Fish

Smoked Salmon with Potato and Thyme Cakes

These tiny cakes topped with salmon are superb little taste treats to serve at parties or before dinner. If you wish to make this into a terrific entrée, simply increase each cake about 8cm in diameter and top with two slices of smoked salmon.

Soba and Seared Tuna Salad

Soba noodles are usually served cold and they benefit from this slightly spiced soy sauce dressing. When I went to Japan I was intrigued by the range of textures in that cuisine that I was unfamiliar with. Multicoloured seaweed with its superb crunchy texture contrasts with the slippery noodles, the crisp cucumber and the fresh tuna. You will find the Japanese ingredients in a specialty Japanese store or even in a good supermarket.

SOUTH VIETNAMESE FISH CURRY

Spicy Walnut-Encrusted Fish with Orange and Parsley Salad

I often turn to recipe books for inspiration, although it is very rare that I will reproduce the recipes exactly. I’m more inclined to read, move into the kitchen and make my own version. I love the way Claudia Roden writes in her New Book of Middle Eastern Food. I found a recipe to bake fish with a crust made with garlic, walnuts, lemon and coriander. My version of this, using small pieces of firm-fleshed white fish, can be served as a delicious entr