These Korean Pork Belly Tacos combine slow-roasted, melt-in-the-mouth pork belly with soft homemade corn tortillas, quick pickled red onions and fresh lime. Sweet, spicy, savoury and tangy, they're the perfect fusion of Korean and Mexican flavours.
This Japanese Steamed Mushroom Rice is a simple, comforting one-pot dish made with seasoned Japanese rice and a generous mix of earthy mushrooms. Lightly flavoured with soy, sake and mirin, it's an easy midweek meal or the perfect accompaniment to grilled fish or chicken.
Roti John is a popular Malaysian and Singaporean street food made with soft bread, a cheesy omelette and curried beef mince. Finished with fresh salad, mayonnaise and chilli sauce, it's a rich, satisfying sandwich that's perfect for lunch or a hearty snack.
Teriyaki Beef with Grilled Vegetables is a simple Japanese-style dish where steak and vegetables are cooked separately, then brought together with a glossy, sweet-savoury teriyaki sauce. The sauce, made from soy, mirin and sake, caramelises over the beef and vegetables, creating a rich glaze with deep umami flavour and a lightly charred finish.
Char Kway Teow is one of Malaysia’s most famous street food noodle dishes, known for its smoky wok hei flavour, sweet savoury sauce and quick high-heat stir frying. Wide flat rice noodles are tossed with prawns, egg, bean sprouts and Chinese chives in a rich sauce made with sambal, shrimp paste and sweet soy. The key to great Char Kway Teow is intense heat, minimal stirring and allowing the noodles to lightly caramelise in the wok.
Singapore Fried Rice Vermicelli
Singapore Noodles, also known as Singapore Fried Rice Vermicelli, is a vibrant curry spiced noodle stir fry that is hugely popular in Chinese takeaways across the UK. Despite the name, the dish is believed to have Cantonese roots, combining rice vermicelli with Madras style curry powder for its signature golden colour and fragrant spice.
This Singapore Noodles recipe focuses on correct noodle preparation, high heat wok control and even distribution of curry spice through the classic “round and forward” folding motion.
The key is soaking, drying and cooking quickly so the noodles remain separate, lightly coated and never soggy.
Saag Paneer is a classic Indian side dish of golden pan-fried paneer simmered in a vibrant spinach sauce with fragrant spices, garlic, ginger and fresh coriander. It's simple to prepare and pairs perfectly with curries, rice or warm flatbreads.
Hong Kong Salt & Pepper Pork Chops are a Cantonese café classic featuring thinly sliced pork chops marinated with Shaoxing wine, soy sauce and Chinese five-spice before being lightly coated in cornflour and deep-fried until crisp. Finished with flash-fried garlic, bird's eye chillies, spring onions and a generous seasoning of salt and pepper, this dish captures the unmistakable flavours of a Hong Kong cha chaan teng.
Chinese Pan Fried Pork Buns, also known as Sheng Jian Bao, are a Shanghai street food favourite. These juicy pork-filled buns are partially risen, pan fried until golden and crisp underneath, then steamed in the same pan to create a tender, fluffy top with a crispy base. The filling is rich with ginger, garlic, Shaoxing wine and stock, creating that signature burst of savoury juices inside each bun.
Crispy Seafood Noodles is a classic Cantonese style dish featuring golden pan fried noodles topped with a fragrant seafood stir fry and savoury sauce. Egg noodles are crisped in the wok to create a crunchy base while prawns, squid and tenderstem broccoli are flash fried with ginger and spring onion. The seafood is finished in a rich oyster and chilli bean sauce broth thickened lightly with cornflour so it coats the noodles beautifully while still soaking into the crisp edges.
