korean-style radish and chilli pickle

korean-style radish and chilli pickle I love Asian pickles and I don't think there's much that can't be improved by a little j...

Oriental Black Pepper Chicken

Oriental Black Pepper Chicken   They say necessity is the mother of all invention. For this particular recipe it was bottles of sauces beyon...

Hot and Tangy Chicken

Hot and Tangy Chicken  This particular post holds a special place in my heart. It all started when I found a bottle of soy-sauce when I came...

Chicken Soy Chili with Rice And Greens

Chicken Soy Chili with Rice And Greens  Sometimes you feel happy and you want to do something special for that other half but I believe in o...

mango with sweet chilli and lime dipping salt - a heavenly taste of the far east

mango with sweet chilli and lime dipping salt I always seem to buy either mangoes or papayas that aren't quite ripe. I know that you are...

dragons' eggs (or chinese tea eggs)

chinese tea eggs My family was divided as to what the strange, mottled boiled eggs that were sold at various corner grocers shops and hawker...

malaysian chicken satay

malaysian chicken satay Campbell Road in downtown Kuala Lumpur in the 1970s was where the best hawker food was. It was where my father and I...

egg sambal (malaysian spicy eggs)

egg sambal I don't have a bucket list . If I did, it would be more likely to be a big, fat cauldron - a list of fabulous things that I m...

wild leek, lemongrass and chilli paste

wild leek, lemongrass and chilli paste The old adage that my mother used to drum in to me was " Rachel, don't play with your food! ...

an easy vegetarian curry (pea, egg and potato)

pea, egg and potato curry I arrived at University several decades ago with a box of books, a suitcase of vintage clothing and a complete ina...

nasi goreng (malaysian fried rice)

nasi goreng It's not often that I turn from mild-mannered cook by day into my foodie crime-fighting alter-ego; righting food wrongs with...