Hanoi street food specialties you have to try range from Vietnamese street food staples such as Hanoi’s famous noodle soup, pho bo Hanoi (phở bò Hà Nội), to distinctive local dishes such as the delectable bánh cuốn. This is our guide to the best street food to sample in Hanoi. Once you start strolling the … Read more
Pork recipes for the Year of the Pig are what we have here for you – one delicious pork dish for every month of the Chinese New Year, because what better way is there to celebrate an auspicious year of health, wealth and happiness than to pig out on porky goodness? Chinese New Year is … Read more
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
Pro chef lessons for home cooks – or travelling cooks if you’re cooking in a holiday house or apartment rental kitchen – is a subject I’ve been mulling over, so I thought I’d share some of the cooking tips I’ve picked up from the experts, starting with a lesson about precision. Over the years, during … 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