Dressing

Really this post is all about the dressing. I first tasted this as a pasta salad in Israel and could not stop putting more spoonfuls on my plate. It's for any pasta salad really and whatever you would like to add to it that tickles your fancy.

Ingredients:
1 teaspoon mustard powder mixed with a little hot water and sugar
2/3 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup vinegar
1 cup canola oil
6 heaped tablespoons mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt

Blend well with a blender and mix into your salad.

Lucky Fish

Travelling through to Muizenberg side later than 10am on the weekend means sitting in quite a bit of traffic, if you go on the main road. What should have been a 5 minute drive turned out to be more like 25 minutes. The company in the car was good though, so the only thing we arrived at Surfers Corner with were our hungry stomachs. I tried to give the heads up that the portions were big and that I happily share with my mom... but I know that feeling of being so hungry you just want your own food. The girls ordered hake, calamari and chip combos and I went with plain, good old fashioned fish and chips. There is nothing like a fresh piece of hake, with the soft melt away flakes that come from frying it in a crispy batter. Just cannot be beaten! It's something I crave when I am away from home... and when it is served wrapped up in paper with no need for any knives or forks (yes... I ate it all with my hands), including loads of All Gold tomato sauce with the chips... all I can say is it's finger licking good!

Crispy Chicken Salad

I sat through almost two hours of Chanukah traffic to get to Kfar Saba in order to visit family friends. I got a tour of the little suburb but unfortunately it was in the dark as in winter the sun is gone by 16:30 in the afternoon. It was a ladies evening out and we found ourselves at a place called Japanika, not the most creative of names but the food was good. I ordered this crispy chicken salad which came with pieces of tempura spring chicken (which were really lovely to bite into) and the most scrumptious dressing which I think made the whole dish - a vinaigrette of ginger, citrus and sesame. If I wasn't out at a restaurant or in company I would have tipped the bowl at the end to get the last drop.