Treat your family or friends to a classic Chinese beef chow mein ... Stir in the oyster sauce, beef stock, brown sugar and sesame oil. Add black pepper to taste and whisk well.

Beef rendang is a really rich South-East Asian ... Season to taste with more salt and freshly ground black pepper. Spoon the curry into warm serving dishes, pick out the lime leaves and cinnamon ...

Beef goes particularly well with black beans, the salty and pungent flavour of which is so distinctively southern Chinese ... mange tout, red pepper and bok choy.