Asian & Oriental

Tiger Prawns in Soy, Saké, Honey and Vodka

24/06/2014 By Richard Bewley Leave a Comment

At the weekend, I was making my favourite Prawn, ...

Prawn, Mango, Avocado and Chilli Salad

21/06/2014 By Richard Bewley 4 Comments

If it was not for my love of steak, I could quite ...

Thai Mussels

08/04/2014 By Richard Bewley Leave a Comment

Mussels really are one of my lifelong favourites. ...

The very first time I had ever tried Boeuf Bourguignon was at the age of 10 when staying with my great aunt Micheline in the Loire Valley. Every summer, my family would spend a couple of weeks with our relatives in Meung-sur-Loire (country home of Georges Simenon’s fictional detective Jules Maigret – for the literary…

Asparagus? – check. Smoked Salmon? – check. You are nearly there for a really simple and delicious starter which takes minutes to prepare. Think of the classic asparagus wrapped in Parma Ham, and substitute the ham with smoked salmon. I wish for the life of me I could remember where I first tried this –…

I would be first to admit that whipping up a vegetarian dish is far from my normal for a Sunday lunch. Then again, lunch on Christmas Day 2017 ended up to be meat-free – our Organic and Halal beef supplier provided a joint which had aged far longer than anything I had encountered in my…

My wok, which I love to bits, gets plenty of action. It gets connected to my induction hob at least twice a week, and a stir-fry of sorts is definitely on the cards. Having just returned home from a grocery shop after work, I started to unpack what I had bought and and found at…