Oysters with chili garlic lemongrass sauce
Shucked oysters (blanching is optional) are tossed in a sauce made with calamansi juice, chili, garlic, lemongrass, cilantro stems, fish sauce and sugar.
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.
10-minute Kung Pao tofu
Tofu takes the place of chicken in this meatless version of a Chinese favorite. Pair with rice for a complete meal or serve as a snack, appetizer or side dish.
Crispy cauliflower with chili lemon sauce
Cauliflower florets tossed with egg white, salt, pepper and potato starch are deep fried until crisp then drizzled with homemade chili lemon sauce.
Herby cream cheese spread
A no-cook appetizer to go with your New Year's Eve cocktail drinks, this herb-loaded cheese spread is ready in ten minutes flat. Serve with crackers and enjoy.
Peri-peri pork belly skewers
Cubed pork belly and thick slices of Japanese cucumber are tossed in peri-peri sauce, skewered, grilled and brushed with more sauce until beautifully charred.
Sate / satay is not peanut sauce
Sate / satay is skewered meat. Not only chicken but just about any meat including organ meats. It’s Indonesian / Malaysian sate but known by other names across Southeast …
Spicy grilled beef tripe skewers
Chunks of beef tripe simmered with spices and herbs until tender are cooled, cut, skewered and basted with a sauce made with ssamjang, a spicy Korean paste.