Terence Carter 
Amok trei or fish amok is a Cambodian steamed fish curry with an almost mousse-like texture when cooked properly. Travellers to Cambodia are told by tour guides and hotel and restaurant staff that fish amok is Cambodia’s national dish and a must-try specialty when visiting the Kingdom. But how do you know that what you’re … Read more
What’s the best camera gear for photographing Angkor Wat and the other Angkor Archaeological Park temples is the first question I get asked by readers and friends heading to Siem Reap who are into photography. As a pro travel photographer of decades experience, and a Cambodian resident of 12 years who has been to the … Read more
The Gold Coast really is a surfer’s paradise and while you’d think that the most likely place on the coast to have the best surf would be the place named Surfers Paradise, surfing on the Gold Coast really has its home further down the coast with the legendary point breaks at Burleigh, Currumbin, Kirra, and Snapper … Read more
It’s been three long years since we last ate our way around Australia so intensively and on this return trip we noticed stark differences in the culinary landscape in the Great Southern Land. Here’s our report on the state of dining out in Australia. We just spent two months bouncing around Australia on assignments for … Read more
A rice cooker is the first thing you should buy when you want to seriously cook Asian food, especially Southeast Asian food. Not a wok, not a cleaver; they can wait. It’s a rice cooker or rice steamer that you want to make a priority to buy when you’re setting up your kitchen to cook … Read more