Portly Cooks | Gochujang Pork Fried Rice

This one is a spicy midweek treat! Serves 2 1 tbsp Gochujang 20ml Soy Sauce 20ml Rice Wine Vinegar 20ml Golden Syrup 200g Leftover cooked rice 1 Pork Loin steak (optional) 2 Spring Onions 2 Eggs Cut the pork loin steak into small chunks, slice the spring onions and stir fry in a wok with…

Portly Cooks | Omurice

This one is a top dish for using up leftover rice (if you happen to have any). It’s a super popular dish in Japan and fairly simple too! 1/3 Cup Rice (Cooked and Cold) You could use the microwave packet stuff here too 50g Stir Fry Mix (You know, the one in the supermarket) 10ml…

Portly Cooks | Special Fried Rice with Wings

It’s a take-out classic and this is my go… The rice (I still can’t cook it properly) is boil in the bag but who cares? It’s been made to make your life easier. 1 Chicken Wing 1 Boil in the bag rice 20ml Soy Sauce ½ Ginger Powder ½ Garlic Powder 1 tbsp Flava It…

Portly Cooks | Egg Fried Rice

One of my favourite dishes to order on the rare occasion I have a Chinese take-out is Egg Fried Rice. Not to eat with the rest of my sumptuous dinner (I have quite the order). But to enjoy cold the next day, I have long held the belief that a take-out should cover the evening…

Portly Eats @ Seven Days, Cambridge

Seven Days is one of a number of Asian restaurants that have sprung up on Cambridge’s Regent Street in recent years. I have walked by them numerous times but never actually ventured in.  This time, myself and a couple friends step over the threshold and into a world of authentic Chinese food! Why haven’t I…