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Somewhat unusually, I cooked dinner tonight for three young guests - sisters.

Hunan style cumin beef (湖南式孜然牛肉)

Sweet and Sour Ribs (糖醋排骨)

Clams steamed in Shaoxing wine with garlic and black salt fermented beans (豆豉)

Thai red chicken curry

Fresh straw mushrooms steamed with garlic, olive oil and water.

While the three sisters declared themselves happy with all the dishes, their runaway favourite was the mushrooms which tasted better than my unappealing photograph shows. Four people, five dishes plus rice. The formula for Chinese eating. One more dish than participants.

Somewhat unusually, I cooked dinner tonight for three young guests - sisters.

Hunan style cumin beef (湖南式孜然牛肉)

Sweet and Sour Ribs (糖醋排骨)

Clams steamed in Shaoxing wine with garlic and black salt fermented beans (豆豉)

Thai red chicken curry

Fresh straw mushrooms steamed with garlic, olive oil and water.

While the three sisters declared themselves happy with all the dishes, their runaway favourite was the mushrooms which tasted better than my unappealing photograph shows. Four people, five dishes plus rice. The formula f0or Chinese eating. One more dish than participants.

Somewhat unusually, I cooked dinner tonight for three young guests.

Hunan style cumin beef (湖南式孜然牛肉)

Sweet and Sour Ribs (糖醋排骨)

Clams steamed in Shaoxing wine with garlic and black salt fermented beans (豆豉)

Thai red chicken curry

Fresh straw mushrooms steamed with garlic, olive oil and water.

While the three friends declared themselves happy with all the dishes, their runaway favourite was he mushrooms which tasted better than my unappealing photograph shows. Four people, five dishes plus rice. The formula f0or Chinese eating. One more dish than participants.