Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey: 150 New Recipes Evoking the Flavours of the Far East

This cookbook was recommended to me by my brother, who, having spent a fair bit of time in Thailand was amazed to find a green chicken curry that actually tasted like a genuine Thai offering.Stein has Anglicised the recipes, not to alter the flavour, but to use ingredients that can be found easily in the west, by visiting your local asian food store. But do not fear, the taste remains true to the original. You won't find any recipes that tell you to buy a curry paste and use two tablespoons. The recipe for all the pastes are found in the back of the book. The best thing about that, is that I can adjust the amount of heat to suit.I've just loaned it to a friend, who is equally impressed, and now ordering her copy.It also cost half as much here as it does off the shelf in Australia.

As I love this type of books and especially after having seen the series on TV, I can't stop cooking the recipes, although here in Majorca where I live it is not so easy to find all the ingredients, but I am doing fine. At least I get most of the fish and the seafood!Marlis Foster

One of the best cookbooks I've ever bought. All of the recipes I've cooked so far have been truly delicious. A journey through South East Asia on the palate. The series was also excellent to watch (as always). Just fabulous

Once again Rick at his best. The thing i like about his recipes is that he replicates stuff he has eaten with locals - some handed down for generations. You can't beat the effort and flavour combinations. Try the fish Dampokht - amazing!

I bought this book after watching his TV show of the same name. We had just done a similar trip, so the show brought back good memories.The book is great, easy reading and good simple cooking directions resulting in great authentic flavours and presentation. Certainly reccomend for yourselves or giving as a gift.

Great recipes, easy to folllow

great book with a lot of diversity due to the different countries that are covered... highly recommended but be aware that recipes sometimes take more effort than you would guess (especially spice pastes take quite a bit of time to source and make).

Great companion book to the TV series but better, a wonderful stand alone cookbook as well. I recommend it!

After living in Asia for over 6 years, and cooking Asian food for over 20 years. Ricks cook books have always been true to taste! I often get inspired to cook when I turn the pages of his books.The recipes range from simple to difficult, but they have not disappointed me yet. So far I have made at least 4 dishes from this book and it pairs nicely with his Indian book.There doesn't seem to be a reason not to buy this book.Can it impress dinner guests? YESIs it Authentic? YES (I cook everything from scratch and I'm also 80% self sufficient. I have travelled all over Asia and can even speak Thai! So I have a good understanding of Asian cooking)I do however know many of the recipes in this book, and so therefore I have not cooked his version as by now I already have my own!I love Ricks recipes

I was happy with the condition of the book, and the speed of delivery. Unfortunately this was all negated due to the damage incurred when it landed on my hallway floor. Due to the Amazon driver posting this heavy book through the letterbox, and the lack of any padding in the packaging (just a thin layer of plastic, no wrap or even cardboard) the spine of the book split open on impact. Real shame, as its a lovely book.

Mein Englisch ist tatsächlich zu wenig …. deswegen ging es leider zurück

good for curry, many secrets, lots to choose from

I've only recently started to cook Eastern recipes at home (as there are very limited restaurants of this type where I live). Living in London previously, I was spoiled for choice of excellent restaurants. I've really enjoyed the meals I've made so far using this book, and it's also very helpful that the author has provided info on where to order ingredients online, as many of them aren't available in the usual grocery stores. My only slight gripe is that there are not enough pictures of what each dish looks like. (There are lots of colourful pictures of ingredients, Eastern locales, etc, but not enough of the finished dishes). Very often I just browse through the prictures of a recipe book and decide on meal that looks appetising. With this one, for may recipes, I have to read the entire recipe and instructions and then try to determine if it's something I would enjoy. As a result, I probably use this book less than I would if there were more pictures. But - to repeat - the dishes I've prepared so far have been wonderful!