Ensalada Mexicana with Shrimp
Norma’s, Parker Palm Springs and Ensalada Mexicana oy vey! is my go-to brunch. Always with shrimp. Grilled chicken is also an option, but crustacea trumps poultry for me any day, save woodlice. Bushcrafters will tell you they are not dissimilar to crevette gris, however, eating insects is a jungle you can get me the fuck…
Tuna Poke
This recipe nods to the poke at Ruben & Ozzy’s – a super casual downtown find in Palm Springs where, in the time before, we would sit at the counter and work our way through small plates, watching the brothers do their thing. North London now and you’d be lucky to get a seat outside…
Crab Avocado Salad
No preamble here, just the recommendation that you get a whole cooked crab and remove the white meat yourself. It will take some patience and require tools but worth the effort. Serves 2 Ingredients: Whole cooked crab, white meat only 3 large avocados 20 cherry tomatoes 3 spring onions, chopped 1 red onion, half chopped,…
Pork Neck Skewers
Lockdown3 will soon be in the past tense but even with restrictions easing, it’s hard to imagine life returning to what it once was. A year ago, Boris, flanked by Union Jacks on his Downing Street pulpit, claimed the UK could in 12 weeks ‘send coronavirus packing’. Listening to him fall on the old-school rhetoric…
Romesco Sauce
Spring and last week the daytime temperature in London came close to freezing. One day it even snowed for an hour; I couldn’t tell you which as they are all, more or less, the same. This sauce packs some welcome heat and goes well with the pork neck recipe that follows. Makes 2 jars &…
Coquinas al Ajillo
I am a clam enthusiast, but out of the bevy of bivalve molluscs, my heart belongs to coquinas. In the before-time, coquinas first happened in Málaga. And then kept on happening until the inevitable flight home. Lockdown3, I was amazed to spot coquinas at the fish monger on Swain’s Lane and pounced. I also saw…
Beef Kohlrabi Salad
My mouth is on fire and not from all the swearing, because there hasn’t been much swearing, or much of anything in March other than relentless insomnia. Post-Jan and my spirits have crashed into a slough of despond. This feels like the slowest month. But then so did Jan. And then Feb. Guess we are…
King Prawn Kare Lomen
Dear Wagamama, What happened to Ebi Kare Lomen? One day, just like life as we knew it, it disappeared. FFS. In all seriousness, Ebi Kare Lomen was the only reason I ever went to Wagamama: I’d sub the egg noodles with extra everything else because it was all about the heat of the curried sauce,…
CHẢ CÁ LÃ VỌNG
Home cooking through Lockdown 3 has me revisiting dishes from the past. Time spent in Hà Nội recalls 3 that I am still obsessed with: beef pho, bún chả, and chả cá lã vọng. So, here’s my take on one. Like many visitors to the capital of Vietnam, dh and I made our pilgrimage to…
Goan Stuffed Squid with Tiger Prawn
No preamble here, just the recipe. Ingredients: 3 med-large squids, approx. 500g each 14 tiger prawns, shelled and deveined 2 onions, finely chopped Rapeseed oil A good quantity of Goan recheado masala (recipe below) Instructions: Clean the squid thoroughly, keeping tubes whole, removing tentacles and wings Chop tentacles and wings into small cubes Shell and…
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