JUICE

A cook is preparing Filipino chicken adobo, marinating the chicken in Datu Puti cane vinegar, soy sauce and lime juice. The post struck a chord with readers who know the dish and compared it to other intensely flavoured recipes, such as Thai Hung Lay curry, that demand generous, almost alarming quantities of strong ingredients before cooking.

A first-time attempt at making toum, the Middle Eastern garlic sauce, has drawn attention online. Made from just four ingredients—garlic, oil, lemon juice and salt—emulsified with a stick blender, the sauce turns into a light, cloud-like condiment with an intense garlic flavour. The result has been praised as remarkable, sparking interest in the simple recipe among cooking enthusiasts.