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| Cookbooks from our collection. |
Recently we — especially Len — have been experimenting with Asian recipes. This is both a lot of work and a lot of fun. He’s tried a number of new techniques and flavors. Here are a few photos of some of these dishes.
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| Ingredients. |
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| A delicious tofu stir-fry flavored with tamarind paste. |
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| Vietnamese steamed fish en papillote, with which we drank wine, of course. |
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| The steamed fish taken out of its parchment wrapper. |
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| Vegetables and rice to go with the steamed fish. |
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| A salad of bean sprouts and cherry tomatoes. |
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| Using our steamer for bao. |
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| Bao buns filled with mushrooms and bok choi, with carrot pickles. |
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A different experiment: frozen pakora from the
Indian grocery store…. |
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| … and frozen samosas. Both were good and easy! |
Blog post © 2022 mae sander
Asian food is one of my favorites. Your bao buns look delicious along with everything else. I haven't tried the pre made samosa's but may now that you've reported they are good. I love to make my own.
ReplyDeleteCulinary adventures - now I am all hungry (just had a cheese-bread, how boring).
ReplyDeleteEverything looks delicious. I had not considered getting frozen pakora or samosas, but you have changed my mind.
ReplyDeleteNote about the pakoras and samosas: I tried only one brand of each item. These particular ones, which were imported, were good, I thought, but I don't know about any other brands.
ReplyDeleteI like most Asian foods, the steamed fish looks yumy.
ReplyDeleteTake care, enjoy your day!
Oh yum!
ReplyDeleteI love Asian food and often cook it, most from memory of what I ate while I was living in Taiwan. You have some very lovely plates on your table.
ReplyDeleteIf it's Asian, I love it. From Chinese to Indian to Vietnamese, I absolutely can't get enough. That fish looked wonderful. And of course, you reminded me that I haven't eaten yet. Everything looks so good. Thanks for sharing these wonderful Asian inspired meals and your wine and water with us for T this week, Mae. LOVE those buns.
ReplyDeleteHow fun. Lots of Asian food is so yummy, so if Len's kitchen experimenting has come out tasty, you have been eating well. Happy T day. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteOK... the only thing that I can say it.... I want to come live at your house! LOL Ohhh what fun and such delishes looking food. Well I said more. Thank you for sharing such a delightful post.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! That looks great!
ReplyDeleteI also made bao buns this weekend. I've never tried them before so it was interesting to see yours. And I'm glad you used a conventional steamer.
ReplyDeleteI love Asian food, so tasty, but I think it's hard to make at home! Hapy T Day, Valerie
ReplyDeleteWow, you have been adventurous! Love the pictures - all the food looks fabulous and I love those books (they make me want to go buy one and try some new noodle dishes). Fun post, Mae. Happy T-day.
ReplyDeleteI don't normally have the ingredients to do this (Rick is better than me -- you will always find him with a lot of Japanese ingredients). That looks like such fun -- and so delish, too!
ReplyDeleteI've never cooked Asian food, and I don't think I ever will. I don't seem to have a taste for it.
ReplyDeleteIt's such fun trying our new recipes and your Asian food looks so delicious - yum 😊. Happy T Day wishes! Hugs Jo x
ReplyDeleteEverything looks beautiful and delicious. I find if I'm preparing a cuisine that is new and I'm not familiar with, the prep is time consuming and there are so many pots, pans, bowls, and dishes to clean up. 😺 Happy T Day
ReplyDeleteI lOVE Asian food! I will be checking out these books at the library. Thanks for your suggestions.
ReplyDeleteHappy Tea Day,
Kate
Hi Mae, I used to cook a lot of Asian food but not so much now. The fish looks very good even though I don't eat fish, and the bao looks like it turned out good too. Happy T Day! Elle/EOTC xx
ReplyDeleteWell your experiments with Asian cooking look darn good Mae! And thank you for visiting my blog and leaving such a nice comment. Happy happy T day! Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteOh my! It does look like a lot of work but the results look incredibly delicious! It must have been fun too, Happy T Day, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteMy stomach is growling!
ReplyDeleteI need to get tamarind paste!
Thanks for this delicious post
I'm coming to your house for dinner! I'll bring wine.
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