Feed me; Chili peppers

Chili Peppers - one Ringit, at the Sibu market ( Sarawak, Borneo). You love 'em or you hate them, personally I adore chili peppers and spicy food.

Feed me; Thai dessert

Exquisite to some, strange to others, the Thai dessert. I'm a fan of most, Love pandan ice cream and those little jelly things you mainly eat for the sweet sauce they are served in. Top of the list; Khao Niaow Ma Muang or sticky rice with yellow mango !

Paksoi, mushrooms and tofu

ingredients; tofu 200gr, paksoi 1, small eryngii (king oyster) mushrooms 100gr, flour 50gr, 1 red chili, fish sauce, mushroom sauce, garlic 1 clove, water 2 tbsp, chili oil 2tbsp, sunflower oil 25 cl, sugar 1 teaspoon

Cut the tofu into small bite size cubes. Put the flour in a bowl (you can add some parsley and other spices). Poor the sunflower oil in a small cooking pot and heat.
Slice the mushrooms lengthwise (5 mm thick). cut the paksoi in bite size pieces, keep the leaves ans the hard parts apart.
Heath a wok add the chili oil and the finely chopped chili. stir fry for 1 minute. Add the mushrooms and stir fry for 2 more minutes. Now add the hard parts of the paksoi and stir fry for 5 more minutes.
add some water if it is too dry and add the smashed garlic.
Meanwhile deep fry the tofu until golden brown.
Add the leaves from the paksoi, stir fry for 1 to 2 minutes. Add  fish sauce, sugar  and tmushroom sauce to the mushrooms and paksoi. Cook for 1 minute and turn off the heat.
Serve with noodles or rice

Feed me; Preparing bitter gourd and egg

Another Thai Classic, bitter gourd and egg. Served with chilli sauce it is an excellent dish. Easy and fast; slice the gourd lengthwise (500 gr) and scoop out the seeds. Cut the gourd in small pieces. Heat oil add a bit of shopped garlic (1 clove) stir fry for a minute, add the bitter gourd  and fry for 3 more minutes. Add 2 -3 tablespoons of water and 2 tbsp of fish sauce. Fry for 2 minutes and add 2 beaten eggs. Stir well and turn of the heath. Stir until the egg is cooked. 

Feed me; hot green tea

Hot green tea, you like it or you don't. Note, most of the time it ain't fresh. It is made from the powdered tea leaves added to hot milk. You can have it hot, cold, iced or shaken and with  tapioca pearls if wanted.

pimp your noodles

Ingredients; mama instant noodles 2 (or any instant noodle you like), lean pork meat 200gr, teriyaki sauce 2tbsp, dark soy sauce 1tbsp, mirin 1tbsp, mustard leaf or water convolvulus 300gr, fish sauce 1tbsp, garlic 1clove, sunflower oil 4 tbsp, sambal 1 tbsp.

Cut the pork in very thin slice. Mix teriyaki sauce, dark soy sauce, mirin and fish sauce. Marinate the pork for 1 hour in this mixture. Bring 250 cc water to the boil and add the condiments that come with the noodles. Break the noodles and add. bring to the boil and cook for about 3 to 5 minutes 5until most of the liquid is absorbed. Meanwhile heat a wok add half of the oil, add the sambal and stir fry for 1 minute. Add the drained pork, keep the liquid. fry over high heat. After a few minutes add half of the marinating mixture. You might need to add some more later.
Heat a wok or frying pan add the rest of the oil. Add finely chopped garlic, after about a minute add the mustard leave or water convolvulus. Fry on high heat for 1 to 2 minutes.

Place the noodles on a plate and dress with the vegetables and the well done pork. add the sauce from the pork if you like.

Feed me; everything dried shop

This little shop has everything you ever wanted "dried". As long as it is fish, sheljfish, meat or sausages. You can find it on "Central market" in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Easy enough to find, everybody knows it. Central market hasn't changed that much since my first visit in 1999.