PeaceTime Kitchen

Taiwanese King-Oyster Gua Bao

Taiwanese•Chef’s plate

Folded steamed buns, each cradling a scored slab of king oyster mushroom lacquered in red-braised sauce, piled with pickled mustard greens, crushed peanuts and cilantro.

Ingredients
steamed bao buns, king oyster mushroom, red-braised sauce, pickled mustard greens, peanuts, cilantro

Inspiration
Taiwanese gua bao street tradition

Tamarind Chickpea Rolls

Rim fusion•Traveller’s fare

Short toasted rolls with a golden chickpea filling, glazed sticky with tamarind and studded with carrot threads, spinach and sesame. Crisp-baked, they keep for the road.

Ingredients
chickpeas, bread dough, tamarind, carrot, spinach, sesame seeds

Inspiration
tamarind-glazed snack-roll traditions

Tempeh-Kemiri Lempers

Indonesian•Traveller’s fare

Indonesian lemper: compressed sticky rice rolled around a golden tempeh and kemiri candlenut filling with turmeric, ginger and galangal, scented with pandan and fried shallot.

Ingredients
glutinous rice, tempeh, candlenut, turmeric, ginger, galangal, pandan, fried shallot

Inspiration
Indonesian lemper, using a tempeh and kemiri filling

Thai Miang Kham Leaf Bites

Thai•Chef’s plate

Wild-pepper leaves folded into cups, each filled with toasted coconut, peanuts, lime, ginger, shallot and red chile under palm-tamarind sauce. Taken in one bite.

Ingredients
wild pepper leaves, toasted coconut, peanuts, lime, ginger, shallot, red chile, palm-tamarind sauce

Inspiration
Thai miang kham snacking tradition

Tibetan Tingmo with Aloo Phing

Tibetan•Chef’s plate

Steamed tingmo, twisted and light, served with aloo phing: potato and glass noodles simmered with wood-ear mushrooms, scallion, tomato and a slick of chile oil.

Ingredients
steamed tingmo bread, potato, glass noodles, wood-ear mushrooms, scallion, tomato, chile oil

Inspiration
Tibetan tingmo steamed-bread tradition

Tofu Pickle Ration Tin

Rim fusion•Traveller’s fare

Smoked tofu cubes packed with pickled daikon, carrot batons and green peas, seasoned with mustard seed and dill. A tin to open on the road.

Ingredients
smoked tofu, pickled daikon, carrot, green peas, mustard seeds, dill

Inspiration
pickled-vegetable ration traditions