The Asian Street: Tastes and Recipes

We continue our fruitopia (rather delayed with Christmas and all - happy new year!) by looking at a few more SE Asian fruits to taste and ...

In my last post, I described a few fruits that I've discovered in my travels in SE Asia, and today I'm going to look at three more...

I'm obsessed with fruit. I absolutely adore discovering new fruits to try, and when I'm on my travels, I always try and check ou...

Summer's here in the northern hemisphere (although I now live in perpetual summer) and that means one thing - social media is fille...

Ramen is one of those "ultimate comfort foods" for a lot of people. A good ramen should have body in the soup (slightly stick...

Vietnamese food was a revelation - fresh, flavourful, and enticing. This dish perfectly suits a hot, humid night. The freshness of the ...

Bircher muesli is my current breakfast passion. It's healthy because of the oats and fruit, filling enough to hold me till lunchtim...

I made this dish as part of a Malay feast for a friend of mine. It's very flavourful, although not the prettiest dish ever. The c...

A superb, light meal for a warm evening, this Japanese noodle soup is flavourful, low-fat, and filled with vegetables. It's also ...

What: Mei Sum's Sui Lung Pao Main ingredients: Pork and cabbage in wheat flour wrappers Flavour and texture:  Very smooth and ...

Right across Asia, leftover bits of meat and vegetables are turned into fried rice or fried noodles for the following day's breakfa...

The pancakes served with Peking duck are traditionally very thin, soft and floury. They're an okay tool for transferring chunks of...

One of the most common and popular fast foods in Sri Lanka, kottu roti is a stir fried dish of godamba roti (a griddle cooked flat-brea...

I'm not much of an expert on Sri Lankan food (or knowledgeable at all, really!). I'm still a novice when it comes to cooking di...

I tried to make bahm mi bread (it's pretty much impossible to buy in my end of west-London, or at least I've certainly never foun...

I'm honest with you, laksa Kelantan isn't my favourite type of laksa. I tried making it for the first time recently, includin...

You'll find variations of laksa all over Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia: some are based on minced fish, others include mixed she...

Nasi goreng, literally "fried rice" in Bahasa, is one of the best known Indonesian dishes. It's super easy to make, like ...

What: Chung Jung One's pork bulgogi marinade Main ingredients: Korean hot pepper paste, sugar, pureed apple, pear, kiwi and pinea...

What: Thai Taste's Sweet Chilli Sauce Cost: Inexpensive and readily available from any major grocery store Main ingredients: Sug...