mekong catfish

The Pigs of the Sea

Dave DeWitt In the Kitchen with Chile Peppers, Sizzling Seafood Leave a Comment

By Dave DeWitt & Mike Stines From Thailand: Deep-Fried Curried Fish Patties and Thai Baked Stuffed Chile Peppers From Singapore: Singapore Fried Prawns with Dried Chile From Vietnam: Fish with Ginger Salsa From Borneo: Tangy Marinated Fish From Cambodia: Tantalizing Catfish The Mekong Catfish above is a good example of why some catfish and groupers are called “the pigs of …

Thai Blue Elephant

“If You See a Blue Elephant….”

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By Dave DeWitt Recipes in this article: Kae Phad Prik (Chillied Lamb) Laab Ped (Duck Salad with Chillies) Tow-hu Paew Wan (Sweet & Sour Tofu) Kanom Kluai (Banana-Coconut Cones) Another London restaurant recommended by Pat Chapman was Blue Elephant, sister restaurant to La Porte des Indes, and owned by the same restaurant group.  Pat and Dominique couldn’t join us because …

A World of Curries: Golden Triangle Curries

Dave DeWitt A World of Curries, Asia Leave a Comment

By Dave DeWitt Recipes: Swimming Chicken Curry Thai Red Curry Paste Thai Green Curry Paste Lemongrass Curry Laotian Catfish Curry Vietnamese Chicken Curry The region we now call Southeast Asia was once referred to as Indo-China–so named by the west because the countries ringing the Golden Triangle displayed the influences of both India and China.  Although the term “Golden Triangle” …