“Yia Sta Heria Stas” is what you will hear if you host a Greek and host them heartly and profusely; translating “I kiss your hand”. This means they are commending your culinary skills. I guess I have gone on a Greek spree this week cooking up recipes inspired by the Greek cuisine. I must say,…
Category: Brunch
~Greek Beef Pockets with Feta Cheese~
“The preparation of good food is merely another expression of art, one of the joys of civilised living” (Dione Lucas). With all the rice, bread, curries, pastas, pizzas and even burgers, it’s recipes such as these that give me a break, that are simple because “good food is very often, even most often – simple…
~ Thai Sweet Chilli Grilled Chicken with Balsamic, wholegrain Mustard Vinaigrette and Couscous~
“Every salad you serve is a picture you have painted, a sculpture you have modeled, a drama you have created” (Carol Traux, The art of Salad Making). This morning at the Gym, all I kept thinking about, was this gorgeous colourful salad. Growing up, I was never fond of putting myself through a diet plan,…
~Japanese Teppanyaki~
Japanese cuisine is very much influenced by the seasonal change and geography. To the most of us Japanese food may seem somewhat bland and eccentric, but the freshness, balance of flavours and presentation of food as well as textures are of paramount significance. The Japanese cuisine is evidently very much different in many ways from…
~ Manchurian with Egg-Pocket Fried Rice ~
“As long as there is Pasta and Chinese Food in the world, I’m okay” (Micheal Chang) and true that for me. I have always loved Chinese for as long as I can remember, specifically because the flavours are extremely light on your palate. The person who invented Chicken Manchurian is Nelson Wang, who created the…
~ Lasagne Wraps ~
Giada De Lorentiis once said, “Pasta doesn’t make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat” and I agree. I believe nothing is bad for you until and unless you are having it in controlled proportions and I have personally experienced this; when you eat less than your hunger, your body learns to…
~Gola Kebab Paratha Roll~
Anthony Bourdain avered, “I think of street food as the antidote to fast food, it’s the clear alternative to the King, the Clown and the Colonel”. Street food of any country is a huge indicator of what the inhabitants of that particular land fancy as food as it reflects the heart of the community. Certain…
~ Spicy Zinger Burger ~
Customer: [to Ed] Excuse me? Look, I ordered one Good Burger with nothing on it. Ed: That’s what I gave you. Customer: No! You gave me a bun. Just a bun! Look! There’s no meat in here. Ed: But you said you wanted nothing on it. Customer: Yes, but I expected a meat patty! Ed:…
~ A Bread Pie Affair ~
The aroma of a good bread baking leaves you with the world’s sweetest smells as James Bears once wrote, “Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts”. Now, Imagine, if you introduce bread to the world of Pie whereby you are baking a…
~ Beef Al-Farezi ~
This dish reminds me of Elizabeth Gilberts, Eat, Pray, Love; wherein she avers, ” ‘Parla come mangi’, It means ‘speak the way you eat’ or in my personal translation ‘say it like you eat it’. It’s a reminder that when you are making a big deal out of explaining something, when you are searching for…