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When things get too hot to handle, here's a no-fuss dish that's guaranteed to help her chill out.
Cold buckwheat noodles (serves one)
First, make the dipping sauce by mixing the noodle ingredients together in a saucepan and bringing to the boil. Then turn down the flame, and simmer the ingredients for 10 minutes.
Place the noodles in a saucepan of boiling water. Turn the flame from high to low (to ensure the noodles don't stick to the pan) and cook for five to eight minutes or until the noodles are soft.
Drain the noodles and place in ice-cold water. Drain again and put the noodles in a serving bowl. Place the bowl on a plate with ice around the bowl. Sprinkle Kizami Nori on the noodles.
Serve ginger, spring onions, grated radish, dipping sauce and wasabi paste in small Japanese style
serving dishes.
You'll need
- 70g buckwheat noodles (thin Japanese noodle made of buckwheat)
- 10g Kizami nori (or use any kind of seaweed, available at Carrefour or Spinneys)
- 5g spring onions
- 5g grated radish
- 5g grated ginger
- 5g wasabi paste
Dipping Sauce
- 70ml Kikkoman soy sauce
- 75g Mirin
- 35g Hondashi moto (a flavouring available in all supermarkets)
- 30g sugar
- 10g salt
- 200ml water
One for the expense account
Looking for somewhere new to cut a deal over lunch? Lebanese seafood restaurant Al Sultan Brahim Beirut at InterContinental Dubai Festival City is offering a business lunch special over summer.
Consisting of mezze, salads, fresh fish, homemade sweets and soft drinks, it costs Dhs135. Call 04-7011128
Don't panic
Six things every single guy should have in his kitchen:
- Clean, crystal-clear cocktail and wine glasses (and ice). Not the coffee mugs.
- Zen-style teapot, tea cups and some herbal tea (visible). She may not drink coffee.
- Vanilla-scented spray/oil: disguises mouldy
takeaway stench.
- Espresso maker, ideally the elegant steel sort that heats up on the stove (available at B&B Italia, third floor, Mall of the Emirates).
- Red Bull (hidden behind the cheese).
- Guylian chocolates. Sealed. Not gnawed.
While we're at it, sayonara to any stray socks and photos of your ex on the fridge.
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