Countdown to Christmas – December 15th 2013

Christmas is the time of year when you are allowed to eat as much as you want guilt free, with all the nice treats in the supermarkets and the meals out, the food is one of the best things about Christmas.


Last night the boy and I made a spontaneous trip to one of our favourite places to eat out, The Sizzling Wok. It is a Mongolian wok buffet where you can fill your bowls (and your bellies) for just £7.50 each.

You get given a bowl and load it from a choice of meats, veg, spices and sauces. You are in charge of what you want, and how much of it. For a fussy eater like me this is the perfect menu! Your food is then cooked on a giant hot plate in front of you and served up to you on a plate.

We are always given rice and prawn crackers on arrival so the first bowl is always the smallest. I also like it as I can try something new that I wouldn’t normally order from a set menu as I wouldn’t want to waste a whole meal; at The Sizzling Wok I can try just a little bit of it and if I like it go back for more.

My signature plate is chicken, pineapple, water chestnuts, peanuts and noodles with satay powder, cinnamon and a blend of sweet & sour and Mongolian sauce. I know these sounds like a lot of ingredients but it is a really simple dish but absolutely full of flavours I love.

I did decide to be a bit more daring last night and introduced some peppers and bamboo shoots into the mixture on my second bowl. I also swapped the satay powder for five spice and added a tiny pinch of garlic.

I would definitely recommend somewhere like this if you are a picky eater, the choice is huge and no one knows what you like better than you!

Where do you like to eat out? Do you eat out more at Christmas?

My 'yellow' plate

Being daring with colour and rice

My plate is always emptied!

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