Kani salad
Make kani salad with kanikama (imitation crab meat), cucumber, carrot, fresh ripe mangoes, lettuce, Japanese mayonnaise and a little sesame seed oil. It’s outstanding!
Recipes with vegetable / fruit
Milkfish (bangus) belly and moringa (malunggay) miso soup
Fatty milkfish belly is cut into small cubes and combined with freshly stripped moringa leaves in this Filipinized miso soup. Chunky enough to be served with rice as a main course.
Rice paper spring rolls
Stir fried ground pork, swamp spinach, chilies and pineapple seasoned with Vietnamese mixed fish sauce are wrapped in rice paper. Enjoy as a snack or side dish.
Soy calamansi noodle stir fry
The irresistible salty-tangy flavor combo comes alive in this easy ten-minute noodle stir fry. The dish comes with a lot of meat and plenty of vegetables too!
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.
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.