Thanks to Penguin Australia, Sarah and I recently had the opportunity to review The Great Aussie Asian Cookbook by Kim Terakes, photography by Rob Palmer. The book is a visual feast with so many fresh and inspired recipes.
Kim Terakes, bestselling author of the Great Aussie Cookbook series, demystifies Asian cooking with his everyday recipes drawing on his passion for Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysian and Japanese food.
The Great Aussie Asian Cookbook begins with a history of Aussie Asian food and covers how to shop for Asian ingredients and how to stock an Asian pantry. Kim draws on his family and past connections to Aussie Asian food to offer personable advice and practical tips for Aussie Asian cooking. Recipes for dishes like Vietnamese honey pork and red curry duck with lychees are included in the book along with recipes for Asian soups, snacks and finger food, meat, fish and vegetarian dishes.
Our family loves stir fries and curries and the book has loads of recipes that would be just the thing for a mid week Asian inspired meal. Most recipes are accompanied by a full page, mouth watering photograph, which is always a must for us when selecting cookbooks. The recipes are all bursting with Asian flavours.
With Fathers Day only a month away, this book would make an ideal gift for Dad’s who love to cook.
The Great Aussie Asian Cookbook by Kim Terakes, photography by Rob Palmer, published by Viking, rrp$35.00
I think this book will have to be added to my wish list – I already have his blokes one and the bbq one and there’s lots of great recipes in those.
ooh, I love hearing about new cookbooks…thanks for sharing the recipe too!!
What’s the difference between regular Asian and Aussie Asian?
Oh shoot — I was going to pin this recipe until I read about the time limit — now I’m frantically writing it down LOL. I LOVE fried ice cream! We don’t find it in Asian restaurants here though — it’s in Mexican restaurants! Thanks for the recipe!
(And btw, my goody arrived this week — as soon as I can make a sample (Oh YUM) — I’ll be blogging!)
Oh shoot — I was going to pin this recipe until I read about the time limit — now I’m frantically writing it down LOL. I LOVE fried ice cream! We don’t find it in Asian restaurants here though — it’s in Mexican restaurants! Thanks for the recipe!
(And btw, my goody arrived this week — as soon as I can make a sample (Oh YUM) — I’ll be blogging!)
Great review Lisa & Sarah, looks like anther cook book to add to my list, no wait maybe i can get it for Joe. How nice of them to let you use the recipe, with your family’s love of ice cream and your new machine i bet this will be on your list to make.
xx
like Thimbleanna, I’ve never seen fried ice cream on a Chinese menu; only Mexican, too. Yummy!
I find now at the mall food courts, several of the ethnic restaurants all have the same munu – you can get bourbon chicken at the Chinese, Japanese, and Cajun place, for example.
This is delicious, I am sure!! Thanks for sharing the recipe, dear Lisa!!
Love, Bela
Looks like another book to add to my ‘must have’ list!!! Already have a cookbook for Fathers Day put away so will have to think of an excuse for this one!!!