This Saturday’s Signature dish is an easy-to-cook meal that is very much common among Filipinos. This may be because it is likely that the ingredients are conveniently available as they are staple in every Asian kitchen, particularly soy sauce.
Ingredients:
250g beef sirloin, cut in 6 slices
1 tbsp kalamansi or lemon juice
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp ground black pepper
3 tbsps oil
1 onion, sliced into rings
Directions:
1. Marinate the beef in kalamansi or lemon juice, soy sauce and pepper.
2. Heat the oil and pan-fry the beef until medium-rare. Transfer to a plate. In the remaining oil, saute the onion until tender. Garnish the beef …read more

For this week’s Signature Saturdays, I’m sharing a popular dish that has one too many versions among the Vietnamese. This version in particular is taken from Andrea Nguyen’s book, Into the Vietnamese Kitchen:
Bo Kho (Beef Stewed with Tomato, Star Anise and Lemongrass) 
Ingredients:
2 lbs boneless beef chuck, well trimmed and cut into 1½ -inch chunks
1 hefty stalk lemongrass, loose leaves discarded, cut into 3-inch lengths and bruised with the broad side of a cleaver or chef’s knife
3 tbsps fish sauce
1½ tsps Chinese five-spice powder
2½ tbsps peeled and minced fresh ginger
1½ tsps brown sugar
1 bay leaf
3 tbsps canola oil
1 yellow onion, finely …read more

Here’s another familiar fair at the Chinese food stall — Beef in Black Bean Sauce. Thanks to my Essential Asian Cookbook, I have cooked and tested heaps of scrumptious dishes, I could probably start a fast food stall biz of my own now!
Ingredients:
2 tbsps canned black beans
1 medium onion
1 small red pepper
1 small green pepper
2 tsps cornflour
1/2 cup beef stock
2 tsps soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsps oil
1 tsp finely crushed garlic
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
400g rump or fillet steak, finely sliced
Directions:
1. Rinse the black beans in several changes of water; drain and mash them. Cut the onion into wedges. Halve …read more

Read on and find out how this recipe got its name:
Ingredients:
500g fillet steak
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tbsps oil
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
Procedure:
1. Cut the steak into bite-sized cubes. Place it in a bowl with the garlic, oil, fish sauce, sugar, salt and pepper, and mix well to combine. Cover and marinate for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
2. Heat a heavy-based wok until very hot; add the beef in 3 batches and toss, by shaking the wok and turning the meat with tongs, until brown and seared on the outside but still …read more