Flavors Of Asia [Hardcover]

Easter 2012. I had planned to get an ham for supper on Sunday. We had already invited friends over for supper. But my husband challenged me to make something different. So Indian Food it was decided based on two recipes from the flavors of Asia as well as two recipes from Around the World CookBook. I won't expand on the recipes I took from Around the Word Cookbook but I can tell you that it was the tandoori chicken and the raita sauce!

From the book the flavors of Asia, I had selected two recipes: Naan bread and Masala Shrimps.

Apparently bread is an integral part of Indian cuisine. So to make our meal complete, I thought it would be fun to make Naan bread. The process of making this bread is very easy but take a long time.

The second recipe I made for our Easter meal was the Masala Shrimps.

The final meal including the tandoori chicken, the raita sauce (both taken from the Around the World CookBook. ) and the pieces of avocado.

Though I realized that having more vegetable would have been preferable, we had a great time with our friends and the meal was delicious. I'm happy it turned out perfect and than everyone went for seconds!

Afterwards, we did a little Easter egg hunt with the kids including our friends' son who did it for the first time as he is not even two years old yet.

The recipe book contains recipes from China, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. You will find everything to plan a meal with your family and friends. The table of content will indicate the pages where you can find the

appetizers & small plates
soups & noodle soups
salads & vegetables
meats
seafood
noodles, rice & breads
chutneys, pastes, & sauces
sweets, drinks, & desserts
The recipes are easy to follow and are mouthwatering. The only disappointment I would have is that there isn't a picture on each recipes. I personally prefer seeing the final result in a picture. I find it motivate me more to do the recipe if I like what I see. It doesn't have to be next to the recipe though. It could simply have a series of pages containing the different meals in them set up as a table for example. Needless to say, this cookbook is inspiring and I am looking forward to try out new Asian recipes like the Vietnamese spring rolls or the Korean lettuce wrap with spicy beef for example.

If you are tired of always making the same meals every day, I would like to challenge you in trying something new and out-of-the-ordinary. The flavors of Asia is definitively the cookbook that will bring new flavors in your mouth.