Menu & Drinks:
Appetizer: Spring rolls will be just fine…everybody eats spring rolls. And there is a big variety of frozen, but delicious spring rolls that you will find at any store. Just defrost them (if needed), and put them in the oven. Of course you can make them yourself from the start, but really there is no need to, and I certainly wouldn’t do…after all preparing the main courses is enough work to do!
Just be sure when you buy them, not to forget to buy some dipping sauce that goes with it.(soy sauce, etc)
Main course: For main course I would suggest to go with Chinese menu. It’s well known to all of us, and certainly easier to cook than sushi for example. With that being said, I would go, with two different plates of Chinese rice, two different noodles and one, or two dishes of chicken or pork. (And of course if you decide to order take out, from your favorite Chinese restaurant…no one is judging, especially me!!!
Rice recipes:
http://chinese.food.com/topic/chinese-rice
Noodles recipes:
http://www.food.com/topic/chinese-noodle
http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/oodles-of-noodles.html
Chicken recipes:
http://allrecipes.com/recipes/1902/world-cuisine/asian/chinese/main-dishes/chicken/
Pork recipes:
http://allrecipes.com/recipes/1901/world-cuisine/asian/chinese/main-dishes/pork/
Drinks: You must have the usual, meaning… beer, wine etc. Never the less, it is always nice to also have a traditional/national drink, according to the theme night of your choice. In this case, I would suggest serving an Asian drink called “Sake”.
(Sake is a Japanese rice wine made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Unlike wine, in which alcohol (ethanol) is produced by fermenting sugar that is naturally present in grapes, sake is produced by a brewing process more like that of beer, where the starch is converted into sugars before being converted to alcohol.)
You will find sake at liquor stores, and if you are tempted to do the exact ritual, here is the right way to serve and to drink sake. (Needless to say that this is totally optional)
http://www.wikihow.com/Serve-and-Drink-Sake
Dessert: A great and very easy to make, Chinese dessert is “Chinese custard tart”.
Recipe for the tart:
http://www.food.com/recipe/chinese-style-egg-custard-tarts-42189
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0QqbL4CW4
Last, call me crazy, but I would like to end this theme dinner with fortune cookies. And yes, again, no way I would make them myself. But what I would do is to order some from my local Chinese restaurant, and go pick them up or even order them from Amazon! I know…kinda silly, but kinda cute at the same time…
Quick buy:
Individually Wrapped Fortune Cookies
