs on buttered wholemeal toast for brunch today, using the organic potato, sweet …