Butaniku No Kakuni Recipe for Japanese Slow Simmered Pork Belly

Butaniku no kakuni recipe – slow simmered pork belly shoyu and black sugar. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

This butaniku no kakuni recipe makes a Japanese slow simmered pork belly dish that for us has long been a highlight of menus at Japanese izakayas. While I’ve been making a simpler version of this for years, this unctuous iteration comes from Japanophile Jane Lawson’s cookbook Zenbu Zen – Finding Food, Culture and Balance in … Read more

Want to Be a Better Home Cook? Work in a Restaurant Kitchen

Want to be a better home cook? Work in a real kitchen. Photographer and food and travel writer, Terence Carter, in the kitchen at Reflets by Pierre Gagnaire. Dubai, UAE. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Watching Rene Redzepi’s chefs from Noma work in the kitchen at Nahm  restaurant in Bangkok over a couple of days, reminded me how my professional kitchen experience completely changed the way I cook at home. I thought I’d share some of the things I learnt in a ‘real’ kitchen for those of you who want … Read more

What to Eat in Myanmar – Our Favourite Dishes

What to Eat in Myanmar – Our Favourite Dishes. Mohinga in Mandalay, Myanmar. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

What to eat in Myanmar? Everything from Mohinga, a fishy fermented rice noodle soup, to Ohn No Khao Swè, coconut chicken noodles, should satisfy the most critical of epicureans. This is a country of food-lovers for foodies. During our recent month in Myanmar the food was, in a word, fantastic. The breadth of the cuisine, from … Read more