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Salmon Tartare Asian Style With Chicon

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This is my third time making raw fish tartare as apéro . Usually, my preferred raw fish for raw fish tartare is Tuna but it's very expensive compared to salmon! The species of Tuna available in the supermarket here is[...]

G Is For... Gazpacho

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It was hot and sunny few weeks ago that I decided to try my hands and knives for the first time to make Gazpacho ~ that famous cold soup slurped world wide! Every where I went, it's in the Summer Menu. It's so famous that food companies[...]

Lettuce With Orange, Kalamata Olives & Viande De Grisons Salad

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One mentioned Swiss, images of Gruyère , Raclette , Swiss Army Knives (remember MacGyver's faithful companion?), Swatch, Sigg, Lindt, Quark or Caran d'Ache flashes in your mind.[...]

Chicken Thighs With Spiced Sour Red Cabbage

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I love vegetables since I was a child and my mom never complaint about it unlike some mothers on their children, except that I was quite skinny although I ate meat. Meat in our younger days tasted much better than what we have now. One of my[...]

Fried Salted Fish in Tamarind Sauce (Ikan Masin Masak Branda)

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When my mom was around, she used to cook this s alted fish dish which I loved very much. Sometimes, when she can't find the firm and meatier salted fish, she would used other types of firm meat salted fish. I don't fancy soft meat salted fish[...]

Watermelon & Feta Salad (Karpouzi Me Feta)

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Like a magnet, I directed my steps towards one of the narrow str eets leading into the city centre. It was a hot day by my standard but not for the sun lovers of this beach city ~ the largest in the Belgian Coast . I'm not a sun[...]

Wanton Wrappers With Quail Eggs, Lotus Seeds and Gingkos Sweet Soup

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"Waste not, want not" ~ It's a very helpful idiom. I was left with large bundle of wanton wrappers from last cooking session. I let them dried up on a baking sheet on the kitchen top while deciding what to do with it later. Usually, when I made[...]

Red Snapper Fillet In Thymato Sauce

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I bought a small pack of Arrowroot powder sometime ago but it's not been used as much as I planned. I used it in soups but haven't test it in stir-fries. My house helper bought me some nice and fresh Red Snapper fillets and large prawns last week[...]

Fresh Thai Pineapple & Cucumber Salad

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I love pineapples (Ananas comosus), a v ersatile fruit in which it's so sweeeeeeet and very fragrant as well! I like to use them not only in sweet desserts, drinks (what's P iña Colada without Pineapple!) or the local[...]

Prawns With Broccoli and Pine Nuts

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For the last few months, I'd been eating quite a lot of seafood even when I travelled, I never missed tasting seafood specials of the regions. Of course, prices are hefty compared to my hometown - well, no fret I'll be back and ready to have[...]