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Glazed carrots
Steamed vegetables, including carrots are very common side dishes in restaurants. Why? Because they are easy to cook and the orange carrots give a colorful aspect to the meal. But let’s look at an...
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Chocaholic cupcake recipe
Dark chocolate is supposed to be better for you than the milk variety, so you can use that as an excuse! This recipe originates from the USA as a “Hershey’s”, but you can make this dark chocolate...
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Traditional Beef Stroganoff
Beef Stroganoff is an excellent dish in that it uses the cheaper cuts of beef, including Thai-French. It does require a cooking time of over 2 hours (slow cooking tenderizes the beef). Ingredients...
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Balsamic Capsicum Bruschetta
Bruschetta is a classic Italian dish. Most restaurants will serve you a Bruschetta as a starter. It is made in several different ways, with diced tomato style the more usual. This bruschetta,...
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Chicken with Chilli and Basil (Gai Pad Prik)
This is another Thai “standard” that can be seen offered in most restaurants as chicken, pork or beef. If chicken, as in this recipe, is not favored in your household, substitute either of the other...
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Bistronomie Mussels
Bistronomie is a made up word to describe a method of cooking, explored by the Mövenpick hotel group where young traditional chefs re-interpreted classic dishes and presented them in a simpler “bistro”...
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Beef Bourguignon
A French style beef stew, but with a little more than the Anglo-Saxon style. Cooking method Tip the beef (cut into large chunks) into a large bowl with the bay leaves, thyme, wine and some pepper, then...
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Spicy Tuna salad
This is one recipe that not only provides your family with a nourishing salad, but can help with future health. Tuna fish has the essential Omega-3 fatty acids for a healthy heart. After all, 10...
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Garlic Prawns
One dish that you will find anywhere in the world, is garlic prawns. A taste sensation, even for those who normally shy away for prawns. Here in Pattaya you can find plenty of prawns in the fresh...
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Thai eggs with peppers
This is an interesting derivation from Hungarian eggs, and is something that can be made from items found in most family fridges. These types of home cooking always reflect not just the tastes of the...
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Rum baba
After sampling a rum baba at Jameson’s Irish Pub, I found a recipe. It is not English or Irish, no matter what Kim Fletcher might say. The modern rum baba, with dried fruit and soaked in rum, was...
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Orange Teriyaki Pork
Teriyaki sauce gives its own particular flavor to any dish, so this recipe is good when using pork fillets. This dish then depends for the bulk of its flavor on the marinade. This procedure is best...
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Prawn and Mango Curry
Two items in abundance in Pattaya are prawns and green mangoes. This week the recipe combines both those ingredients. If the recipe looks as if it will be too spicy for you, then cut the birds eyes...
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Avocado Chicken Burgers
This is an ideal recipe to use up roast chicken from the Xmas dinner. I love them with ground chicken but ground turkey will work just as well. Consider increasing your garlic, salt and pepper when...
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French Onion Soup
French Onion soup you will find in most restaurants’ menus, but it can be made in several ways from a one minute freeze dried all the way to Yupins three day marathon! Here is one of the original...
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Oysters Kilpatrick
I was reminded of this way of presenting oysters after a surfeit of oysters last week. Local oysters generally come without shells, but to serve Kilpatrick Oysters, you will need some shells. Buy...
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Salmon with Herb Grilled Vegetables
This week’s recipe can be done in the cast iron skillet on the hot plate or even over the charcoal fire for just a little extra flavor. I have simplified the vegetable cooking, reducing it to a simple...
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Gaeng Gari Gai
A very simple dish which you will find in most restaurants. Yellow curry chicken is a Thai favorite with chicken and potatoes in a creamy ‘soup’ and eaten with Thai jasmine rice. The spices used in...
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Onion Bhaji the Indian appetizer
Indian food is one of the most popular cuisines in the world. This is an easy starter and chickpea flour you will get in the Indian supplies shops. Cooking Method In a large bowl, add the chickpea...
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Thai-style Garlic Prawns
I had sizzling garlic prawns at Yupins restaurant the other night, and that made me think of a Thai version of garlic prawns, as opposed to the European style. With prawn recipes, the time is in the...
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