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Japanese Wagyu Beef Wellington with Truffle Oil & Bacon

Japanese Wagyu Beef Wellington with Truffle Oil & Bacon It's breakfast time again for my little 5-year-old. What di I have in the fridge? Well, I have that Japanese Grade A4 Wagyu from Chef Greg. Now how can I get creative with that? I know, how about Japanese Wagyu Beef Wellington with Truffle Oil & Bacon? Yeah, that works. That works really well. The little man had already asked me to make him his favourite Wagyu so this became my plan. And what a cracker she turned out to be. This ...

Rabbit Carrot Gun Scotch Egg Cooking Competition

Rabbit Carrot Gun Scotch Egg Cooking Competition 2018 Wow what a day. I got entered in to Rabbit Carrot Gun Scotch Egg Cooking Competition 2018. Held for the first time last year by the wonderful Rich Huggins and his lovely wife Tricia, this is an amazing event. Thanks for the chance to do this Richard, it really was such fun - as always at your awesome restaurant. Get your self down here for amazing spread of English fare, which funnily enough does include Scotch Eggs!!! 5 Chefs and 2 ...

Deconstructed Laksa and a 5 Cheese Fondue for lunch

Deconstructed Laksa and a 5 Cheese Fondue for lunch So here is my Deconstructed Laksa and a 5 Cheese Fondue for lunch. Japanese sea bass, a little oil, salt & pepper and stuff with fresh lime. Get those bad boys on the BBQ. Prawns marinated in some oil and chopped garlic. Boiled quail eggs. Some lightly blanched bean sprouts. A sprinkling of some finely chopped Kaffir Lime leaves, a few Calamansi limes, and of course the amazing home made laksa sauce. Get in ...

Venison Tartare

Venison Tartare Should I have called this Rudolph Tartare? Well I did make it at Christmas. My poor little Amy nearly cried when I told her what it was, dear me. My Venison Tartare came about because my mate Rutherford said he had some venison for the Christmas dinner, but didn't know what to make with it. I happened to be sat in a pub mulling this one over, when a mate said he had lunch at some pos restaurant and ate Venison Tartare. PING!!! Goes the food lightbulb. And the result ...

Katherine’s Iranian Lamb Recipe

Katherine's Iranian Lamb Recipe Whilst having a pre-Xmas beverage with customers, colleagues and friends I had the good fortune to meet Katherine. The wife of my mate Darren Thayre. And one of the few Iranians I know. Whilst chatting we got in to food in a big way, and she released to me a new dish, one from her Mum, but I cam calling it out as Katherine's Iranian Lamb Recipe. It's a cracker. I did it for Christmas Day at the Rutherford's party and it disappeared off the plate. Always ...

Mookata for Kennett’s Sunday Dinner

Mookata for Kennett's Sunday Dinner Sadly my Mary is all sick, sad and tired with this horrible cough she's had a few days. So a lazy Sunday, doing next to nothing was in order. That also included dinner. For pick-me-up for her, defrosted some Wagyu and did Mookata for Kennett's Sunday Dinner. Greg you would have been proud mate. Floods of memories came back for us all, of dinners at your place back then. Mookata is Thai BBQ basically. Traditionally in clay dishes with real BBQ briquettes, ...

Hat’s Salt & Vinegar Crisp Squid Rings

Hat's Salt & Vinegar Crisp Squid Rings What on earth is that, I hear you calling out. Well I happened to be at my mate, James, daughter's birthday BBQ. His wife, Kate, was explaining that their other daughter, Hats, was fussy re food, but liked calamari in batter. I also noticed she was scoffing down salt & vinegar crisps Ta Dah. One of those moments happened, and so was created Hat's Salt & Vinegar Crisp Squid Rings. Just for you Hats. I hope you liked them, and a VERY HAPPY ...

Baby Jude’s Wagyu Beef Pie

Baby Jude's Wagyu Beef Pie I am on a staycation at the moment, so spending lots of time at home with Mary and the kids. That clearly translates in to time to do some home cooking, which is ACE. That happened today, when we created Baby Jude's Wagyu Beef Pie. Mary had tasked Jude and I to pop over Cold Storage to get some bits and pieces. Whilst Jude was sat in the trolley he kept pulling things from the shelves - soya beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, sausages etc. What to do with this lot I ...