delectabilia
Mostly healthy - Always delectable
The mid-day meal can be so much more than a top-up between breakfast and dinner.
With two of the worlds healthiest foods together in one delicious stew, there is no excuse not to try this. Nutrient-dense and probiotic-rich kimchi works together with fibre and protein-loaded beans to create a truly nutritious and delicious kimchi stew.
Packages of tasty, succulent duck breast, these duck dumplings are served in a mushroom and smoky bacon consommé. The consommé may look unassuming, but its intensity and clarity of flavour will take you by surprise.
Miso shines a light on the earthy sweetness of the pumpkin, bringing to life this delectable pumpkin miso soup. The chorizo drizzle adds a sparkle that only spicy chorizo can.
This hearty curry soup with its satisfyingly chewy udon noodles and the tasty, succulent duck is a dish that will leave you feeling content.
Crabmeat is deliciously sweet. Combined with creamy ricotta and wrapped in crisp panko crumbs, and these crab and ricotta croquettes are delectable. But dip them in the sweet, sour, and salty roast tomato ponzu, and you will be asking for more.
These black and white beans exhibit an earthiness complemented by a vegetarian broth infused with the heavenly spices and aromatics that make Vietnamese phở so distinctive.
A variation on oyakodon, this tanindon or donburi (rice bowl), tops the rice with salmon and green onion lightly poached in seasoned dashi stock. This, in turn, is topped with a raw egg yolk.
Chazuke, meaning tea over rice, is comfort food in Japan. Here we swap out the white rice for tasty mixed rice and stir through savoury miso cured salmon.
Phở has taken its rightful place as one of the great soups of the world. However, if you are avoiding beef, what do you do? This duck phở will more than satisfy you, bringing the wonderful flavour of duck to this aromatic broth.
Inspired by the Oyster Po’ Boy, these sliders pack a briny, buttery beer-battered oyster and refreshing, spicy pickled fennel in a mini burger bun.
Medicinal herbs add an unusual complexity to the rich dark broth of pork and chicken bones and braised duck. This Vietnamese duck noodle soup really does make you feel better.
A hearty chowder with layers of flavour built upon the charred corn and miso.
Agedashi is silken tofu encased in a gelatinous yet crisp coating of potato starch, and swimming in umami-packed tsuyu. The truffled mushrooms add delicious complexity to this already luxurious dish.
The complexity of the duck, marinated and slow-cooked, is perfectly balanced with fresh herbs, vegetables, and tofu in these summer rolls. The green herb sauce draws out these flavors while adding a whole other layer of deliciousness.
Building upon a pork and chicken bone broth, this ramen adds a taste of the ocean. The seafood flavours are engaging, making the soup more complex, yet so satisfying.
