Summer Rolls

Here in east London you'd be a mug not have had Vietnamese food in one of the many restaurants on Kingsland Rd.  Me, I like ye old favorite Pho.  Plus any kind of large fish, deep fried and served with a salty and sweet sauce over it with sticky rice.  I also want to give a shout to 'Pork on a Stick'.  If you ever find yourself at Tay Do, a Vietnamese place that looks like a school canteen, where the staff are rude and the art awful.  For goodness sake, order pork on a stick!

Smokey Chicken and Bean Cassoulet - Sort of.

I'm a massive fan of Cassoulet, the southern French dish consisting of toulouse sausage, confit du canard, pork belly; baked in the oven with breadcrumbs on top, cooked slowly with beans and goose fat.  Apparently its a peasant dish, well I'm a peasant and I can rarely afford to buy these ingredients. Its delicious belly busting savory goodness is so full of fat, it sets when cold.  But its heavy, very heavy, you can't eat a dish like this often and I had one last week so I won't be doing it again until the winter sets in.