Just spent 3 hours playing with some new ingredients from here:
http://www.theasiancookshop.co.uk/index.asp (http://www.theasiancookshop.co.uk/index.asp)
Still way off true BIR, but I just felt like immortalising the result on cr0 with my naff camera.
Still such a long way to go but this was a new milestone acheived due to this site.
Thanks everyone...