For Jane: fried okra chinese style
Fried okra in ginger, soy, garlic and a bit of sugar Meal for one :) I met my friend Jane about 13 years ago. She was my client at the agency where I worked. I was her account director. I left the...
View ArticleA baked bean special: chinese-y pork and beans
Cooking with baked beans If you haven’t guessed from the title alone, my post today is all about cooking with baked beans. The humble tin of baked beans. Sadly, I'm not longer a heinz baked beans baby...
View ArticleSquid and tilapia fish balls cooked two ways
Eating humble pie Sigh. There are some times, and at my bloody age, when I really should know better… I managed to make 20 fish balls with the ingredients I had For a few weeks now, I’ve been obsessing...
View ArticleMy 100th post, a noodle recipe and thebigfatnoodle’s first competition,...
My caricature was drawn by my best friend I’ve actually made it to my 100th post. Wow. It wasn’t necessarily a target I’d even thought about when I started thebigfatnoodle but as the wordpress...
View ArticleA Chinese new year special: steamed shui mai, dumpling soup and spring rolls
A trio of treats for you this Chinese New Year's Day Gong Hei Fat Choy everybody! Bam’s Kitchen just posted her dumpling recipe a couple of days ago, which made me laugh and smile with joy because my...
View ArticleSimple 30 minute suppers: Sweet and spicy minced pork noodles
Dried noodles are a lifesaver when you're short on time! Another instant noodle dish, this time it’s home-made I am FINALLY starting to get over this nasty cold, hooray! Not quite 100% yet so I haven’t...
View ArticleAn oriental twist on streaky slices – sweet, sour, spicy and sticky
Our sage last summer. I can't wait for winter to be over so my garden can come to life again. It's full of herbs so smells divine! What do you think you smell of? My mum used to say that she could tell...
View ArticleVegetarian delights: A savoury fried (white) carrot cake from South-east Asia...
This is the red carrot cake i made originally South-east Asian street food at its best :) One of my earliest posts for thebigfatnoodle was about how I taught myself to make a local dish from South-east...
View ArticleFor her Majesty… thebigfatnoodle’s Diamond Jubilee cake for the Queen
While the cakes were baking, I was practising my union jack cake decorating skills. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee As I sit here typing, I’m watching the Queen’s floating pageant take place on our TV. The...
View ArticleIt’s curry time! Curry puff puffs, curry filo puffs and curry cups
Spice is life – Britain’s continuing love for Indian spices and flavours. Curry in a hurry If there’s one type of food that the Brits have truly taken to their hearts and made their own, it is the...
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