This is an old and very simple dish. Pollo alla cacciatora literally means ‘chicken huntress style’ though it is also known in a male version (pollo cacciatore). A similar dish can also be found in France, for example. In days…
Yang Chun Mian
Yang Chun Mian (阳春面) literally means ‘spring noodles’. The dish is particularly popular in the Jiangnan region, where Shanghai is located. This noodle soup is so simple to prepare that it could not be any easier. Nevertheless, it provides a…
Chicken Manchurian
Indo-Chinese cuisine – known for dishes such as Chicken Manchurian or Hakka Noodles – originated in India in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly in Kolkata, where many Hakka Chinese settled. The term “Hakka” refers to a Chinese ethnic group…
Kung Pao Chicken
Kung pao chicken (also spelled gongbao, 宮保雞丁) is a dish of Chinese Sichuan cuisine. Its characteristic elements are chicken, peanuts, spring onions and (typical for Sichuan) plenty of chili. Ginger and garlic also play an important role and vegetables can…
Khao Soi
Khao Soi (ข้าวซอย) is a dish that is prepared in different ways in northern Thailand and Laos. Here we show the Thai version, specifically from the city of Chiang Mai, also known as the ‘Rose of the North’, which is…
Club Sandwich
In many hotels around the world, the club sandwich is a snack offered outside restaurant opening hours or at the bar, especially for late-night cravings. Its origins lie in America and are somewhat older. In 1894, Sarah Tyson Rorer described…
Oyakodon
Oyakodon is a very popular donburi dish in Japan, which is a meal for which rice is filled into a bowl and then covered with other ingredients. For this you need dashi, the basic broth of Japanese cuisine. There are…
Pad Ka Prao
In our Asian supermarket, we were able to buy “holy basil”, which is usually difficult to find internationally. Italian basil and Thai basil are much easier to obtain. You have to cook pad ka prao with it. Without “holy basil”,…
Shawarma
Turkish doner kebab, Greek gyros, Mexican tacos al pastor – all dishes where slices of seasoned meat are layered on a rotating skewer and then gradually grilled from the outside. That’s how it’s done with shawarma as well (in gastronomy),…
Tom Kha Gai
Tom Kha Gai (“ต้มข่าไก่”) is a Thai dish with wonderful flavour complexity that is surprisingly easy to prepare. Tom (ต้ม) means “cooked”, Kha (ข่า) means “galangal” and Gai (ไก่) means “chicken”. We show here how to cook this most popular…
