Making chili oil at home might seem like a daunting task at first, but once you understand the key steps, it only takes five minutes to make the best tasting chili oil full of fragrance, nuttiness and smokiness! Ingredints 4 tablespoons crushed chili flakes 2 teaspoons five spice powder 3 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds 1 … Continue reading
OMG how good are Dan Dan noodles ! If you haven’t tried them, then this is a must on your next visit to a Szechuan restaurant. What is Dan Dan noodles, well this is one of the most famous of Sichuan street foods. The freshly boiled egg noodles are served in a savory, spicy broth … Continue reading
Overcook a crayfish and you might as well throw it in the bin. Steaming is gentle and allows you to cook the crayfish without it tensing up and going hard and rubbery. Add a few Asian flavours to the mix, some French butter and you got yourself one hell of a dinner. For the Asian … Continue reading
Lee Ho Fook is the new kid to open on Smith Street this year. A simple refurb of a tight 45-seat restaurant, the bar taking up a significant slice of the floor action. The front window is deceptive with a panda etched on to the smoked-glass front window, and a swirly two-tone charcoal and white … Continue reading
A drive through Balaclava sees us heading down Carlise Street towards St Kilda to a small trendy little Japanese restaurant for tonight’s dinner. En Izakaya, a newish and very trendy restaurant boasts a huge selection of small Japanese dishes with a modern twists. Quality ingredients, wagyu meat dishes, Hokkaido scallops to list just a few. … Continue reading
Sister restaurant to the famed Sarong is Mamasan, located at the top end of eat street in trendy Seminyak. Walking into the cavernous restaurant, we were quickly ushered upstairs for pre-dinner drinks at the cocktail bar. A substantial and impressive drinks list and cocktail menu soon had us front and center watching as the cocktail … Continue reading
If you grew up in a Chinese family or in an Asian environment, you will at some time have come across this dish. A typical and famous Hakka style dish, the soft fatty pork and salty vegetables are the perfect accompaniment for a wet wintry day. This Hakka specialty is rich of flavors, saltiness of … Continue reading
