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Burmese chicken curry and cock scratchings

2014-10-08T23:13:15+02:00

Where's your self re-cocking-spect? Apparently people hate those posts where errant bloggers go, "I'm so sorry for being AWOL" or "So you're probably wondering (...)

Tarragon sugared doughnuts with pink peppercorn ice cream

2014-05-14T00:21:45+02:00

Tarragon Sugared Doughnuts and Pink Peppercorn Ice Cream I am contrary. If someone tells me to go left, I feel myself veering to the right (this is possibly (...)

Ohn-no khao swè - burmese coconut chicken noodles

2014-04-10T15:25:47+02:00

The national dish of Burma is called mohinga, a kind of fish chowder with lemongrass and banana stem that's served over rice vermicelli noodles. But arguably (...)

Lemongrass and coconut prawn curry

2014-02-12T13:18:13+01:00

Coconut Prawn Curry I stockpile cans like there's no tomorrow. Chopped and plum tomatoes, baked beans, chickpeas, kidney beans, cannellini beans, sweetcorn, (...)

Burmese century egg salad

2014-02-11T19:45:47+01:00

Some people don't like century eggs. Those people are wrong. Whenever I visit Burma, I try to consume five times my bodyweight in food - that’s just the way I (...)

Best macaroni cheese ever

2013-06-20T11:27:48+02:00

Google "macaroni cheese recipe" and you'll get over 400,000 results. So why am I giving you another recipe for mac 'n' cheese, aka macaroni cheese, aka mac & (...)

Gong bao chicken burmese style

2013-05-09T23:34:44+02:00

Gong Bao or Kung Pao Chicken As a child, my musical tastes were dictated by my parents. Having arrived in the UK just before I was born, their choices largely (...)

Salt and Pepper Squid

2012-12-03T13:07:01+01:00

Crispy Salt and Pepper Squid There's nothing wrong with succumbing to the occasional takeaway, and I've recently been craving a lot of Chinese food. Our usual (...)

Easy Kimchi Recipe

2012-10-03T10:31:40+02:00

Killer Kimchi Kimchi. Practically the national dish of Korea, this potent pickle is pungent, sour, spicy and unnecessarily delicious. It works well as a (...)

Scotch Egg Recipe

2012-09-26T09:16:42+02:00

Last year I was lucky enough to be one of the judges at the inaugural Scotch Egg Challenge held at the mighty Ship pub in Wandsworth. 2012's Scotch Egg (...)