Banh Mi recipe? Who needs a recipe to make a Vietnamese sandwich? Well, this isn’t any old sandwich, it’s Hoi An’s best bánh mì, which we watched being made almost every day for three months when we lived there a few years ago. Here’s how to make Hoi An’s best Vietnamese sandwich. This Vietnamese banh … Read more
This Hokkien noodles recipe with char siu pork or Chinese barbecue pork is an old favourite inspired by a dish from legendary Australian chef Neil Perry. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been cooking this dish for close to two decades. As part of my series of recipes using char siu pork or Chinese barbecue pork, … Read more
Dispelling Cambodian cuisine myths seems to have become our part-time occupations. Not that we mind. No other Southeast Asian cuisine is so misunderstood and so under-appreciated – nor deserving of more attention. Let’s set a few things straight. Most visitors to Cambodia’s Siem Reap that we meet know little or nothing about Cambodian food and what … Read more
Learning to cook Thai dishes from one of Asia’s best restaurants, mastering the art of making macarons in Paris, cooking Venetian food with a Countess in Venice, and learning to how to make roti in a Cape Malay cooking class in Cape Town are just some of our picks of the best cooking classes in … 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