This canonical dish at one of my favourite restaurants, Nobu, had long been on my "to cook" list, so when MM Fresh Food told me they had yellowtail in stock, I jumped at the chance to recreate it. The restaurant uses yuzu juice but I didn't have any so made do with lim...

A vegan friend first made me this salad, using a recipe from her Thermomix cookbook. In the absence of such a time saving yet costly device, I resorted to the old fashioned technique of chopping by hand. I also tweaked it to reduce the glycemic index of the dressing. T...

Gazpacho is the ideal light starter and thoroughly refreshing on a hot humid Hong Kong day. Personally I don't think there is a fixed recipe for this (or many things really!) as the quantities and seasoning really depend on the quality and sweetness of your underlying...

Testing out a starter for a dinner party tonight...

This is a variation on smoked salmon & cream fraiche blinis (my go-to for a quick canapé) except this is one large homemade buckwheat blini on a plate to be served as a starter, smeared with a horseradish mascarpone...