Pairing Asian cuisine with wine is a lot of fun, due to the diversity of cultures, usually requiring both roundness and freshness in wines to soften out the intense flavours and spices used in cooking. A well-chilled, crisp, young and fruity white like the Marlborough Seresin Pinot Gris would go beautifully with Tuna Tataki, Ponzu, Smoked Enoki, onion, or Puffed Rice.

On the other hand, salted dishes, like the smoked salmon, or even salted egg yolk prawns will pair well with whites like the Amigne de Vetroz, La Danse des Etoiles.

Sri Nirwana Maju Banana Leaf - The basic banana leaf comes with rice, 3 sides, lime pickle, rasem, papadom and enough gravy to drench the rice any way you want it. You can pick from chicken curry, fish curry or dhal.

There is one particular side that everyone comes for and that is the fried bitter gourd. It's crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle, the spices used in the batter is just perfect and you just can't help but eat one piece after another.

Spices Common spices used in baking include ground cinnamon, ground mixed spice, ground ginger and nutmeg.