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Umami Days

Meaty with a dash of veggies

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Appetizers

Small dishes served before a meal, appetizers may be hot or cold. Called hors d'oeuvre in Europe, zensai in Japan, banchan in Korea, lěng pán or qián cài in China, chaat in India, and meze in the Mediterranean and Middle East, an appetizer can be a snack or cocktail food too.

Air fried French fries smothered with bacon, cheese sauce and scallions

Fast and easy cheesy bacon fries

Enoki mushroom tempura with spicy mayo

Enoki mushroom tempura

Teriyaki mushroom fries

Teriyaki mushroom fries

Salmon, tomato and cheese salad

Salmon, tomato and cheese salad

Soy chili garlic ginger beef tendon

Beef tendon with soy chili garlic ginger sauce

Oysters with chili garlic lemongrass sauce

Oysters with chili garlic lemongrass sauce

Kung Pao tofu

10-minute Kung Pao tofu

Crispy cauliflower with sweet chili sauce

Crispy cauliflower with chili lemon sauce

Herby cream cheese spread and crackers

Herby cream cheese spread

Peri-peri pork skewers

Peri-peri pork belly skewers

Sate stall in Chiang Mai

Sate / satay is not peanut sauce

Spicy grilled skewered beef tripe garnished with scallions and sesame seeds

Spicy grilled beef tripe skewers

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