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Congee days and ramen nights

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Fish

Whole fish, filleted, fish steaks, canned.

Steamed, boiled, poached, grilled, fried, flaked or eaten raw.

Steamed whole tilapia with ginger, scallions and chilies

Steamed whole tilapia with ginger, chilies and scallions

Along with stir-frying, steaming is one of the popular cooking methods in Chinese cuisines. Many dim sum dishes are cooked by steaming. And, along with frying, steaming …

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Grilled tuna collar served with sea grapes

Grilled fish collar (inihaw na panga ng tuna)

It’s bar food, it’s beach food, it’s family food. You can enjoy it in almost any region of the Philippines but you’ll find the largest, meatiest and freshest grilled tuna …

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Cheesy baked salmon with crispy crumb topping

Cheesy baked salmon with crispy crumb topping

Deconstructed from Conti’s baked salmon that my family fell in love with many years ago. The first time I made it, I used a kilogram of salmon fillet in one piece. Too …

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Tuna poke bowl

Tuna poke bowl

Inspired by a meal we enjoyed in Hanoi, our home version of poke bowl has sushi rice, tuna, lettuce, cucumber, shiitake, egg, eggplant and sweet ripe mango.

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Fried whole fish with chili pineapple sauce

Fried whole fish with chili pineapple sauce

A whole fish is deep fried until the skin is crisp then smothered with a mixture of homemade sweet chili sauce, fish sauce, chilies and chunks of fresh pineapple.

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Catfish braised in caramel sauce (ca kho to)

Catfish braised in caramel sauce (ca kho to)

Sweet and salty with heat supplied by ginger and chilies. Serve the catfish with hot rice for a real Asian dining experience.

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Greek-style grilled sea bream with onions and tomatoes

Greek-style grilled sea bream with onions and tomatoes

This Green-style grilled sea bream with onions and tomatoes was cooked with a little white wine, plenty of garlic and finished off with lemon juice. The effect? …

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