Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
In April, I reviewed Scratch Singaporean Crayfish Laksa and Thai Green Curry. I love these and would recommend them to anyone who are too busy but would still love to cook their own meals. They are much more authentic to Asian foods than any microwave meal. Now they have launched a new recipe: Vietnamese Chicken Ga Kho Gung. Living in Asia for most of my childhood, Asian food is always my first choice of food whenever I cook. I am so glad that I was given this new recipe to try.
Fresh Gourmet is the biggest provider of salad toppings, especially croutons, in the US and have brought their delicious products exclusively to UK Tesco stores to inspire us Brits to become more creative with our salads. The range includes three crunchy croutons flavours – Cheese and Garlic, Basil Pesto and Sea Salt and Cracked Black Pepper – along with Crispy Onions and is ideal for people who like a salad in the summer but need that added texture to jazz up the dish.
As a family meal, we aim to eat a healthy meal with at least two portions of fish a week. To accompany the fish, I always use oven chips at the same time. We only stock McCain’s chips as they have always been our favourite chips. I love McCain’s French Fries as it is very crispy and crunchy. While Mr C prefers the texture of McCain’s Crinkle Cut chips.
A young company determined to revolutionise the ready meal category, SCRATCH provides a range of easy to follow recipes, designed by Michel Roux Snr., along with the freshly prepared ingredients. The range of meal kits includes a Singaporean Crayfish Laksa, Thai Green Curry, King Prawn and Chorizo Paella, Makhani Chicken Tikka Masala and the vegetarian, Tagliatelle Pistachio Pesto. Each meal kit takes the same amount of time to prepare as a standard ready meal and allows the individual consumer to cook, without wasting money on superfluous ingredients.
I was very eager to try the Laksa as it is one of my favourite Singaporean foods. I cook Laksa every few weeks at home or whenever I have friends come over to visit so I was eager to find out whether the Scratch meal is up to my standard.
