This dinner was a flop, and I debated sharing it here before deciding that
a) you might really like it, and
b) flops can be as valuable as successes.
It's a good recipe, it just didn't do it so much for us.
I've had this recipe bookmarked for several weeks thinking it had great potential for an awesome Friday dinner. We love Asian noodle bowls, especially with these rice stick noodles.
And coconut milk. Love coconut milk! And tofu, and fresh cilantro.
I was wrong.
And surprised, but I think I know why it failed for us. Ray and I like curry but in smaller more subtle amounts. The curry flavor here was too strong and it overwhelmed the coconut and cilantro. Paradoxically, the dish was bland. Really bland, which I would never have predicted.
The concept is still very appealing so maybe I could modify it to suit our tastes more. Using less curry or none at all is very easy to do. But what to do about avoiding the bland factor, which could be worse with less curry?
How would you remove the bland factor from this dish?
~:::~
2 comments:
The recipe was pretty basic, so there's not a lot of room to move to decrease the blandness. The only suggestion I would have is to try fresh chillis maybe?
Or, perhaps you could branch out a bit and start adding things like kaffir lime leaves, onions, garlic, etc, to make your own paste? If you have a good food processor this is much easier than it seems!
Hey! Just wanted to say I totally agree with you about keeping Teas around! My mom and I LOVE going for high tea at some of the nice hotels in Boston, its such a classic, relaxing, and delicious event :)
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