Hints and tips:
...She is dressed to slay in a silk sari, jasmine in her hair and iconic Parisian sunglasses....
...At Alubali, an old-town restaurant, the courtyard is lined with jasmine, orange, lemon and pomegranate trees; there’s a wood- burning stove for winter....
...You can cool the fire with a mango, cucumber and Thai basil soda, or a tamarind, mint and jasmine kombucha....
...The curry-leaf peanuts are also essential snacking....
...“The likes of Thai chicken curry with rice — I just want the rice. Moroccan lamb with couscous — I just want the couscous....
...Thubron declares his curry excellent, leaves a chunk of it, and declines pudding. Travel writers have not always been open-hearted....
...Egnazia’s setting and architecture do much of the heavy lifting: attractive traditional Puglian townhouses leading off a central piazza evoke a village, while almond trees, jasmine and even cacti (denuded...
...Plain jasmine or with egg?” I plump for the jasmine. “You don’t eat egg?” he asks. You asked me to pick one, I protest. “That looks like satay,” I say, pointing to one of the plates....
...It’s excellent but sometimes what I crave is a good curry.”...
...The side dishes include a shrimp and pork roll, radish, salted fish and a scoop of jasmine ice cream....
..., chickpea masala, turmeric potatoes, deep-fried Chettinad chicken, fish curry....
...Lim’s precise engineering approach to cooking resulted in two excellent clay pot rice dishes (using basmati rather than jasmine rice), one with chicken and the other with pork liver and sausage, both of...
...”, in the aftermath of the Jasmine Revolution that unfolded in the Middle East this year....
...The mangoes smelled sweeter, the curries hotter than other parts of east Africa with which I was familiar....
...Our dinner of their two most popular dishes, pad Thai and a roast duck curry, were full of flavour and excellent value at just over £20, which also included spring rolls, a glass of wine and a tea....
...We washed dishes, sliced open gallon drums of tomato sauce, and refilled tray-after-tray of halal kebabs, aromatic biryanis and colourful curries....
...The smell of mint, of jasmine and perfume as I step outside the airport a little before midnight. Stalls still lining the streets, fragrant with lemongrass and tangerines....
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