Pimping instant noodles is a huge and popular genre of cooking, and I love seeing some of the clever ideas shared on social media. Ramyun (noodles in a soupy broth with a variety of flavours and toppings) are enormously popular in Korea and the instant variety are a staple quick slurp for many. This recipe ... Read more »
Korean Ketchup Fried Frankfurters (Sausage Yachae Bokkeum) is a recipe that immediately jumped out when I first flicked through Pocha by Su Scott. Not only do I love both frankfurters and ketchup, the way that the franks are hassel-backed to give more surface area for the sticky sweet and tangy sauce to cling to is ... Read more »
This fabulous Cheese and Pickle French Toast recipe from Su Scott’s Pocha cookbook riffs off the already fabulous Monte Cristo sandwich (ham and cheese stuffed, battered and fried sandwich) to God Tier level via the genius addition of pickle, Branston being her pickle of choice. The sharp sweet tang of pickle provides excellent contrast to ... Read more »
Are you a fan of K-drama? Short for Korean Drama it’s the collective term for a huge body of television series created in Korea but with world-wide appeal, and a rapidly growing a global fan base of which Pete and I are members. Why am I mentioning this in a review of a Korean cookbook, ... Read more »
This Parsnip ‘Speltotto’ with Prosciutto-Wrapped Haddock is another recipe from Ceri Jones’ It Starts with Veg: 100 Seasonal Suppers and Sides cookbook. Instead of using rice, Ceri swaps in pearled spelt, and cooks it much the same way as for a risotto. The speltotto is topped with prosciutto-wrapped fresh haddock and parnsip crisps. Read our full ... Read more »
I cannot get enough of this delicious dish from Ceri Jones’ It Starts with Veg: 100 Seasonal Suppers and Sides cookbook! This delicious braised lettuce dish brings together baby gem lettuce, garden peas, chickpeas, pancetta, spring onions, chicken stock, creme fraiche and fresh herbs in an elegantly balanced way. Every mouthful contains a different subset ... Read more »
For more than half of my lifetime, the way the majority of people in the UK ate was to plan a meal around a protein, most commonly meat or fish. The carbs and veg were secondary, and chosen to compliment the protein. There’s been a gradual move away from that–accelerated in the last two decades–to ... Read more »
Usually I like to start restaurant reviews with a bit of background about the restaurant, its owners and chef, and a little of their collective story. But the Parkers Arms has been one of the UK’s Top 50 gastropubs for several years and many people have written many thousands of words on those topics already. ... Read more »
Who doesn’t love chocolate brownies? Even better, chocolate brownies with miso and walnuts made in about 20 minutes including mixing the batter and cooking? Look no further than these amazing Microwave Miso Walnut Brownies from Tim Anderson’s Microwave Meals cookbook, full of amazing recipes that show the incredible versatility of this oft-maligned kitchen appliance. Read our ... Read more »
In Japanese, gekikara roughly translates as ‘extremely spicy’ and that’s an apt description for this punchy bowlful of Gekikara Chilli Chicken Ramen from Tim Anderson’s Microwave Meals cookbook. Like every recipe in the book, this dish is cooked using only one cooking appliance–the microwave; and all the elements (broth, chicken, vegetables and noodles) are all ... Read more »
The Place of Onions, in old Lille. After last night’s rainstorm the intense sticky heat has broken and today is cool, breezy, fresh… I love it! A drop of… [more]
We went to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire at The Void this morning, an amazing VR experience where we got to be Rebel Alliance members going undercover as… [more]