Cambodian food, Southeast Asia’s oldest cuisine, has been on trend since the start, cooking with fire, making use of edible flowers, foraging, fermenting, preserving, and pickling, long before they became fashionable. It’s time for Cambodian cuisine to get more attention. I fell in love with Cambodian food on our first trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s … Read more
Vietnamese street food dishes you need to try in Vietnam and where to taste them – from pho bo and bun cha in Hanoi to cao lau and mi Quang in Hoi An, and banh xeo and banh mi in Saigon. We give you the lowdown on Vietnam’s must-try street food dishes and the regions … Read more
Our Vietnam food tour has just finished – 22 days eating our way from Saigon to Hanoi via the Mekong Delta, Dalat, Hoi An, Hue, Sapa, and Halong Bay – and I’m back home in Cambodia, already planning another Vietnam culinary tour. Are you going to join us next time? A few mornings ago I … Read more
A Hoi An street food tour is essential when you visit the UNESCO World Heritage listed town in Central Vietnam. You just need to decide whether you’re going to embark on your own culinary adventure and do our self-guided Hoi An street food tour itinerary or sign up for a guided street food walk. The … Read more
A weekend in Bendigo makes for a great escape from Melbourne to take in the grandeur of the Gold Rush town with its rich Chinese history, great food and wine (Bendigo is Australia’s only City of Gastronomy), and art at one of Australia’s best regional galleries. Try to time your trip to Victoria’s third-largest city … Read more