it was difficult to comprehend cooking another meal yesterday, after the massive dinner party (‘massive’ being a relative term) on thursday night. but i think myself, my mom, and phil were all in dire need of a healthy light meal. prawn laksa. perfect. during the day, my mom and i went shopping. she wanted to [...]
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i knew my mom’s plane had landed at heathrow yesterday because the clouds parted and the sun was so bright! even though her flight was slightly delayed, even though it was drizzling and grey outside on my journey out to the airport, and even though i had no idea when she’d be walking into the [...]
thai food, why must you be so scrumptious? with your awesome curries and noodle concoctions, with the lemongrass and the tamarind? and why must london be filled with your restaurants? tempting me at every corner? you may think that if you are allergic to eggs and soy, you wouldn’t be able to enjoy a decent [...]
cold weather outside = more soup cooking opportunities inside. problem is, i don’t so much like the blended soups. i prefer a brothy base with the ingredients in their original form, all floating around. and since i’ve been slowly building up my spicy tolerance over the past year, hot and sour soup seemed like an [...]
there are some mixtures of spices that i just can’t be bothered to put together myself. and thank you, john torode, for introducing me to thai 7 spice. let’s look at the ingredients, shall we? salt, chili powder (chili pepper, cumin, oregano, salt, garlic), dried garlic, flavourings (??), ginger, coriander seed, lemon peel, cinnamon, cumin, [...]
