Carbonara is a very classic and traditional pasta dish of Italy. It is made using eggs, cured pork fats and hard cheese and seasoned with black pepper. The traditional recipe doesn’t call for cream however I like to add cream for a cheat version to make heavy.
Ragu is an Italian meat stew in tomato sauce that is usually served over a pasta. It is very similar to bolognese excpet that ragu is stronger in taste and flavour and it consists of many vegetables components.
Hawaiian pizza is simple and classic, a favourite flavour to order in a typical american pizza house. It is topped with very basic ingredients such as pineapple and ham with a tomato base.
Lasagna is a layered pasta sheet spread with meat sauce and cheese. Extremely sinful but delish to eat. Lasagna is my kind of comfort food to have on a movie night at home.
Shrimp scampi is actually an Italian – American dish and it is orignally using langostines instead of shrimps. Shrimps are easily available as compared to langostines hence it is now more often using shrimps for cooking scrampi.
Sukiyaki is a Japanese style mini hotpot that is usually served in individual portion. It consist a hot of assorted vegetables with thinly sliced meat and is simmered in a sweet soya sauce soup base. Different region has their own variation of Sukiyaki.
Yakisobo is a Japanese stir fried noodles with assorted vegetables and meat. It looks very much like our yellow noodles except that soba is made from buckwheat. It is a very versatile noodle dish which you can customise the ingredients to your preference.
Teriyaki is like an essential sauce in Japanese Cuisine. It goes very well with all kinds of dishes. It is a sauce made from reducing a mixture of soya sauce, sugar, ginger and mirin to a thick glaze.
Kimchi is probably the most common and iconic dish of Korea and it is like a staple in Korean cuisine that you must have it when you are eating Korean food. It is a fermented salted vegetables usually made using napa cabbage.
Com Tam is also known as Vietnamese broken rice which is usually served along with grilled meats, egg meatloaf, salad and pickles. Broken rice is actually broken grains of rice left over from the traditional drying and milling process.
Bún chả is a Vietnamese dish with marinated grilled pork over noodle along with herbs with a side dish of dipping sauce. It is one of Hanoi’s most famous street food that you should not miss out when travelling to Vietnam.
Pad Thai is a stir fried rice noodles that is tossed in a sweet and sour sauce along with ingredients such as chicken, tofu and vegetables. It is served with some raw beansprouts and lime at the side. If you do not like the taste of raw beansprouts, you can add in to cook.
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