I haven’t given up on the cooking this year, and I’m not going to start now. A sweet main course prepared in this instance while following, and adapting to, this recipe.  In the picture above, it has been served with a Special-Fried rice.  The recipe to this side dish will be up soon.

I do like a nice stir-fry. The chicken was stir-fried in a combination of oil and crushed garlic, followed by the red peppers.  It was seasoned with ground black pepper, and roughly torn basil leaves were added shortly afterwards.  Meanwhile, the rice itself was boiled, left to cool, then fried in oil with some finely [...]

No use of Cooking Guide this time round, but it was great making this fine dish. The salmon was marinated in a mixture of honey, lime, dry sherry (*HIC*), soy sauce, and five-spice powder, from which the dish probably gets its name.  It was then coated in an egg white and cornflower batter before being [...]