Fish in Pandanus Leaf

Episode 1

The Assignment – Santa Lemusa

This menus was prepared by Odette Sissay, Hektor Maille's talented cook - on the eve of the agent's mission. It's a quiet typical lemusan menu:

• Soup Chofrèt
(Chilled Ginger Soup)

• Pwason an wob vè
(Fisch in Pandanus Leaf)

• Tripes à la mode de Senpuav
(Tripe in sauce)

• Pen nwè (Caribbean Fruitcake)

«Glace Souadou»

Episode 2

Secret Service in Senegal

The whole menu, Agent Hektor Maille cooked one memorable evening in central Dakar for the guests of the the beautiful Lady Souadou:

• Banana flower salad
(with crayfish and cucumber)

• «Boeuf Maille» (Braised
Beef in Lemon Sauce)

• «Glace Souadou»
(Tamarind-Ice-Cream)

Pelmeni, Maille style

Episode 3

Ballad in Mosow

In the process of relishing this delectable menu prepared by the hand of Hektor Maille, Ruslan Rachmaninow found it easy to bring a Russian alphabetical salad into order:

• Pelmeni, Maille style (Pastry stuffed with fish, mushrooms, ginger)

• Breast of Veal «Rachmaninow» (Braised in gherkins brine)

• Pastry in Poppy-seed Sauce
(Freshly baked pastry in black sauce)

Red Braised Chickpeas

Episode 4

Wallgames in Beijing

While eating this menu on a hot evening in the restaurant of Ren Zilin in central Beijing, Hektor Maille finds out why the dragon trail had failed to yield any results before:

• Marinated Peanuts

• Pigear & Cucumber Salad

• Red Braised Chickpeas (with rice wine, star anise and cinnamon)

• Braised Pork «Beijing»
(Cold braised pork shoulder)

Salmon cured in salt, sugar, dill and spices

Episode 5

From Sweden with Lilies

While eating these preparations Hektor Maille became aware of some strange connections between his tropical home and intrinsic Swedish traditions:

• «Gravad Lax» (Salmon cured in
salt, sugar, dill and spices)

• «Sillpudding» (Potato
gratin with matjes herring)

• «Kanelbullar» (Cinnamon
rolls with cardamom)

Soup wwith Silky Tofu and Mussels

Episode 6

Through Korea on
the Cabbage Route

While Hektor Maille sat absorbed in the spicy aromas of these culinary preparations, he pondered the meaning of the Solomon's Seal that had appeared all of a sudden:

• Burdock «Hangari» (Stir fried
and braised in soy sauce)

• «Myulchi Bokkeum» (Dried
Anchovies in Spicy Sauce)

• «Tong Baechu Kimchi»
(Whole Cabbage Kimchi)

• «Sudubu Jigae» (Soup with
Silky Tofu and Mussels)

• «Sogogi Jang Jorim»
(Korean Beef Stew)»

Minced Lamb on a Skewer

Episode 7

In a Fever
Through the Emirates

With every morsel of this arabic menu, secret agent Hektor Maille bit deeper into the question of what a Lemusan water-lily from a Swedish pond could possibly have to do with the kidnapping of Professor Koslow:

• «Kabab Laham» (Minced
Lamb on a Skewer)

• «Jareesh» (Spicy crushed
wheat with vegetables)

• «Foul» (Crushed Broad Beans)

Mango Salad Lun-style

Episode 8

Silence in Bangkok

As hard as Maille found it to get Jelena Jansson to speak to him, as easy did he find it to conjure up the following menu under the direction of cook Lun:

• Mango Salad Lun-style (Salad with
Green Mango and Anchovies)

• «Yam Woon Sen» (Spicy
Glass Noodle Salad)

• «Tom Yam Gung»
(Hot-and-Sour Shrimp Soup)

• «Geng Thaeng Pet ‹Lun›»
(Red Thai Curry with Duck)

Fish «Amok»

Episode 9

Straight Across Indochina

On his way across Indochina with different means of transportation, also the Menu of Hektor Maille was torn apart: While he enjoyed the main course in Siem Reap, he only got the starter much later in Ho Chi Minh City:

• Summer Rolls «DIY»

• «Amok» (Steamed Fish
Curry from Cambodia)

Noodle Soup «Kyuri»

Episode 10

Cherry Blossom Blues in Tokyo

Japanese restaurants have a few surprises ready for their guests – some are just a tad bizarre, others are, more than anything else, unaffordable. Those who, like Hektor Maille, have stretched their expense account to the hilt, would do well to eat at sushi or noodle bars. Surprising aromas can be found to waft out of a soup bowl in such eating places, too:

• Tonkotsu-Ramen «Bugi» (Milky
pork bone broth with noodles)

• Noodle Soup «Kyuri» (Soup with noodles, beef and mushroom)

Anzac-Cookies»

Episode 11

Twelve Labours in Australia

To cook a crocodile stew in a river bed, as Hektor Maille was asked to do as his eleventh labour, is quiet something, even four our secret agent:

• Darwin-Dip (Fresh Cheese
with Bush-Tomato and Pepper)

• Crocodile Stew «Burdulba Creek» (Crocodile with Tasmanian Pepper)

• Anzac Biscuits (Cookies with Oats, Coconut and Wattleseeds)

Tabouleh

Episode 12

Speechless in Syria

Even if he is speechless while he journeys through Syria, Hektor Maille is not without appetite. Here are three delicacies that the secret agent savours in the wonderful restaurants of Damascus – after sunset, naturally, because it is the holy time of Ramadan:

• Tabouleh (Parsley Salad)

• Moutabal (Aubergine Salad)

• Kibbeh (Stuffed Bulgur
Lamb Dumplings)