It’s already the 2nd of December (23 days to Christmas!!!) so where have the last few weeks gone? My last post was a restaurant we went to on a brief visit to Singapore and since then, I have been running around like a headless chicken getting everything ready for my family’s Thanksgiving visit to Bali. …
Another great idea for a summer grill is this Asian-inspired dish of grilled salmon in red curry. It’s quick and easy to prepare and with just the right amount of spice to have for an alfresco lunch. I use salmon because it’s oily flesh flavor is played down by the spiciness of the curry but …
Last night, we invited our next-door neighbors M & A and kids over for dinner. They had prepared a traditional Iranian meal for us a few weeks back and we decided to do an Argentinean dinner to reciprocate. After a week of careful planning – recipe research (from my mother-in-law), looking for ingredients all around …
Here’s another post to continue my summer grill theme. After a weekend of Argentine meat, we went to Marbella’s Mercado Central to buy some seafood and meat. For lunch, we had a typical Andalusian grill of while squid along with a large piece of red tuna from Almadraba. Both were delicious and light enough to …
Last weekend, we continued with our grill theme and looked for the Argentine butcher that a friend had spoken of. We finally found the place tucked away in a quiet corner near the Supersol supermarket on one of the side streets off the main plaza in San Pedro. The place was packed for a Saturday …
After our fantastic Iranian dinner the other night, I decided to dig up some similar recipes for the grill. I came up with an Indian-influenced chicken Tikka with cucumber raita along with some ready-made minted lamb kebabs from the English Butcher. We also made some buttered Basmati rice to go along with the meat. Both …
After all the rich meals we had in Paris, we needed to have an Asian food fix. Luckily, I found some fresh tofu at the supermarket and one evening last week, we had fried tofu and a Thai green curry of chicken with some steamed jasmine rice. The dish is something my sisters and I …
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