Grilled Calamari with Thai Sauce

I love Thai food! Our family just love the spices and all that bursting flavours that dance in your mouth with every dish we tasted! However, this calamari dish is really just grilled but the sauce is really Thai. Tangy and spicy, the way we love it!!

Technically speaking, we don't have a lot of work preparing this. Just wash, grilled and sprinkled some salt if you will. I like it clean and charred. sauce is few teaspoon of blended red chili paste, few drops of vinegar, squeeze a lemon, and  add in slices of red eye chili and a pinch of sugar. This will knock you out, totally. I omitted the chilli this time so the "boss" can enjoy dipping the sauce too.

 

Dress it with your choice of veges, salads etc. Have it with rice or as side dish. I love to snack, so it will be just as it is. Gosh... mouth watering isn't it? Simple yet satisfying

 

 

Beef Pho-express version

I had a craving for Pho for many days but the laborious work of making the perfect Pho put me off. At some point, I cave in to my craving and decided to make an "express version" of it. Barely 30mins of chopping and slicing and working in the kitchen, I can smirkly said its a success.

Using leftover beef(I know ideally slice etc but we are talking "express" here) and I am using whatever ingredients I had in the pantry so its really a forgiving Pho:)

For soup:

2 onions (slice, roasted or fried w/o out oil)

2 cloves garlic (smashed, roasted or fried w/o out oil)

2inch ginger

4 star anise 

2cinnamon stick

2 ballpeppers (roasted or fried w/o out oil)

1tbsp fish sauce

Beef stock or vege stock

Noodles

Corriander

Bean Sprout

Lime

Beef chunks or slices

 Just love the clean and clear taste. I feel "healthy" slurping the soup and this call for a second serving! Perfect booster for the harsh winter!