Char Siu today - I said some time ago I'd write more about it (see 14th January). According to Wikipedia, Char Siu Pork was voted number 28 in CNN's poll of the world's most delicious foods. I checked the CNN poll and couldn't find any mention of Char Siu at all - there was Peking Duck but surprisingly nothing else from China made the list. Perhaps Chinese food is just too diverse a thing to have any one special dish come to the fore, perhaps people just think of Chinese food as a whole as opposed to individual dishes, not the vast array of deliciousness it actually is.

Even more surprisingly, there are 3 British foods in the list (4 if you count Ireland) making the British Isles one of the culinary highlights on a tour of the world. Number 42 on the list, buttered toast with Marmite, may be a little too much for some though.

As is common with the internet, there are loads of websites saying the same as the Wikipedia entry without actually checking the original source - when I did my previous blog, I found people had nicked entire pages and put them on their websites without any reference or a thank you. I might start putting dubious statistics in my blog just to see if I can spread a lie. Spread it thick too, just like the butter on your toast before you scrape a sliver of Martmite (truth) on top.

So how was the char siu? Isis said something along the lines of "This is delicious - ten thumbs up and no thumbs down, can we have this again?" She then ate almost a whole pork loin steak and some noodles. Praise indeed.

Not praise for me of course, I didn't invent it. Have a go, it's really easy to make and one of the best ways to cook pork there is. The spicy aubergine stew was really good as well.