Mapo tofu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province. Consisting of aromatics and tofu set in a spicy sauce, typically a thin but oily, and bright red sauce based on doubanjiang bean sauce with minced meat. This spicy, pungent, and appetizing dish goes perfectly with steamed rice. Ingredients 4 ounces ground beef meat 4 … Continue reading
Wintery Sundays are for hot roast dinners. Its hard to beat the tenderness and taste of a beef rib roast, roasted veggies and a thick rich gravy. This time though, we cooked the roast for 24-hours and still managed to keep the meat medium rare. Yep thats right, 24-hours at 68deg C. We selected a … Continue reading
Winter time is always good for a rich hearty Malaysian style curry, and no better than a Rendang. Traditionally with beef, but this time we used a lamb shoulder. The shoulder meat is rich and tasty and needs some slow cooking to breakdown the connective tissue and render the fat resulting in a succulently soft … Continue reading
Middle of winter and we need something to warm us through. Introducing Mr Beef Rendang ! Now a rendang isn’t your typical curry, in fact it isn’t a curry at all. Rendang is more a spiced meat dish, typically dry in nature but fantastically full of flavour. Today I’ve cheated and used a packet mix. … Continue reading
Gotta love everything the Japanese do with their food. Mum and Dad used to take us for Teppanyaki for special treats. It started at Yamato and then moved to various restaurants around Hong Kong, until one day we were introduced to beef rolls. Extremely thin beef slices stuffed with garlic and spring onion, rolled and … Continue reading
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