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Found my favourite Laksa Curry paste

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Nasi Goreng video: classic Asian rice & prawns plus chicken and satay sauce, Part 1

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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