Eat Drink Talk November 2008
Boiled Szechuan Style Rippled Dumplings
The filling for these dumplings is typically Szechuan - the Szechuan peppercorns have a tingling, numbing flavour that is quite addictive. You’ll soon find yourself ladlling them over your food with abandon just like the Szechuanese!
Thai Fried Rice with Crab
Traditionally a way to use up leftover vegetables and scraps of meat, fried rice is a quick and cheap way to feed a hungry crowd. This version is a little more decadent using fresh, handpicked white crab meat and a homemade Thai chili jam.
Vietnamese Pho
If there is a national dish of Vietnam, it has to be pho. This fragrant noodle soup is slurped around the clock by everyone from business men to students to construction workers, often while squatting on low plastic stools in the street
Chicken, Olive and Sweet Potato Tagine
A tagine is the true heart of Moroccan cooking. It manages to be sweet, spicy, fruity and tangy all at the same time and to cook one at home will fill your kitchen with unbelievably delicious smells.
