The Food Canon

This Thai dish, by the traditional name Pad Ga Prao is one of my favourite dishes.

A one-plate wonder, Chef McDang calls it a Thai national fast-food dish. Think of the aroma of fried minced beef -  with Maillard flavours in abundance - combined with fresh basil leaves, chillies, fried egg and rice. It is indeed the perfect meal.

The good news is that you can easily cook this in your own home. I agree with Leela of SheShimmers in her post of the same dish that you don't need to be an experienced cook to do this well.

What are "Maillard flavours," you may ask?

It was a unique experience to serve BBQ food for a group of almost 200 diners at a recent Alpha Celebration Party.

We planned for 3 meat items: Beef, chicken and prawns. For the sides, we served mixed green salad, sweet corn, roasted potatoes and butter rice. Here are some notes that can guide future parties.

The Malay Mail did an article on my late Mum, Auntie Ruby and this food blog.

You can read it here. 

In fact if there are days when your dishes are not "happening"(a local way of saying that it is not turning out to expectations), a good sambal belachan could make up for it.

Mediocre fried veg + bland meat dish = Miserable meal
Mediocre fried veg + bland meat dish + Sambal Belachan = Happy Meal (toy is superfluous)