Lara Dunston 
Our tips to avoid getting sick when travelling include everything from boosting your immunity before you leave home with fermented foods to washing your hands compulsively when you’re travelling, and taking preventative anti-diarrhoea medication to try to avoid ‘travellers’ tummy’. Our advice is based on decades of travelling as professional travel writers. There are few … Read more
Cambodian chef Pola Siv helms the kitchen of Mie Café, one of Siem Reap’s best restaurants, where the 35 year-old chef creates an elegant and inventive contemporary Cambodian cuisine rooted in local produce and European cooking techniques. Cambodian chef Pola Siv has a great story. Like the northern Cambodia city of Siem Reap’s other talented young … Read more
One day in Phnom Penh obviously isn’t enough time in the Cambodian capital. However, 24 hours in Phnom Penh is all many travellers allocate to this compelling city, treating it simply as a stopover – especially after a long haul flight, and especially if they’re en route to Siem Reap, Angkor Wat and Angkor Archaeological … Read more
Mekong river cruises from Vietnam to Cambodia – or vice versa – give food loving travellers a taste of Indochina and the chance to experience the culinary cultures and cuisines of the two similar but very different neighbouring countries. Few rivers hold more mystique than the Mekong River and there are few better ways to … Read more
The best Phnom Penh French restaurants include everything from elegant fine dining restaurant Topaz for classical French cuisine and wines from Phnom Penh’s best wine cellar to sophisticated yet super-affordable Khema Pasteur for quintessential French favourites and intimate Bistro Lanka for a buzzy vibe and French bistro food. We typically steer travellers in Southeast Asia … Read more