Tortang Talong and Makizushi
Though there is a lack of south-east asian grocery stores here, there is a wonderful selection of (what the English refer to as asian) stores. A minute away I have access to a large array of foodstuffs surprisingly missing from the larger supermarkets in town; the best part is the more ‘exotic’ vegetable selection: small […]
Spring Blossom & Gyoza
After all of the gyoza from the fridge was used up for lunch and evening snacks I felt a little sad to note their absence – they were a rather good batch. So it didn’t take much effort to replenish the pantry with ingredients for gyoza once more, minus the wrappers (they aren’t found around […]
Brinjal Bhaji with Dumplings
I very much like eggplant – it would be one of the only proper vegetables that encourages me to consider being vegetarian (except I like meat too much!) Fried or BBQ’d are my favourite treatments, but as it soaks up oil like a sponge I feel it’s a bit of a ‘naughty’ food. So to […]
A Pink Lunch with Dumplings
A year ago during Friday at the Hitchin Beer Festival, I was thankful that I had taken a surplus batch of cooked spring rolls as the food options ceased for evening. I made note that for next year I should try and do the same; beer festivals of small town size do not attract a […]
Breakfast for Lunch
When I snapped up some salmon on special, I thought I would make a proper large breakfast to start the day. But as most plans go, I was sidetracked so I was left hungry with the breakfast hours long past and nothing in an edible state. One thing I did learn that no matter the […]
Smoked Salmon & Avocado Uramaki
I haven’t made inside-out rolls in a while and it only occurred to me as I cut the full sheet of nori in half that perhaps it wasn’t large enough. Luckily the old memory was correct and they ended up a perfect size despite that nagging doubt. In a sort of contrast to the previous […]
Frugal Spicy Salmon Maki
“I’ll work from home tomorrow” – Yvan’s words yesterday made me think that my preparation was all in vain. I had almost finished cooking some oven-roasted eggplants (the smaller ‘sausage shaped’ variety) in the frypan for a ginger eggplant sidedish and had kicked off the rice cooker. With the weather lately playing winter catch-up, the […]
Recipe: Ginger Eggplant
I have seen various references to ginger eggplant recipes but have been experimenting with my own version. As a lover of eggplant I’ve always savoured the opportunity in adding it to meals I prepare. In lunch situations I like to keep watery items to a bare minimum so that was one of the main reasons […]
Return of the Edamame Skewers
Placed an order of rice from Japan Centre, which took a little longer to arrive. Finally got to use some, after finishing a batch of brown rice first – I’ve been anticipating the return of the umeboshi with plain rice combination for a while. The tamagoyaki has some of the chillis kicking about indoors that […]
Quinoa Rice & Mabo Dofu
How time flies – another new year! Our Christmas dinner was postponed and Yvan accepted the challenge of cooking an entirely vegetarian meal – matched with beer too! Four tasty courses including a fancy dessert – I hope Yvan was quite pleased as I with it all. One dish during this vegetarian feast was a […]