February 2012

Stir Fried Pork Fillets with Honey and Ginger

Stir Fried Pork Fillets with Honey and Ginger

Day 3 of the stir fry series and it will be Honey, Lemon and Ginger combination, which in my personal opinion is one of the great combination of flavours ever discovered.  It can be used in sweet desserts and drinks (hot or cold), this concoction not only tastes good but...

Stir Fried Beef with Courgettes and Capsicum

Stir Fried Beef with Courgettes and Capsicum

Its day 2 of stir fry week now we will be making some stir-fries out of Zucchini (or Courgettes that’s what we call it here) as it in season right now. For those who haven’t used this vegetable it is a type of squash that grows during the summer, it...

Stir Fried French Beans, Carrots and Pork

Stir Fried French Beans, Carrots and Pork

Since most of you guys had started to recognize my stir-fries lets do another one or better yet let’s do it for this whole week, what do you think? Well let’s start this week with this recipe which only consists of 3 main ingredients namely French beans, carrots and guess...

Warm Okra and Tomato Salad

Warm Okra and Tomato Salad

This warm salad is a simple side dish made out of steamed okra, tomatoes, onion and bagoong it was inspired by the Filipino dish steamed okra served with bagoong. Basically it is similar in concept but varied in presentation, I also included additional ingredients that will add texture and flavours to...

Daing na Bangus 3

Daing na Bangus

Daing is a term used in Filipino cusine where a fish is prepared by applying generous amount of salt and sun-dryring or simply marinated in a vinegar marinade with lots of garlic.  Daing na Bangus is one of the many ways the fish bangus (milkfish) is prepared, other popular ones are...

Red Wine Poached Pears

Red Wine Poached Pears

Red Wine Poached Pears is a dessert made out of pears poached in sweet red wine, sugar and spices syrup, it originated from a French dessert called Poire belle Hélène which is a nearly similar dessert where pears are poached in sugar syrup served with vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup...

Massaman Curry

Massaman Curry

Massaman curry held the top 1 spot at CNNGo’s World’s 50 most delicious foods 2010 so I suggest if you haven’t tried it you should give it a go. Massaman curry is a southern Thai dish with Muslim origin, it is usually made with beef cooked with coconut milk, cashews,...

Whitebait Fritters

Whitebait Fritters

Whitebait fritters is a dish which is basically an omelette made out of whitebait and eggs. But what is whitebait? Whitebait is a collective term for the immature fish (newly hatched) usually from the species galaxias or inanga, typically harvested when they are between 25 to 50 mm long using a...