The posts feature recipes that we have gathered and created during our travels, including recipes from The Dish and Weekend Eggs posts.
Our beginners guide to pickling is a basic straightforward introduction to how to pickle almost anything, from super-easy Southeast Asian quick pickles to Eastern European-style dill pickles just like your baboushka used to make. It’s a pickling basics or Pickles 101, if you like. It’s for people like us, people who adore pickles and who … Read more
This green papaya salad recipe makes Cambodia’s Bok Lahong or Nhoam Lahong, a fragrant, crunchy salad that’s a little funky, spicy, sour, salty, and a tad sweet. Typically eaten as a late afternoon snack, this bespoke Cambodian salad is made to order, and has cousins in Laos (Tum Som), Thailand (Som Tum), and Vietnam (Gỏi … Read more
This easy pork salad recipe with yam beans, aromatic Southeast Asian herbs and peanuts is a light, refreshing dish with fragrance, texture, crunch, and spicy pork flavours. Made with yam beans or jicama, it’s the latest in our Cambodian salad recipes series and it’s fantastic on its own or part of a Southeast Asian feast. … Read more
This classic Cambodian kuy teav recipe makes Cambodia’s popular breakfast chicken noodle soup, kuy teav sach moan, in the restrained style you’d typically find in a simple local eatery or market or street food stall in Cambodia. A good clear flavourful stock is the hallmark of this soup rather than a bowl abundant with ingredients. … Read more
This slow-cooked pork stew recipe takes some patience to make but it will fill your kitchen with the amazing aromas of pork, star anise and ginger. Served with steamed rice and stir-fried Asian greens, this Cambodian pork leg stew can be the centrepiece of a Southeast Asian feast. We love this Cambodian slow-cooked pork stew … Read more