Crispy on the outside, soft in the middle. Aubergine coated in yellowbean and coconut, fried and hit with chilli powder and fresh lemon zest. Farang's vegan snack that nobody stops eating.
Thai fishcakes with salmon, cod and a hit of smoked haddock. Green curry paste, makrut lime, tamarind - and a hand-squeezing technique that gives them proper crispy edges.
Crispy spring rolls with beetroot, shiitake mushroom, coconut and yellowbean paste. A Farang special that keeps coming back - and the beetroot is the reason why.
A mushroom stir-fry worth making. Field, shiitake, king oyster and enoki hit with wok heat, coconut milk, Thai basil and cashews. The dish I cook at home after a foraging trip.
Beef short ribs submerged in aromatic coconut cream with lemongrass, makrut lime and ginger, braised low and slow until they give. Rich, elegant and completely worth the wait.
Thailand's most loved dessert, done properly. Sticky glutinous rice soaked in a coconut and mango cream sauce. Use nahm dok mai when you can find them - March to May is the window.
Leftover roast chicken, coconut cream, galangal and lemongrass. A bowl of soup that works in winter and summer and takes about 15 minutes once the broth is on.
British sticky toffee pudding, Farang'd up. Spiced pumpkin, Sang Som rum and a coconut toffee sauce. The one that goes on when the clocks go back.
Roast pumpkin and Bramley apple in a rich massaman curry with peanuts and raisins. Warming, spiced and fully vegan. The one that comes out when the weather turns.
Thai green curry mussels with krachai, coconut cream and pickled ginger and cucumber. The dish Frank drives down from the Cotswolds for every time.
