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Carbonara
Rome and Lazio. Carbonara is famous for its luxurious texture created from eggs and cheese rather than a cream sauce.
Budget-friendly dinners
Satisfying dinners built around economical staples such as rice, beans, lentils, pasta and potatoes.
Budget-friendly dinners
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Pad Pak Boong Fai Daeng
Pad Pak Boong Fai Daeng is water spinach flash-fried over fierce heat with garlic, chilli and fermented bean sauce.
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Trucha Patagónica con Manteca y Limón
Patagonian trout pan-cooked with butter and lemon until the skin is crisp and the flesh just flakes.
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Risotto
Northern Italy, especially Lombardy and Veneto. Risotto is famous for a texture that is creamy without needing large qu…
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Gyudon
Gyudon is a distinctive Japanese main rooted in late nineteenth-century urban Japan, celebrated for thin beef, onion, s…
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Kaisen Don
Kaisen Don is a distinctive Japanese main rooted in coastal fish markets and sushi culture, celebrated for sashimi arra…
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Pad Krapow Moo
Pad Krapow Moo is fast-fried minced pork with holy basil, garlic and chilli, usually served with rice and a fried egg.
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Barramundi with Lemon Myrtle Butter
Pan-seared barramundi with crisp skin and a fragrant lemon-myrtle butter.
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Grilled Prawns with Bush Lime
Large prawns grilled in their shells and finished with native citrus, herbs and butter.
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Istrian Fuži with Truffle Sauce
Hand-shaped Istrian pasta coated in a fragrant local truffle sauce.
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Açorda à Alentejana
Comforting flavour, cultural heritage and the kind of cooking that makes a meal feel memorable.
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Oyakodon
Oyakodon is a distinctive Japanese main rooted in Tokyo donburi restaurants, celebrated for chicken and egg simmered wi…
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Pad See Ew
Pad See Ew is wide rice noodles stir-fried with dark soy, egg and Chinese broccoli.
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Rabas a la Argentina
Tender squid rings in a light crisp coating, fried quickly and served with lemon.
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Revuelto Gramajo
A loose scramble of eggs, shoestring potatoes and ham, cooked just until creamy.
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Nasi Goreng Kampung
Nasi Goreng Kampung is a distinctive Indonesian main rooted in Indonesian home cooking, celebrated for rice, sweet soy,…
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Tasmanian Salmon
Simply roasted or pan-seared Tasmanian salmon with crisp skin, lemon and seasonal vegetables.
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Cacio e Pepe
Rome and Lazio. It is famous because the ingredient list is extremely short but the technique is unforgiving.
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Bubble and Squeak
Fried leftover potatoes and greens with crisp edges and a soft, savoury centre.
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Trofie al Pesto Genovese
Genoa and Liguria. It is famous for the perfume of fresh basil and the creamy-looking emulsion produced without cooking…
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Ants Climbing a Tree
Glass noodles coated with spicy minced-pork sauce so the meat clings like tiny specks.
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Chicken Teriyaki
Chicken Teriyaki is a distinctive Japanese main rooted in Japanese glaze-and-grill techniques, celebrated for chicken,…