• FritB on April 17, 2017

  Made several dishes. Just one word, Fantastic book!!!

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Master-stock chicken

  • KarinaFrancis on January 05, 2015

    My first foray into master stock and it was a winner. The chicken turned out moist and tender and the reduced sauce tasted "shop bought". Note, if you want to make this for dinner, start early afternoon and make sure you have freezer real estate to dedicate to keeping the stock for future uses.

• Sweet black vinegar pork belly

  • Bronny on January 29, 2014

    Delicious and easy...a definite family favourite and special treat.

  • Dishyrishie on May 10, 2015

    Delicious and a dish to impress. Simple but delicious.

• Spicy beef short ribs

  • bookpoet on December 31, 2012

    This was a terrific dish. So, so, easy. Restaurant-worthy flavor. I doubled the recipe after purchasing 5 lbs. of Korean short ribs at BJ's. Recipe instructs to bake in hot oven for 1 hr, then in a pot with all the wonderful Asian flavors for 2 more hours. I used 3 cans of 14 oz petite diced tomatoes (drained) since it's Dec. here and reduced the Korean chili paste to 1T total to suit the tastes of my children. We served it over Jasmine rice. This one will join the regular rotation.

  • KarinaFrancis on April 24, 2013

    Have to agree with bookpoet, so easy, such high impact. I used 2kg of ribs and didnt have to increase the amount of sauce. Will do this one again (and again)

  • tekobo on January 30, 2017

    Made with about 80% of the weight of beef short ribs requested and ended up with a lot of sauce left over. Used this to try out the recommended variation with duck legs. Both very tasty. White rice is a good foil for the strong flavours but could also serve with steamed veg and no carb if you wish.

• Whole steamed snapper with ginger and spring onions

  • Dishyrishie on June 26, 2015

    Lacking in flavour.

• Stir-fried beef with asparagus and mushrooms

  • Juleslovesgoldies on June 02, 2026

    Very tasty

• Stir-fried chilli pork

  • aargle on January 13, 2017

    This was delicious. Had to double it to serve four. Added choy sum and green beans and served with rice. A definite repeat.

• Stir-fried snapper with asparagus, snow peas and enoki mushrooms

  • tekobo on June 26, 2016

    Made with cod off cuts and shiitake. Delicious!

  • mondraussie on May 20, 2023

    Made with perch (can't get snapper where I live). Worked well, but really think I would prefer it with snapper.

• Tea smoke mix

  • KarinaFrancis on December 26, 2013

    I had some of this mix left over from the quail and used it to smoke eggplants for a Babaganouch. Tasted as if the were roasted over coals and got dad's stamp of approval

• Tea-smoked quail

  • KarinaFrancis on December 26, 2013

    Great way to make quail. A couple of processes involved but worth the effort

• Ma po tofu

  • treay on May 07, 2025

    One of my favourite tofu recipes.

• Pork simmered in caramel sauce

  • lou_weez on March 07, 2021

    So easy and so tasty. Just the right balance of sweet, salty and sour.

  • mondraussie on February 05, 2023

    Fantastic and so easy! My only problem is I can't get pork belly here, and I used a cut of ribs that wasn't so great... Next time I'll make it with standard ribs.

• Twice-cooked pork with leek and capsicum

  • chawkins on November 03, 2019

    The taste was good but I was not too happy with the texture of the pork pieces, they had the texture of Chinese bacon. If I wanted that texture, I could have saved myself a lot of work by just using the bacon to start with instead.

• Prawn scrambled eggs

  • mondraussie on May 22, 2013

    Perfect!!

  • RosieB on July 13, 2016

    This was a great quick meal when I was late home from work. Super tasty and quick.

  • lou_weez on March 07, 2021

    Amazing!!! Quick, easy and tasty. Served as part of a banquet, but would be great served with a bit of rice for a weeknight dinner.

• Spicy barbecued chicken wings

  • lou_weez on March 07, 2021

    Another winner from Neil Perry. Again, quick, easy and tasty. The chicken wings crisped up beautifully on the BBQ.

• Stir fried chicken with cashews

  • chawkins on April 23, 2015

    We enjoyed this simple stir-fry. It makes quite a substantial dish. It is interesting that the the entire dish is seasoned by the chicken marinade. I used boneless skinless chicken thighs instead of the skin-on thighs called for.

• Stir-fried roast duck with bean sprouts

  • Beth891 on September 27, 2023

    Didn't cook this exactly as recipe as I had duck breast not roast duck. Pan fried the duck breast separately with some 5 spice. Served the duck sliced on top. Used some of the duck fat to cook this recipe. Made almost as per the recipe otherwise but no plum sauce so added plum hoisin instead and didn't add sugar. Added baby corn and rice noodles to make it a complete meal. Sauce was delicious I'd definitely make again

• Spicy grilled whole ocean perch

  • RosieB on January 10, 2014

    This is a fantastic recipe. Really tasty. You can use different varieties of fish and it will still be great. I was not able to buy fresh turmeric so used ground and it was fine.

• Sour orange curry of salmon

  • FritB on September 29, 2016

    Made this. Beautiful recipe. Next time would poach the fish first and break it up. Then put the sauce over it.

• Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce

  • KarinaFrancis on January 16, 2021

    Great recipe, tastes just like the version you get at yum cha. Needs a little drizzle of extra oyster sauce on top just before serving

• Wontons in chilli oil

  • Tweetybird on February 08, 2014

    INGREDIENTS DRESSING: 2 tsp of kecap manis 1 tbsp of chilli oil 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 spring onion (scallion), finely chopped 1 tsp of Chinkiang vinegar a pinch of freshly ground black pepper PORK WONTON FILLING: 200g of minced (ground) pork belly ½ a carrot, finely diced 2 coriander roots, scrapped and chopped 2 braised shitake mushrooms, finely chopped ½ a knob of ginger, finely chopped 2 spring onions (scallions), finely sliced ½ tsp of caster sugar 1 tsp of yellow bean soy sauce 1 tsp of oyster sauce a few drops of sesame oil to wrap, square wonton skins or round dumpling skins to dust, flour

• Spicy Sichuan noodles

  • KarinaFrancis on December 26, 2013

    Great weeknight dinner. Quick and super tasty

• Red-braised pork hock with shiitake mushrooms

  • tekobo on September 08, 2021

    I really did not like this. Not a fan of the star anisey soupy liquid or the wrinkly skin on the deep fried hock that was then returned to the liquid.