An article this week in the papers said that Chinese was replacing Indian as the most popular ‘UK’ dish. Some pundits said it was because Chinese was perceived to be healthier for you as a stir-fried dish will inevitably have less oil for you to absorb. Also the use of MSG, which you once used to see being literally sold by the sack full in Chinese restaurant wholesale suppliers, has declined. If you wake up thirsty in the night though, that’s a good sign your meal wasn’t entirely MSG free.
Easter recipes from Anchor
Some great easter treats to make with the children
Rapid restaurant round up
A quick nibble at some new things in brief
Tsuru restaurant
Tsuru is a clean bright place with tables outside and inside a kitchen turning out bento boxes, sushi, salads and even Katsu curries all at reasonable prices. Blackboards and signs scream sustainability telling you that the yellow fin tuna is line caught and that the salmon is fresh from the Shetland Isles. Chicken is free range and the packaging is as biodegradable as can be.
Spinach Risotto
With the sun starting to finally make an appearance and all the signs of spring firmly in place, it’s time to start enjoying the gorgeous foods that come into season at this time of year. Here’s a great recipe from olive oil specialist Filippo Berio which uses spinach, an incredibly versatile, iron-rich food which is at its best at this time of year.
Madsen menu points the way to new Nordic diet
Whilst the Nordic Diet is being hailed as ‘next big thing’, the recently opened Madsen restaurant in South Kensington, calmly goes about creating dishes which are about to awaken our tastebuds to the new taste of tomorrow’s healthy eating.
Sugar in the blood
Down in Greenwich, a husband and wife team are flying the flag for Jawbreakers, Rhubarb and Custard, Poor Bens and over four hundred other sweets. We went to meet Mr and Mrs Humbug
Wine tasting dinner at El Faro
El Faro and H&H Bancroft present the wines of LAN on the 16th of April 2009 Wine Tasting hosted by Trinidad VillegasS from LAN (La Rioja, Alava and Navarra) on April 16th
Bill Granger – Feed me now
Not everyone over here knows of Bill Granger, in his native Australia however he is as big as Jamie but a lot more likeable. He abandoned art school at 22, opened a restaurant in Sydney and became famous when his scrambled eggs so impressed a New York journalist that within a short time he was writing books and appearing on TV.
Dishes from the Royal Courts of India
Stirring the passion of his kitchen brigade with recipes that time has almost forgotten, Executive Chef Vivek Singh has created six exciting dishes that are influenced by a collection of Royal Courts that include the Mughals in the North, Nawabs in Lucknow, Nizams in the South, Marathas in central India and the Marwars in Rajasthan.