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Posts Tagged ‘Seafood’

What I ate on my holiday in France

By Toni Anne • Jun 14th, 2008 • Category: Posts

On the MV Bretagne from Portsmouth we find our cabin and stow our luggage.  To the restaurant for dinner but there was a long queue and we had to put our names on a list to be called when a table became vacant.  To the rear deck, with drinks - Sancerre for me and a [...]



CAL Reaches GB

By Sid • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Posts

Hello All - After much travelling, switches and toil I’ve reached the land of crumpets, scones and double cream. On the flight, I found I was tagged as a ‘Hindu’ and consequently, I was on the receiving end of ’special’ meals. Translate that as stuff with no eggs or meat. Mostly cabbage and potatoes with [...]



Coconut Prawn Curry

By Sid • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Asian Food, Fusion Food, Non Vegetarian Food, Posts, Seafood

We picked up some fresh prawns from INA market and for some reason, I wanted to cook them in a coconut gravy - so much that I could actually taste and smell them the way I wanted it.We usually pick up fresh, unpeeled prawns from the market, then Cherie and I sit down to the [...]



Rice Soup with Shrimp Dumplings

By Sid • Mar 27th, 2008 • Category: Asian Food, Non Vegetarian Food, Oriental Food, Soups

I’m not well today - probably the flu. But that doesn’t stop me from cooking. No siree, it doesn’t. So, after making the rice for the ‘How to cook’ series (next post), I was wondering how to use it, besides the obvious curry route.
So… chopped some spring onions and carrots and put them in [...]