The Japanese consider hiyashi chuka to be summer food, and in the spirit of seasonal eating, the dish is not served at other times of the year. But in tropical and sub-tropical climates, cold noodles are refreshing whenever it's hot outside - and that's far longer than just the summer months.Usually, the cold ramen comes with a watery, refreshing, vinegar-based sauce that you pour over the noodles, but I prefer a thicker, miso-based sauce.Although ramen is usually

The marinade for these fried chicken sandwiches couldn’t be easier, but the slaw takes a little work. Acar is a Southeast Asian vegetable pickle, and every cook has their own recipe. This one is made with ground aromatics that include chillies, shallots, garlic, galangal and turmeric, which are cooked with dried belacan (fermented shrimp paste), mustard seeds and tamarind pulp, before being mixed with salted cabbage and carrot.While traditional cooks would use a mortar and pestle to pound the...

This Korean dish of oyster, seaweed and rice soup is something I make when I’m dining alone, because I’m the only one in my household that likes oysters. It’s delicious, and takes only about 20 minutes to prepare, including thawing the oysters (I use frozen ones). It’s easy enough to increase the quantities to feed more; the cooking time is the same and you’ll just need a larger pot.If you have a good source of fresh oysters,

Tod mun pla, or fried fish cakes, is a popular dish from Thailand. The best I’ve eaten were in Bangkok, where a street food vendor was frying them as fast as she could for a line of eager customers. Thai fish cakes are different from the tender, lightly seasoned version you get outside Asia.In many Asian cuisines a “bouncy” tex­ture is prized – meatballs, seafood balls and fish cakes have a resilience that is almost, but not quite, chewy. This texture is

The corn for this dish can be served hot, warm or at room temperature, but the clams should be served straight out of the fryer. I love the contrast between the crunchy, sweet corn, the delicate crispness of the clam coating and rich umami of the clam meat, and the creaminess of the avocado.

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