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Doha Shopping Guide – From Atmospheric Souks to Shiny Shopping Malls

Doha Shopping Guide – From Atmospheric Souks to Shiny Shopping Malls
Our Doha shopping guide covers everything from atmospheric Souq Waqif, where artisans craft gold jewellery in tiny ateliers and locals sip coffee and smoke sheesha in breezy squares, to the shiny shopping malls that house luxury designer stores. Like the United Arab Emirates’ cities of Dubai and Abu...
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Splendidly sited on a purpose-built artificial island off the city’s palm-fringed Corniche, the stupendous Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, is both an architectural showpiece and an arresting receptacle for the world’s most extraordinary collections of Islamic art. The Dazzling Museum of Islamic Art In...
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  • In case you missed it, new post on the site on the Northern Thailand specialties you have to taste in Chiang Mai, from khao soi gai, the spicy Northern Thai curry noodle soup, to gaeng hang lay moo, a Northern Thai pork curry of Burmese origin, and the fiery nam priks (relishes) and herbaceous and sour sausages. Northern Thailand specialties have been on my mind these last days, as I’ve been doing final edits on the new street food e-book we’re about to publish, and have had to drool over Terence’s mouth-watering images of Southeast Asian street food every day. Check out the post if you haven’t yet. Mouthwatering photo by @terence_carter_photography of course 😋 #food #thaifood #thaicuisine #northernthaifood #northernthailand #thailand #chiangmai #lanna #lannafood #chiangmaifood #chiangmaithailand #foodtravel #culinary #culinarytravel #travel #travelforfood #eatlocal #foodie #foodies #grantourismotravels
  • If you’re waiting on an email or some other kind of communication from me, sincere apologies. Power and internet outage (again!) since last night, landlord’s away so no generator, laptops dead, and phones about to die. Using offline time to do some badly needed spring cleaning. Yes, I know it’s almost winter. The pic is from a recent Bangkok trip, taken in the backstreets of the old town. #poweroutage #batterieslow #offthegridintheheartofacity #cambodiayourekillingme #lifeofawriter #needtomove
  • Canvas chef Riley Sanders is creating a cuisine inspired by a city and that city is Bangkok. Sanders’ inventive food is rooted in beautiful, fresh, local produce, sourced from across Thailand. It has earned Riley and Canvas a Michelin star. The 2019 Thailand Michelin Guide was released last week and many of the Bangkok restaurants we often recommend you dine at are in the guide’s second edition. They include some of the ten Thailand restaurants I chose for the Truth, Love and Clean Cutlery guide and some of the restaurants we featured in our story in this month’s DestinAsian magazine on Bangkok’s second dining renaissance. More on that subject soon but for now click through to our site to learn more but Chef Riley Sanders and what he’s up to in his inviting Thong Lor restaurant. Also visit Terence on his IG page @terence_carter_photography where he’s sharing his portraits of chefs, including many in the latest Michelin guide. Portrait above by @terence_carter_photography #food #travel #culinarytravel #restaurant #restaurants #bangkok #thailand #bangkokfood #thaifood #thaicuisine #chef #cheflife #chefs #chefstalk #chefsoninstagram #artofplating #asias50best #worlds50best #michelin #michelinguide #michelinthailand #truthloveandcleancutlery #grantourismotravels
  • Kitchen ‘shop’ (really a stall) at Battambang’s main market, Phsar Boeung Choeuk. I just love this market. Siem Reap’s markets are fab, too, but the stallholders at Battambang’s markets see far fewer tourists so are friendlier and always up for a laugh, and the prices are insanely cheap. It’s best to go early in the morning when it’s busiest and the street food is freshest. #battambang #cambodia #asia #travel #localtravel #localfood #eatlocal #culinarytravel #culinaryjourneys #food #foodie #foodies #foodietravel #foodiesofinstagram #foodlover #cambodianfood #khmerfood #cambodiancuisine #foodtour #grantourismotravels #cambodiaculinarytour #cuisineculturetours #market #markets #kitchenware
  • Handmade dumplings and handpulled noodles by ‘Noodle Guy’ at Lan Chov Khorko Miteanh (145, Street 2, Battambang), a simple, no-frills eatery with a stall-like kitchen with boiling pots and woks on gas stoves at the front of the shophouse. This is where the most unlikely of noodle masters, wearing low-slung shorts, dirty singlet and flip-flops, makes hearty handmade Chinese dumplings and silky hand-pulled noodles each morning. Order a serve of each. Don’t even think about ordering anything else. #battambang #cambodia #asia #travel #localtravel #localfood #eatlocal #culinarytravel #culinaryjourneys #food #foodie #foodies #foodietravel #foodiesofinstagram #foodlover #cambodianfood #khmerfood #cambodiancuisine #foodtour #grantourismotravels #cambodiaculinarytour #cuisineculturetours #soup #noodles #dumplings
  • A man smokes fish over a fire burning with coconut wood at the Muslim fishing village on the outskirts of Battambang. Cambodians have smoked fish forever - there are scenes of fish being smoked exactly like this depicted in the bas reliefs at Khmer Empire temples in Angkor Archaeological Park. It’s a form of preservation, along with fermenting and pickling, born out of necessity and remains important not only for the fact that most Cambodians still don’t have fridges, but because they love the smoky flavors and aromas. Dried smoked fish is used in salads, soups and eaten with rice, and it’s delicious. #battambang #river #fishingvillage #cambodia #asia #travel #slowtravel #localtravel #culinarytravel #culinaryjourneys #food #foodie #foodies #foodietravel #foodiesofinstagram #foodlover #cambodianfood #khmerfood #cambodiancuisine #foodtour #grantourismotravels #cambodiaculinarytour #cuisineculturetours #fermentation #preservation #smokingfish