Hunter Food

Emerald Gardens AT
Enhanced by a tranquil water feature, ornate doors and beautiful timber
and oriental fabric walls, the Emerald Gardens Restaurant delivers a dining
experience like no other Asian restaurant in the Hunter. Comfortable booth
seating affords privacy while you indulge in the vast selection of superb Asian
dishes. Banquet menus are a speciality. From prawn toast to deep fried icecream
with butterscotch sauce, sit back, relax and enjoy each course as it is served by
the attentive and courteous staff.
6 blue swimmer crabs
300ml ginger and soy dressing
Thai salad
600g Jasmine rice
Ginger And Soy Dressing
3/4 cup sugar
3 teaspoons of ground ginger
3 teaspoons of ground garlic
1/2 cup sesame oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup sherry
1/4 soy sauce
Thai Salad
3 tablespoons lime juice
dash fish sauce
1/2 bunch of Thai basil
1/4 bunch of mint
1/4 bunch of coriander
3 eschalots, sliced
2 small chillies, sliced
2 Lebanese cucumbers, thinly sliced
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BLUE SWIMMER CRAB WITH A GINGER AND SOY DRESSING,
THAI SALAD AND RICE
For the ginger and soy dressing combine all ingredients in a pan and
gently warm through until sugar melts. Keep warm.
In a bowl combine all the salad ingredients and set aside.
Plunge the crabs into boiling, salted water and cook for four to six
minutes.
Take out of the water and remove the top shell by lifting up the flap
under the belly and pulling off. Cut the crab in half and toss in a bowl
with the warm ginger and soy dressing. Place three pieces in each bowl.
Divide the salad up and place into individual bowls and serve with
steamed jasmine rice.
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