After the pungent fishiness of last week, this is at the other end of scale entirely. Rich, thick and luscious, it’s a Thai curry that proudly trumpets its Indian influence. I think this is a southern style dish and is … Continued
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Chablis challenge: scallops with Thai style green sauce and rice noodles
Confession time. I got the wine mentioned here for free thanks to the lovely people at Sopexa. They asked me if I fancied creating an interesting dish to match two bottles of Chablis. “And it’s a bit of a competition”, … Continued
Thai style vegetable curry, with added zing! And kerpow!
I don’t tend to mess too much with Thai curries, at least not with their spicing. The rest of the ingredients are usually fair game though. But this time I decided to go one step further. It probably helped that … Continued
Aromatic Thai style steamed fish
There are times in the last three months that I would have crawled over broken glass for a taste of fish. If my right arm had been made of fish instead of meaty flesh (or should that be fleshy meat?) … Continued
Kaosarn: Thai restaurant in Brixton
The search was long and arduous, but finally I’ve found it. A good Thai restaurant in London. It took long enough to find! There was none of that namby-pamby bowing to “western” sensibilities either. This was properly spicy, if you … Continued
Thai dry red chicken curry
The thing about cooking curries, tagines and other big pot dishes, particularly if there are only one or two people eating, is that there is a minimum amount that you can realistically make. So I often – with varying degrees … Continued
Beef Panaeng, prawn cakes and garlicy greens
I woke up on Sunday with a hankering for something fragrant, spicy and defiantly Thai. Not Chinese, not Japanese, Italian or Turkish. Not even Vietnamese. It had to be Thai. There’s something so comforting and yet explosive about the delicately … Continued
Prawn cakes, fresh spring rolls and a noodle salad
Having dined on Thai for lunch I had a hankering for more fresh and spicy SE Asian flavours. Also, as part of an ongoing January clear out, I wanted to use up some of the bits and pieces sitting unnoticed … Continued