Category Archives: lunch
Chicken Larp
It often causes problems for me when I tell people that I don’t like Thailand. So I won’t say that. It is the same when I discuss my general disinterest with Thai food, likely tied to the abundance of average thai restaurants in my neighbourhood (as well as my disappointed experiences eating in Thailand, sshhh!). [...]
Pork and Chinese Cabbage Dumplings, Jiaozi
Do you love dumplings as much as I do? Maybe, they seem to be pretty popular but do you know what? I love dumplings. I considered moving to Shanghai so I could eat these sheng dian mantou every day. During that China trip I put on a lot of weight. I think of it as my [...]
Fresh Tomato Salsa, or how to use up the limes.
Part two of how to use up those millions of limes is about salsa. And it failed. Failed entirely to use up my overabundance of limes. It did, however succeed in being delicious. Spicy, tangy, hot and sweet all at the same time, which I thought was Thai cuisines thing, but no, apparently Mexico is [...]
Cheese and Spinach Rolls, the pure option
I eat meat. I love meat, but I don’t eat a lot of meat. That statement isn’t entirely true. Yes, I don’t eat alot of meat, but I also don’t eat much purely vegetarian food. An anchovy here, a splash of fish sauce there, and a sliver of speck for flavouring elsewhere means that much [...]
Asparagus and Ricotta Tart
I know, I know. Another asparagus recipe. Another idea for a vegetable which hardly requires more than a quick blanch. The best though, is enjoying them straight from the plant, with no adulteration at all. So why so so many recipes? Well, the asparagus that we buy here is too old and tough to eat [...]
