Yes, that's it - it's just not something I feel I can replicate at home the way I can most other cuisines. Also, unlike, say, Indian food, it needs fresh spices and herbs and while our shopping was restricted to Kidlington Tesco we simply didn't have a source of them. And since we've been getting Waitrose deliveries I think we'd just forgotten that things like fresh limes and lemongrass were even a thing.

The east Asian poached pheasant sounds amazing!