BOOK REVIEW: Noodle Bible by Jacki Passmore
Being Asians, noodles happen to be everybody’s favourite
food! From kids to the elderly, we are used to noodles making their appearance
on the dinner table, in both instant and fresh forms. With the variety of
instant noodles in the market, Maggi to IbuMie, as well as freshly handmade
noodles in artisan shops, noodles are the go-to carbs when you just want a
no-rice day.
A bowl of noodles is the ultimate convenience food. Noodles
are inexpensive, easy to cook, remarkably versatile – and they’re healthy too.
For thousands of years a staple of nearly every Asian culture, they are now an essential
ingredient in most western kitchens.
This book is packed with recipes – fragrant broths, hearty
hawker-style dishes, one-pot meals and cool favourites such as chilled soba
noodles. As well, there are tips on cooking and storing noodles, preparing
basic stocks and sauces, and ideas for elegant concoctions such as noodle
baskets for special occasions.
Since little, I have LOVED my noodles and am still LOVING
them, be they instant or fresh. It’s just the feeling when the smooth noodles
slide into your mouth when you slurp them and the lip-smacking sounds that
follow. It is quite a sensation and a pleasure when eating noodles. If you want
to feel that euphoric noodle addiction I have, grab this book and head over to
the stove for noodle dishes galore!
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