Osha Thai - Beef Wasabi Roll

Osha Thai - a Thai restaurant catching the wave of Asian fusion trend burning the culinary world of the San Francisco Bay area. Its menu runs the gamut from typical Thai cuisine to a blend of various asian cooking ingredients and techniques. While it serves typical thai dishes like Pad Thai unhyped, meaning in the traditional manner of preparation, Thai Osha also attempts to tickle the diner's palate with dishes served with its own flair. Take for example one of its signature appetizers - the Beef Wasabi rolls. Served on a rectangular plate with deep wells that hold the wasabi sauce.The bitesize grilled beef steak encases sticks of pickled carrots, fresh celery matchsticks with mint leaves.A toothpick holds the appetizer together over a well holding the wasabi sauce. Another dish worth mentioning is the Pad Cha Scallops - fresh sea scallops served in a spicy coconut sauce made with basil, young ginger or galanga, eggplant, kaffir lime leaf with slivers of apple and green pepper

Recipe for Beef Wasabi Rolls
carrot and celery - cut into two inch length sticks
mint leaves
watercress leaves
beef thinly sliced - 4 inch in length
Salt pepper

Procedure:
Grill the steak to your liking, set aside. Lightly season the carrot and celery sticks with salt. Leave for at least 5 minutes. Wrap the beef slices over the carrot, celery sticks, add a mint leaf and some watercress leaves. Use a toothpick to tie the whole roll together. Serve with wasabi sauce.

Wasabi Sauce:
Juice of 1 lime
Fish sauce
wasabi powder dissolved in water
palm sugar or light brown sugar

Put all the ingredients together and mix well. I leave the proportions according to your taste
Tomorrow - I will share one of my favorite cocktails from Osha Thai - Green tea mojito

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