These Chicken Lettuce Wraps are a fresh and flavourful stir-fry dish served in crisp lettuce cups. Packed with minced chicken, vegetables and a rich savoury sauce, they’re all about texture, balance and bold wok flavour.
Biang Biang Noodles are thick, hand-pulled Chinese noodles known for their chewy texture and dramatic “belt-like” shape. In this version, they are served with a comforting egg and tomato topping and finished with a sizzling hot oil pour over garlic and chilli. The combination of chewy noodles, sweet-sour tomatoes and aromatic oil creates a deeply satisfying dish.
Fresh Vietnamese Green Mango and Prawn Salad is a vibrant, zesty Southeast Asian salad built around crisp green mango, juicy tiger prawns and a perfectly balanced sweet, sour and salty dressing. This Fresh Vietnamese Green Mango and Prawn Salad recipe delivers bold Vietnamese flavour with minimal cooking, making it ideal for warm days or light entertaining.
Green mango brings natural sharpness and crunch, while the dressing of lime juice, palm sugar and fish sauce creates the signature Vietnamese balance. Finished with herbs, peanuts and fried shallots, this dish is fresh, punchy and full of texture.
Sweet & Sour Cauliflower is a vegan take on the classic Chinese takeaway dish, where crispy battered cauliflower florets are tossed with stir-fried vegetables and finished with a sticky sweet and sour sauce. The cauliflower is coated in a light beer batter and deep fried until golden, creating a crisp exterior that contrasts perfectly with the tangy sauce made from ketchup, vinegar and sugar.
Warming Vietnamese Beef Stew is a deeply aromatic slow cooked dish packed with lemongrass, garlic, shallots and warming spices, gently simmered until the beef becomes melt in the mouth tender. This Warming Vietnamese Beef Stew recipe builds flavour from a fresh pounded paste, sears secondary cuts of beef for richness, then slowly braises with tomato and stock for hours until naturally thickened.
Known in Vietnam as a comforting cold weather stew, this dish reflects both French and Chinese influence, with five spice, star anise and cinnamon creating a beautifully fragrant broth. The key is slow cooking to allow the paste and spices to fully infuse the beef.
This Thai Rice Salad (Khao Yum) is a vibrant and refreshing Southern Thai dish featuring naturally blue jasmine rice, crisp vegetables, grapefruit, toasted coconut and prawn floss, all brought together with a rich sweet, salty and tangy fermented fish dressing. It's colourful, aromatic and packed with contrasting textures.
Hong Kong Style Chicken with Mixed Mushrooms
Quick & Easy Chinese Chicken & Mushroom Stir Fry is a classic Hong Kong style home cooking dish that celebrates wok hei, silky marinated chicken and lightly charred mushrooms. This Quick & Easy Chinese Chicken & Mushroom Stir Fry recipe uses the traditional wok clock method, searing each ingredient at the right moment for maximum flavour and texture.
In Cantonese cooking, ginger and spring onion form the aromatic backbone of countless stir fries. Combined with oyster sauce and Shaoxing rice wine, they create a savoury, lightly caramelised coating that wraps beautifully around tender chicken thigh and a medley of mushrooms.
A modern Chinese takeaway classic in its own right, check out this mouth-watering Black Bean Chicken recipe to recreate a healthier, more flavourful and tastier version at home.
This Vegan Ramen delivers all the richness and depth of a traditional ramen without using meat. A slow-simmered vegetable broth made with soybeans, shiitake mushrooms and aromatics creates a creamy, umami-packed base, while pan-seared tofu and mushrooms are coated in a sweet and savoury red miso glaze. Finished with fresh vegetables and chewy ramen noodles, it's a satisfying bowl that proves you won't miss the pork.
