Recipe Ideas

[cameliaheartfelt]

I'm doing yuk sung for some friends coming to visit. May do it as a starter or one of a main course but don't want the rest to be a Chinese theme. One person not into Chinese so any ideas what I can serve along side it? Did lasagne last time so that's out.

[tamborine]

Using those ingredients you could make Malay satay.

http://www.annabelkarmel.com/recipes/chicken-satay

[Buenchico]

Simply serve the Yuk Sung as a starter and choose whatever you like (or, more importantly, whatever your guests might like) to follow it. One of the most pleasant evenings I've ever had was when a friend invited me to the the only guest when he and his wife had a meal to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Sumiko was from Japan and she prepared the starter, which was a chilled fish soup. Neil was British (but with a love of French cuisine), so he cooked Boeuf Bourguignon for the main course. The fact that the two dishes weren't naturally 'matched' was totally irrelevant. The food was good and the company was good, and that's all that mattered. So just serve whatever you think everyone will like!

However if you're still looking for a suggestion, then how about fish? Trout isn't expensive (£3 each or 2 for a fiver at Asda at the moment) and is incredibly easy to cook. (Wrap it in foil and bake it, for example). Serve simply with new potatoes, perhaps with a lemon and parley sauce (although simply providing each diner with a big wedge of fresh lemon is all you really need).

[cameliaheartfelt]

Sorry forgot to say, half are vegetarian and i
Wouldnt cook curry as fruends are Sikh and dont like
Chinese/thai curry just indian which im obviously
not going to cook. Im stumped :-/

[cameliaheartfelt]

Nb i will be doing half the yuk sung with quorn, the rest pork/ chicken mince.

[237SJ]

Does it have to be a vegetarian main or are you doing more than one?

[cameliaheartfelt]

I will do more than one.

[cameliaheartfelt]

One person no longer eats cheese, getting more difficult by the day! Any ideas more than welcome, thank you!

[237SJ]

I was going to suggest butternut squash, spinach and goats cheese cannelloni for the veggies but the cheese could be a problem then (and you did pasta last time)

[EcclesCake]

Is there a particular reason you have chosen this as your starter?

[Buenchico]

Hmmm.

First you forget to mention the vegetarians and then you omit to mention the person who doesn't eat cheese! (Can there be meaningful life without cheese? I eat little else!). So let's play safe here and offer you some tasty vegan recipes (which come with reviews from people who've tried them):
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/vegan

More here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/easy-vegan-recipes#247dcrh

[237SJ]

You could do a big middle east meze with meat and veggie options. Flatbreads, hummus, moutabel, tabouleh, sambousek, kebeh or koftas and fattoush. Then there is something for everyone.