King Prawns Sautéed with Tomato, Fish Sauce and Black Pepper

Luke Nguyen: Mum used to cook this dish at Pho Cay Du. I remember getting excited every time a customer ordered it — it was the most expensive dish on the menu. Mum would send me across to the fresh fish markets to look for the biggest and freshest jumbo king prawns (shrimp) or scampi that I could find.

I always thought to myself, why don’t they just keep a few in the fridge in case we get an order? Some