Baby potatoes with garlic butter sauce
Crisp on the outside and soft inside, this potato side dish is herby, garlicky and buttery with just the right amount of tang.
Cook time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Bok choy and shiitake in oyster sauce
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Air fried crispy pork hock
Cook time: 2 hours 40 minutes
Servings: 3 people
Steamed chicken and mushrooms with black bean sauce
Cook time: 20 minutes
Servings: 3 people
Shrimp fry (ebi furai) curry
Cook time: 45 minutes
Servings: 4 people
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Meaty with a dash of veggies
Chicken chop suey
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Fried chicken wings with salted duck egg yolk sauce
Cook time: 12 minutes
Servings: 3 people
Tequila pork loin
Cook time: 1 hour
Servings: 6 people
Guam-style oven-grilled chicken with annatto rice and fina’denne’
Cook time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 people
American fried rice (khao phad American)
Thai in origin but not found outside Thailand, two people claim to have invented American fried rice. The target market is not disputed though — American soldiers.
Cook time: 7 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Fisherman’s soup
Inspired by ukha from the 2009 Italian romantic drama “I Am Love” where a young man’s comfort food is his mother’s fish and vegetables soup.
Cook time: 50 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Espresso martini
Cook time: 0 minutes
Servings: 2 glasses
Brain hemorrhage cocktail
Cook time: 0 minutes
Servings: 1 glass
Easy yakitori with tare (sauce)
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Yogurt-marinated chicken kebab
Cook time: 20 minutes
Servings: 12 people
Baked meatballs Parmesan
Cook time: 30 minutes
Servings: 3 people
Spaghetti and meatballs
Cook time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 people
3-mushroom miso soup
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Creamed spinach, bacon and mushroom spaghetti
Cook time: 30 minutes
Servings: 3 people
Sichuan-style bang bang chicken
Unlike its Chinese-American incarnation, there is no frying involved in making this dish. Poached chicken is cut into strips, doused with Sichuan chili oil and topped with sliced scallions.
Cook time: 5 minutes
Servings: 4 people