Vietnamese pork and pineapple stir fry (muc xao khom)
Salty, tangy and sweet. Meaty but bursting with fruit and vegetables. This simple stir fry has so much nuance that’s hard to resist.
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Pineapple orange duck in white wine sauce
Think duck à l’orange but with the flavors of tropical Asia. And because we’re cooking duck breast fillets here instead of a whole duck, the cooking time is shorter.
Mango cucumber and mint smoothie
In this lovely summer drink, we combine refreshing cucumber and sweet ripe mangoes with the cooling sensation of fresh mint leaves. Now, go and take out your blender.
Katsu-style cheese-stuffed pimientos
For people with high tolerance for spicy hot food, there’s the Mexican chili relleno. For the rest of us, there’s cheese-stuffed pimientoes cooked Japanese katsu style.
Roasted eggplant dip
The English-speaking world knows it as eggplant caviar. A misnomer, no doubt, considering that there is no salt-cured fish roe in this dish. But this dip of smoky, slightly charred mashed sweet eggplants mixed with spices, herbs, olive oil and lemon juice is delightful.