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Asian food is superb, oddly, cooked on grill (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spring roll

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'asian food' is the definition.
'spring roll' can be an answer for 'food' (spring roll is a kind of food). I am not certain of the 'asian' bit.

'superb oddly cooked on grill' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions).
'cooked' indicates an anagram (letters cooked into a new form).
The alternating letters of 'superb' are 'spr'.
'on'+'grill'='ongrill'
'ongrill' is an anagram of 'ingroll'.
'spr'+'ingroll'='SPRING ROLL'

'is' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for spring roll that I've seen before include "Gloucestershire event?" , "Chinese snack" , "dish from China" , "Chinese pancake" , "Portion of Chinese food" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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