Adina Apartments in Perth have two excellent locations in the sunny Western Australian capital that, while close to eachother offer, two different experiences. We check in and test them out, with our family in tow. As you know, we’ll always settle into an apartment over checking into a hotel when we can – which is … Read more
Clear blue skies. Clean air. Crisp mornings that kick off at six degrees Celsius and warm afternoons that can bewilderingly climb to a top of 31°C. Sunny Perth, above, was where we found ourselves on day six of our epic two-month Australia adventure. It was about as far away from our home in sultry, monsoonal … 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
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
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