Oriental Food - Spicy skewers and belting bar snacks

PLUSFOOD has launched a range of three Oriental-style skewers, ideal as a starter, main course or part of a combo dish.

The chicken sticklers include ginger and lemongrass, green Thai, and black bean.

The ginger and lemongrass stickler can be served with a smooth satay dip to create a starter or, for a main course, present it on a crisp bed of Oriental stir-fried vegetables. The black bean stickler is coated in a piquant Chinese style black bean marinade.

All three products weigh 30g (uncooked) and are supplied in cases of 60. They can be oven baked, shallow fried, grilled or microwaved,

For further information, call 01892 667155

WING YIP has introduced a range of plum, hoi sin, sweet chilli and lemon dipping pots that come in 25g blister pots and sachets and can be used as an accompaniment to light lunch meals or as sharing dishes. Chinese mushroom and ginger and Chinese mushroom and garlic have been added to the coating sauces range and there's a new msg-free version

of its oyster and black bean sauces.

For further information, call 0121 327 6618 or visit

www.wingyip.com

The AMOY range from HP Foodservice includes soy sauces, cooking sauces, dipping sauces, noodles, Oriental vegetables and accompaniments such as prawn crackers and fortune cookies.

For more information, call 020 8443 7600.

RHM FOODSERVICE has redeveloped all its Sharwood's Indian and Chinese sauces and pastes. The curry sauces are now spicier with extra cardamom, cumin and chilli and all products have had their salt content reduced.

Sharwood's also provides a range of prawn crackers and noodles.

For further information, call 0800 328 4246 or visit www.rhmfoodservice.co.uk

DALOON FOODS has launched its Chinese dumplings in two varieties of mixed vegetables filling - one suitable for vegetarians - and also introduced a chicken variety.

The dumplings are ideal as starters, side dishes and bar snacks, served with dips such as mixed soy sauce and vinegar or chilli garlic sauce.

Other Oriental offerings include a range of spring rolls: mixed vegetables, Chinese-style vegetables and beef, savoury vegetables and beef and curried vegetables and chicken, together with a range of mini snacks from the Oriental gourmet selection. Choose from vegetables with Peking duck mini spring rolls, spicy sweet 'n' sour vegetable and chicken parcels, vegetables and chicken in black bean sauce half moons and Thai-style fish cakes.

For further information, call 01636 701000 or e-mail:

sales@daloonuk.com

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL offers Thai and Oriental mari-base

marinades. The Oriental marinade is ideal for ribs, duck, prawns, salmon, pork, chicken and vegetables and stir-fry dishes and the Thai is perfect for a variety of Eastern and Thai dishes, giving marinated meat, fish or vegetables an authentic aromatic flavour.

Mari-base marinades are supplied with re-sealable mari-bags to ease preparation and a pump dispenser, which makes portion control simple and cost effective.

Around 15ml of mari-base is sufficient per 100g of meat or vegetables.

For further information, call 01933 440711 or visit

www.majorint.com