31
May
Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)
I generally don’t order Butter Chicken when I eat at Indian restaurants here in Melbourne because I get the impression that they are westernised rubbish. And they generally are. Until I went to Bombay By Night in Caulfield who did a really nice Butter Chicken. I realised then that the main difference is that the...
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28
May
Easy Tomato Chicken Stew
This is basically the easiest chicken stew in the world. I hope so anyway. I made this once for a friend who was very impressed with it and I didn’t have the heart to tell him that it’s just fried chicken with canned tomato soup. This is for two people (plus leftovers): 2 pieces of...
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22
May
Glass Noodles with Zucchini, Mushroom and Chinese Sausage
This is one of those quick things that I do up for lunch when I’m at home. This one is more like glass noodles stir-fried with whatever-I-find-in-the-fridge – typical really. You’ll need (for one person): 1 Chinese sausage, sliced 1 small packet of glass noodles, soaked for 10 minutes in warm water* 1 garlic clove,...
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16
May
Chicken Noodle Soup #2, Chinese-Style at Spatula, Spoon and Saturday
I love chicken noodle soups – there are so many different varieties. This is the second version (see the first one) of my chicken noodle soup. Making the stock I use (for two large bowls of soup): 1 whole chicken breast, with skin on 3 cross slices of ginger 4 fresh coriander stems and roots...
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16
May
Melbourne Food Review: Shanghai Noodle House, China Town
I love dumplings. And there are a few places in Melbourne that do really good Chinese-style dumplings. Our favourite is the Shanghai Noodle House in China Town in a little dodgy lane called Tattersalls Lane. Don’t get confused with the more touristy, popular next Camy Changhai Dumpling Restaurant though. Not that Camy’s is bad. It’s...
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