Vietnamese-style sweet sour salmon soup
Inspired by canh chua, Vietnamese sweet and sour soup, the flavor of the broth comes from the combination of sour tamarind juice and chunks of sweet ripe pineapple.
Recipes with vegetable / fruit
Gingered fish belly and vegetable soup
In this seafood variant of the Filipino tinola, chunks of bangus (milkfish) belly fillets are simmered with chayote and spinach in fish broth seasoned with ginger and fermented fish sauce.
Claypot rice with octopus and edamame
Diced fully cooked octopus, shelled edamame, rice and seasonings cooked in a donabe (Japanese claypot).
Kimchi soup with pork and tofu
It’s not jjigae (which is a stew) and it’s not traditional Korean kimchi soup either. The heat is milder, there’s a subtle sweetness and the soup base is decidedly Japanese.
Tofu, egg and bok choy soup
Lightly fried cubes of tofu, omelette torn into chunky pieces, bok choy and goji berries (wolfberries) are simmered in chicken bone broth seasoned with soy sauce and fish sauce.
Corn soup
Sweet corn, chopped carrot, browned bacon and scallions are stirred in chicken broth lightly thickened with roux made by combining butter with rendered bacon fat.
Blanched napa cabbage salad
The bottom half of a head of napa cabbage is cut sliced thickly, blanched in salted water and tossed with a savory dressing made with sliced scallions, minced ginger, garlic and chilies.
Soy sesame scallion noodles
A simple meatless noodle dish that you can enjoy for breakfast, as a snack or a side dish. Boiled Asian noodles are tossed with soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and toasted sesame seeds, then topped with sliced scallions lightly fried in sesame seed oil.