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Pork in Five Spice Blend Soup for Four
A Thai soup you would not expect to find at a Thai restaurant in Australia. The recipe originally called for the devil’s herb to be used for garnish. I’m not a fan for it so I have left if off. If you feel inclined to do so, garnish the soup with some coriander.
Snow Peas and Chicken in Oyster Sauce
In our family, this recipe is called the Snow Pea Dish. If it doesn’t have snow peas, then it is commonly referred to as the Oyster Sauce Dish. The Oyster Sauce Dish is a “what can we have for dinner” recipe. What is used is whatever meat and vegetable combination we have available. For us, ... Read more
Tuna and Celery Stir Fry for Two
A simple tuna and celery stir fry, a quick to prepare and fast to cook recipe
Spicy Salad Calamari for Two
Like its beefy counterpart, this Spicy Salad Calamari doesn’t appear to have what I’d normally expect a salad to have. Once the calamari has been cooked, the rest of the ingredients are added raw, which I presume is why it is called a salad.
Spicy Salad Beef for Two
Seems odd this Spicy Salad Beef has the word Salad in it, it doesn’t appear to be what I’d normally expect a salad to have. The salad part of it is that once the beef has been cooked, the rest of the ingredients are added raw. This recipe has a calamari alternative for a different ... Read more
Special Thai Fried Rice with Pineapple
This is an interesting take on fried rice, finished off by baking it in a hot oven stuffed inside a hollowed-out pineapple. Perhaps not ideal for those who don’t like pineapple in their fried rice (they probably don’t like pineapple on their pizza either) but the novelty of baking it inside a pineapple may get ... Read more
King Palace Kitchen for Two
This is one of our favourites from the “Wayne’s Thai Recipies” collection. The name come from the recipe that came for the King’s palace kitchen. We have tried a few different brands of chilli paste in soya bean oil but there is only one we look for. It can be difficult to find, especially if ... Read more
Son-in-Law Eggs
The story told to us about this recipe is that a fiance was invited to meet his future in-laws for a meal. This dish was presented and when he asked what it is called his future mother-in-law told him it was called “split balls of son-in-law”. Worried if the message was serious, the groom to ... Read more
Nanna Pat’s Lemon Cheesecake
Nanna Pat was famous for her cooking. Her unique non-baked lemon cheesecake was popular amongst us all - as long as the passionfruit seeds were left out