Coronavirus in Southeast Asia and travel – we’re covering the current status regarding COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia, travel restrictions, visa, insurance and quarantine requirements, movement restrictions, safety measures and social distancing requirements, and plans for opening up. We’ll update this country by country guide weekly. Update: the world is opening up! See this post … Read more
Asian wet markets are essentially where people across the region shop for their food – everything from fresh seafood to smoked fish, from fruit and vegetables to herbs, spices and condiments. Not every wet market in Asia sells wildlife, so why is there a movement to shut them down? As Wuhan in China recently emerged … Read more
Our best Asian street food recipes cover everything from the fresh spring rolls found in markets and street food stalls across Southeast Asia to the spicy noodle soups from Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, and Malaysia that you can slurp on the streets, from mobile carts, and at simple shophouse eateries. We’re just back from Saigon, where … Read more
Our best Asian noodle recipes include recipes for an array of Southeast Asian noodle soups and Asian stir-fry noodle dishes. We’ve got everything from a spice-laden Singapore curry laksa and a creamy coconut-based Chiang Mai khao soi gai to a Lao khao soi with a ragu Bolognese-like sauce and Indonesia’s chicken soup for the soul, … Read more
Solo female travel in Southeast Asia need not be so different to travelling solo as a woman anywhere else in the world – in fact, travelling alone as a woman in Southeast Asia can be more rewarding and safer than in most Western countries. So why do solo Southeast Asian travels seem so daunting to … Read more