Healthy fast food is home cooked fast food. Whether you’re cooking your own burgers and fries, battered fish and chips, meat pies, sausage rolls or sauces, when you make them at home you know exactly what’s going into them plus they taste infinitely better. Here are our favourite healthy fast food recipes. Many of us ...
This Cambodian vegetarian num pang recipe makes a ‘num pang’, a Cambodian baguette sandwich, slathered in mayonnaise and filled with a quick pickle of grated carrot and daikon, fresh crunchy salad ingredients, aromatic herbs such as coriander, mint and basil, slices of a fragrant herb frittata, and a generous squirt of homemade chilli sauce. As ...
Remote Australian destinations for travellers who really want to get away from it all and continue to social distance to some extent, include everywhere from the holiday town of Esperance, 700 kilometres from Australia’s most remote capital Perth, to the Kimberley region, one of the most sparsely populated areas on the planet. While these two ...
This classic Thai som tam recipe makes the popular Thai green papaya salad that you’ll eat on the streets of Thailand. The spicy salad originated in northeastern Thailand’s Isaan region, but now you’ll find this street food favourite all over Thailand, and right across northern Southeast Asia. I also provide some tips below for jazzing ...
This comforting Cambodian rice soup recipe with pork meatballs cooked in the congee is made with leftover rice. Called ‘borbor sor’ or ‘white rice porridge’ in Khmer, it’s one of several ways to make Cambodian congee. ‘White’ used here distinguishes it from rice porridges and rice soups made from the herb and spice paste kroueng ...
This easy Vietnamese caramelised fish recipe with fresh turmeric, fragrant dill and peanuts comes together quickly. Called 'Vietnamese clay pot fish with fresh dill' at Hoi An’s Red Bridge Cooking School where we first learnt to make it, the dish is a combination of two Vietnamese specialties, chả cá lã vọng from the North and ...
The best things to do in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia include exploring ancient enchanting Purnululu National Park, home to the UNESCO World Heritage listed Bungle Bungle Range, discovering the jaw-dropping gorges of the Devonian Reef National Parks, and driving the epic Gibb River Road. If I was forced to choose a favourite ...
This pesto scrambled eggs recipe makes our pre Tik Tok pesto eggs – soft scrambled eggs with basil pesto on sourdough, with a drizzle of pesto oil, grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, a sprinkle of pine nuts, and fresh basil leaves. We’ve been making this elegant egg dish long before social media and we reckon it will outlast ...
Our top pandemic travel tips are aimed at travellers considering international travel this year or travellers already planning a vacation abroad. While many countries have opened up or are opening up, travel won’t be easy. In fact, for many it's going to be extraordinarily challenging. There is a new travel normal for which you need ...
This easy creamy avocado smoothie recipe calls for just four ingredients and takes no more than five minutes to make. The result is an incredibly creamy avocado shake that is filling and healthy. If you’ve had avocado smoothies in Southeast Asia or South America, you can travel with your taste-buds for a sip of the ...
This traditional Russian beef stew recipe makes solyanka, a delicious hearty stew or heavy soup that’s a little sour, a little sweet, and was a whole lot saltier back in its day. First mentioned in print in the 15th century, solyanka is an ancient dish made for modern times: invented to use leftovers, it’s a ...
Our Cambodian num pang with meatballs recipe will make you the best summer baguette sandwich. Num pang is Cambodia’s less-famous but equally delicious cousin to Vietnam’s bánh mì. A popular Cambodian street food snack, French-style baguettes are filled with juicy fragrant pork meatballs, a quick pickle of carrot and daikon, salad, and fresh herbs. This ...