Crispy Pork Belly is one of the most celebrated dishes in Chinese roast meat cooking, prized for its contrast of juicy, tender pork and incredibly crisp crackling skin. This Crispy Pork Belly recipe follows a classic Chinese preparation technique that focuses on drying the skin, seasoning the meat and carefully roasting the pork in stages to achieve the perfect fluffy crisp. By blanching the pork first, curing the surface with salt and finishing with rice vinegar, this Crispy Pork Belly delivers that signature bubbly crackling with rich, succulent meat underneath.

Beef Rendang is one of Indonesia’s most iconic slow-cooked dishes, built around a deeply aromatic curry paste, toasted coconut and rich coconut milk. Unlike many curries, the paste isn’t fried first. Instead, the beef slowly simmers until the coconut milk reduces and splits, releasing its oil to naturally fry and caramelise everything at the end. This is a dish that rewards patience with incredible depth of flavour.

Japanese Kushikatsu are crispy golden skewers of vegetables and prawns coated in a light batter and crunchy panko breadcrumbs before being deep fried. Served with a tangy homemade dipping sauce, they're a classic Osaka street food that's perfect for sharing.

These Thai Fish Cakes are bouncy, flavour-packed and lightly spiced with a homemade red

curry paste. With fresh herbs and crunchy green beans, they deliver the perfect balance of

texture and aromatic heat.

This Salt & Pepper Squid is ultra crispy on the outside, tender inside, and packed with aromatic spice. Finished with garlic, chillies and a homemade spiced salt, it delivers bold flavour with every bite.

This Korean Beef Bulgogi is sweet, savoury and incredibly tender, featuring thinly sliced beef marinated in a fragrant blend of Asian pear, soy, garlic and sesame before being quickly seared with vegetables. Perfect served with steamed rice, bibimbap or wrapped in lettuce

Fujian Fried Rice is a classic Chinese banquet dish featuring a golden egg fried rice base topped with a glossy seafood and vegetable stir fry sauce. This Fujian Fried Rice recipe follows the traditional Hokkien style method, where lightly seasoned rice is coated in egg and fried until each grain is separate, then finished with a saucy topping of prawns, squid and vegetables.

Often served at Chinese wedding banquets, Fujian Fried Rice is designed to be a complete meal on one plate. The fried rice provides aroma and texture, while the topping delivers natural seafood sweetness in a light savoury sauce that gently coats the rice without 

This Morning Glory Stir-Fry with Fermented Tofu Sauce is a vibrant Chinese vegetable dish featuring crisp water spinach coated in a rich, savoury fermented tofu sauce. Finished with plenty of garlic and fresh chillies, it's a quick, flavour-packed side that's perfect served with steamed rice.

This Northern Thai Pork Curry is rich, earthy and deeply aromatic, built around a homemade curry powder of toasted spices, fragrant lime leaves and tender slow-cooked pork belly. Finished with pickled garlic and fresh ginger, it's a bold curry that's well worth the extra effort.

Hakka Egg Dumplings Claypot is a comforting, rustic dish where pork-filled dumplings are wrapped in thin egg omelettes, lightly pan fried, then simmered in a savoury broth with daikon and Chinese celery. The egg wrappers soak up the rich stock, creating soft, juicy dumplings with a deeply warming flavour.

Five-Spice Tofu Stir Fry is a simple, flavour-packed dish featuring pre-marinated tofu cooked with garlic chives, shiitake mushrooms and dried shrimp. The tofu absorbs rich umami flavours while staying slightly chewy, balanced by the freshness of chives and a light savoury sauce.