It’s become a weekly ritual for us to have a date night every Saturday, so this week I decided to put my chef hat on and cook a delicious spread of Asian food for an at home ‘fakeaway’ style feast for two. But first, I started my evening wind-down with a bubble bath complete with candles, a cup of tea, a book and my iPad for some Pinterest scrolling.
Relaxed and rested following my luscious bath time moment, it was time to get dressed for date night and ready to cook.
Inspired by some sauce packets which my brother bought back from Singapore, I thought it would be nice to try something different and create my own healthy version of a takeaway at home.
I fried off chicken thigh pieces with some onion before stirring through the laksa sauce paste and letting it all cook through. The other sauce was a chicken stock which I stir fried into the cooked rice along with some chopped onion and yellow pepper.
For the other dishes I kept it simple with tamari soy sauce for the stir fried vegetables, a touch of hoisin and soy for the cucumber carrot sesame salad, and fresh plain egg noodles.
And of course we had all the condiments on the side, as well as some prawn crackers with sweet chilli sauce as an appetiser.
Everything was delicious and my boyfriend was very impressed with our feast. We both agreed the standout dish was the stir fried rice in the stock sauce from Singapore, it just elevated the rice to make it so tasty.
Candles lit, music playing and wine poured, the romantic at home date night aesthetics were on point.
After dinner we watched the final heartbreaking episode of ‘Love Story’.
Wholesome, cosy and romantic, what more could you want from a date night at home ❤
Dani Aneka 