SoupsShoyu Ramen
Built in three separate parts — tare, broth and toppings — the way real ramen shops do it. Assemble in the bowl, not the pot, and never boil the noodles in the soup.
2 hr 30 minServes 4Hard
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SoupsMussel and Saffron Soup
The mussels make their own stock in four minutes flat. Strain that liquor carefully, build the soup on it, and you get depth that no fish stock in a carton comes close to.
40 minServes 4Medium
MainsGrilled Shark Steak with Chilli and Lime
A dense, meaty steak that grills more like beef than fish. Soak it in milk first — that one step is what removes the ammonia note shark is notorious for.
45 minServes 4Medium
SnacksSalt and Pepper Squid
Cornflour rather than batter, so the coating stays light and shatters. Squid cooks in ninety seconds — past that it turns to rubber and never comes back.
30 minServes 4Medium
SnacksFried Sardines with Lemon
Whole sardines in seasoned flour, shallow-fried hard and hit with lemon. Cheap, sustainable, and better than most things three times the price.
25 minServes 4Easy
BreakfastThe Perfect French Omelette
Pale, barely set and rolled rather than folded. No colour at all on the outside — a browned French omelette is, strictly speaking, a failed one.
10 minServes 1Hard
MainsCrispy-Skin Pan-Fried Salmon
Skin-side down for ninety per cent of the cooking time, weighted flat so it never curls. You barely touch it, and the skin shatters like a crisp.
20 minServes 2Easy
MainsSeared Tuna Steak with Sesame
Ninety seconds a side on a pan hot enough to frighten you. The centre stays ruby red, and that is not undercooked — it is the entire point.
20 minServes 2Medium
PastaSpaghetti Aglio e Olio
Five ingredients, twenty minutes, and the whole dish depends on getting the garlic exactly golden — a shade darker and the oil turns bitter.
20 minServes 4Easy
PastaSpaghetti alla Carbonara
No cream, ever. The sauce is just egg, cheese and pasta water, brought together off the heat so it turns silky instead of scrambling.
25 minServes 4Medium
SnacksTortilla Chips with Salsa and Guacamole
Corn tortillas baked rather than fried, plus a raw pico de gallo and a guacamole that is mashed, never blended.
35 minServes 6Easy
SnacksTriple-Cooked French Fries
Simmered, dried, then fried twice at two different temperatures. Tedious, entirely worth it, and the reason restaurant chips taste the way they do.
1 hr 30 minServes 4Medium