Fancy a healthy dinner? How about 200 gms of Norwegian Salmon filet, grilled or steamed, with Lemon or a homemade Dill Sauce and either a Mixed Salad or Vegetables. Lots of Omega-3, vitamins, no carbohydrates and served at THB 295.

Meat alternative; our grilled beef fillet, 200 grammes with either Mixed Salad or Veggies at THB 440.

The heartier version is a “Beef Fondue”. Available à la Bourguignonne (Diced Beef Tenderloin cubes dipped in hot oil) or à la Chinoise (Thin Tenderloin Slices dipped in hot soup). Everyone cooks his/her own meat to taste being complemented with four different homemade sauces (Curry, Garlic, Tartar and Mustard) and French Fries with both variations.

The deal gets better if you do not come alone. The first guest is billed THB 480, the second diner pays THB 450 and as of the third person it’s a mere THB 420; all having the same Fondue variation. Prices are net, the offer cannot be combined and apply to one bill per table.

☛ For THB 200 a Crêpe Grand Manier would help you to keep your calories count up!

Norwegian Salmon filet in many variations as well as Grilled Lamb Chops, Simmered Lamb Shanks and Lambburgers without buns - Australia’s best!

And the Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Casale Vecchio by Farnese, 2010 with 13.5% scored 87 Robert Parker points and is available at THB 1′190/bottle - while stock lasts.

This is as Easter as it gets!

Reservations by ✆ to
084-676′73′76 recommended.

And for THB 90/bottle it is Skål to all the others and the content is as stunning as the design of the bottle!

Some 40 years ago the Brasseries et Glacières du Laos (BGL) started brewing initially 3 mio. litres of “Bière Larue” and “33″ for the Indochinese export. Renamed 1975 into Lao Brewery Company they launched “Bière Lao” which today is known as “Beer Lao” and some 210 mio. litres of this amber liquid left the two breweries last year!

Ms. Sivilay Lasachack (lower left picture), born in Laos, got trained in Prague and Berlin to become the Brewmaster. She replaced the expensive allemanic barley with first-class jasmine rice - other ingredients are dry yeast and Hallerau-Magnum hops from Germany as well as pils malt from Belgium and France. It is irrelevant, Ms. Sivilay says, that she prefers to drink tea rather than beer - well the excellent beer quality proves her correct.

At Ticino we feature Beer Lao Pale Lager at THB 90 as well as Beer Lao Dark at THB 130 and both have their fans. Correct answer came from 19 readers and they receive a set of VespaShakers in the colour of their choice until March 31st, 2012.

The - only - correct way is to bring water or beef stock to boil, then add the gnocchi which will sink to the bottom of the pan. Once they rise to the surface again they are “al dente”, taken out with a ladle, rinsed briefly under cold water, then added into a sauce pan and finished with a delicious sauce. We, at Ticino, offer them with a variety of sauces. The King of Sauces is the black truffle sauce, a delicious deviation the GorgoNoci (Gorgonzola with Walnuts), a plain Gorgonzola or a simple hearty Tomato sauce.

Alan, Andreas & Gisela, Annemarie, Elisabeth, Felix K., Frederike, Guido, Hakan, Hardy, Peter E., Reto, Roberto, Ruedi and Thomas R. answered correctly and are spoilt for choice as to which sauce is to complement our homemade gnocchi which we gladly cook for them on the house until February 29th, 2012. Buon Appetito!

On the never-ending search for new ideas we - sometimes - come across really funny things, kitchen accidents or how something is NOT done.

Click into the picture left and in a new window a American cooking show starts until something goes wrong after 80 seconds.

Today’s question is, if you cannot fry Gnocchi, how else are these dumpling delights cooked then? All correct answers until February 15th, 2012 win a plate of Gnocchi of your choice. And NO, we do not cook buffalo gnocchi and we never even thought of frying them!

Alan B., Bruce S., Fredi S., Greth R., James E., Josef S., Karl-Josef S., René G. and Roberto W. were spot on and win a handmade Ticino Pepper- & Salt Shaker set which will decorate their dining table at home and may refine your own meals. We congratulate!