Chicken & Black Eyed Pea Broth with Crispy Bacon & Dates Sunday’s are meant for stirring. Unless you have committed yourself to making a roast – which is no mean feat, for sure – I truly believe that the cap to a weekend is only enhanced by the solace of stirring. People need to differentiate … Continue reading CHICKEN & BLACK EYED PEA BROTH WITH CRISPY BACON & DATES
Baked Coriander Chicken with Fruity Wild Rice. I have been asked so many times how I come up with my recipes and 9 times out of 10, my answer is laziness. Not because I want to create an allure of ‘Oh, I just throw things together’ because that’s not always the case, there’s always a … Continue reading BAKED CORIANDER CHICKEN WITH FRUITY WILD RICE
Tomato Chicken Bake with a Parmesan & Thyme Breadcrumb Top. This is such a typical ‘Mikey Meal’. The kind of meal that would make a partner roll their eyes in a ‘Oh, again?’ fashion. I loves a bake and I can’t deny it. I have always said that my standard go to dishes are basically … Continue reading TOMATO CHICKEN BAKE WITH A PARMESAN & THYME BREADCRUMB TOP
Ox Liver, Bacon & Onions. I feel as though I am constantly at war with people over liver. Often times I feel as though I am the last man on Earth that sees value in the offal. I have gone on the defensive so many times when I have told somebody that I am having … Continue reading OX LIVER, BACON & ONIONS
Roast Chicken and Leek Pearl Barley Risotto. There is no greater feeling to me than the feeling of stirring. When people hear that a recipe requires you to be relatively stationary to the stove, they disregard it as too time consuming. Yes, your attention is fairly limited to anything other than the stirring dish at … Continue reading ROAST CHICKEN & LEEK PEARL BARLEY RISOTTO
Sage Chicken with Leeks and Asparagus. I never know whether to stand with pride or fall with shame when it comes to my recipe inspirations. While structurally I’m very good in a Kitchen and always am aware of the guidelines to get to where I need to be, when it comes to actually remaining faithful … Continue reading SAGE CHICKEN WITH LEEKS & ASPARAGUS
Beef Stew. Being a an amateur domestic cook that just so happens to write about his culinary experiences does not come without its own reluctances. Despite my over articulated way of describing what I ate for tea, it does take a lot of courage to share your writing when you have absolutely no cooking qualifications … Continue reading BEEF STEW
Turkey Coco Chilli with Chorizo & Borlotti Beans. The path of a recipe for me is somewhat of a labyrinth. Many a time have I started with the general idea of a recipe and ended up somewhere completely different. From plan to preparation to plate, my recipe will almost never end up the way it … Continue reading TURKEY COCO CHILLI WITH CHORIZO & BORLOTTI BEANS
Malaysian Spiced Crayfish Curry. Food culture purists gets me so nervous. I recall once telling a friend of Italian decent how I make – what I ascertained to be – a traditional lasagne only for him to verbally beat me to the pavement for my culinary vulgar Western ways. I very quickly learned that while … Continue reading MALAYSIAN SPICED CRAYFISH CURRY
Roast Tomatoes & Chorizo. I think the time has come to have this discussion. Don’t you just love it? I mean, as if it weren’t enough that it is so tightly packed with enough flavours that I’m happy to eat it raw (don’t judge me), but it also has enough fatty pimentón oils (basically a … Continue reading ROAST TOMATOES & CHORIZO
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 