Ground Chicken Ginger Garlic Lettuce Wraps.

Ground Chicken Ginger Garlic Lettuce Wra...

Ground Chicken Ginger Garlic Lettuce Wraps. Say that three times fast! That’s how fast this can be assembled. The fresh ground chicken can be the centre of any good recipe. I like to mince fresh thigh meat with a sharp knife adding small chunks of peeled ginger at the same time. Garlic, pepper, fennel bulb and onion added as you mince all the ingredients together. Leave little chunks and add potato or daikon radish to the mixture for more filler. Fresh ground sea salt, cayenne pepper, cumin, coriander seeds with a dash of allspice. On high heat Sauté all the...
Toasted Krabi Salad Sandwich

Toasted Krabi Salad Sandwich

Toasted Krabi Salad. The many times that I have eaten a California roll from my favourite Japanese or Korean take out in the local mall has always been a good tasty lunch item with a stir-fry. I asked the cook why his California Rolls tasted so good and he explained he uses premium kamaboko.  Ah! Meanwhile after a short search on the internet found that TNT sells the good surimi kamaboko. So I made a nice krabi salad adding some mayonnaise, old bay seasonings, lemon, lime, worcestershire and a shot of tabasco celery salt, pepper. Chopped some green onions and celery...
Berries are Good! K

Berries are Good! K

Ever wonder why there are so many birds that like to eat berries? A bears survival cravings are the same as humans and love the taste and the energy from eating the fresh picked berry fruits. The main reason for the birds take on a seasonal berry feeding frenzies is to build fat cells and immune system. Fat Cells actually up-regulates gene expression for fat oxidation (fat burning) and down-regulates gene expression for fat storage. The oxidation of fatty acids increases further, directly through the release of adiponectin. The overall effect is that fat cells begin to...
Pad Thai Laos Stew

Pad Thai Laos Stew

Cooking authentic in Lao and Thai culinary traditions needed lots of rehearsals to get the flavours balanced. A good selection of needed ingredients require research information on available sources .Different locations in the many provinces add ingredients from their origin. Simple street food dishes are always made to order using the freshest ingredients and served to you as a VIP guest.  The Laos cuisine is a personal favourite and will give you a food rush that will make you smile from ear to ear. The simple Pad dishes are first class and all served with quality and...
Wild Forest Mushroom Truffle Cream Soup

Wild Forest Mushroom Truffle Cream Soup

Wild Forest Mushroom Truffle Cream Soup.. While cleaning out my condiment pantry, I found some of my foraged dried wild forest mushrooms that I picked several years back. I didn’t realise how much I still had left. Beside that was also a small tin of imported Italian dried truffle flakes with lots of residue intact. With these ingredients I started to prepare some mushroom truffle and tarragon cream soup with parma-bacon crisps to intensify the flavours. A quick chop of celery, onion and shallot, some unsalted butter into a sauté pan while the mushrooms soaked in a...
Ceviche Lettuce Wraps

Ceviche Lettuce Wraps

Ceviche Lettuce Wraps, is food dish that originated in Peru, typically made from fresh raw fish and shell fish cured in fresh citrus juices, most commonly lemon or lime, and spiced with ají, chili peppers or other seasonings, including chopped onions, salt, and coriander and topped on rice paper wrap. Make your own flavours and enjoy the crispy goodness by first setting up a condiment tray with all the fillings. Remember to keep it well chilled. The emphasis on detail is to impress. We started the ball rolling with a most delicious house margarita . Perfectly executed....