Hints and tips:
...At the heart of the dessert is a hint of Nepalese pepper, used to heighten his rhubarb’s “sharp, distinctive tang”....
...The brand we use is Opies — beautiful, moreish, soft and giving walnuts with a good sparkling tang to them. They are a great addition eaten with cold meats, a mutton chop and a slice of cheddar....
...This meal has a traditional Taiwanese construction — San Tsai Yi Tang — three dishes, one soup — which is what I consider to be a fulfilling home-cooked meal....
...If you don’t have one, grate everything instead and finely chop the coriander....
...And also sort of chow mein, chop suey, that sort of thing....
...Buttermilk too, mixed in with the yoghurt, gives it a tang and a creamy, light texture....
...Before we call it a night, my stupidly talented tattoo artist friend Georgie Leung, aka Chop Stick n Poke, who illustrated the recipes in my book, gives us all a permanent party favour....
...And then there were chips with their home-made curry sauce, which Tang insisted I try, and special chop suey — as stubbornly unfashionable as you’d expect: neither western nor Chinese, but a mixture of chopped...
...There was dinner to be had — sole in burnt butter and brown shrimps, a pork chop in Newt cider sauce — which we devoured in the oak-panelled former billiards room....
...Next came “Chicken + Foie Gras”, which, coyly, didn’t slap you round the chops with the most expensive ingredient....
...As a session violinist and musical collaborator she worked with everyone from Lou Reed to Damon Albarn to RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan....
...Peel and chop the onion quite fine and add to the saucepan with the guanciale. Let it sweat gently in the fat without colouring....
...Compared with Japanese- and German-made blades they appear functional to the point of rustic, with irregular forging marks on the flat sides of the blades, rough-cut backs and edges and tangs thrust right...
...Like many steamed Chinese dumplings, these use a “scalded dough” (tang mian) made by adding wheat flour to boiling water....
...Also goat, pork belly, loin chops and molluscs. Perfectly suited to the Thai food at Andy Oliver’s Som Saa. Photographs: Charlie Bibby...
...Peel and finely chop the garlic. Split the chillies, remove the seeds and pith and slice finely....
...The Envinate winemaking team (who also make wine in Ribeira Sacra and Ribera del Guadiana on the mainland) are aware that this is a distinctive selling point, even if they have to chop off half the grapes...
...Email questions to david.tang@ft.com...
...E-mail questions to david.tang@ft.com...
...The syncopated chops that kicked “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” into being were the prelude to a domination of the rock scene that perfectly mirrored the febrile times....
...Not quite a punch in the face, but a decent slap around the chops....
...The juice and the rind give the biscuit its tang. As for the texture, it is all a question of how it is baked.” I then get a glimpse of his passion for his craft....
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