Pro chef lessons for home cooks – or travelling cooks if you’re cooking in a holiday house or apartment rental kitchen – is a subject I’ve been mulling over, so I thought I’d share some of the cooking tips I’ve picked up from the experts, starting with a lesson about precision. Over the years, during … Read more
The best Phnom Penh French restaurants include everything from elegant fine dining restaurant Topaz for classical French cuisine and wines from Phnom Penh’s best wine cellar to sophisticated yet super-affordable Khema Pasteur for quintessential French favourites and intimate Bistro Lanka for a buzzy vibe and French bistro food. We typically steer travellers in Southeast Asia … Read more
Best travel and food lenses for Sony APS-C mirrorless cameras range from the Sony E 10–18 mm F4 OSS, a super wide-angle zoom lens perfect for capturing vast landscapes and restaurant interiors to the Sony SEL35F18 35mm f/1.8 Prime Fixed Lens, which is fab for street photography. As a pro food and travel photographer, I frequently get … Read more
This fantastic fresh herb salad recipe makes a big fragrant bowl of yum chee from 100 Mahaseth Restaurant, Bangkok, and comes courtesy of owner-chef Chalee Kader. While more akin to a European-style green salad than a Thai salad, it’s nevertheless distinctly Southeast Asian in its sweet and sour flavours and zesty-ness. I’d been hankering to … Read more
Northern Thailand specialties you have to taste in the old Lanna capital of Chiang Mai range from khao soi gai, the spicy Northern Thai curry noodle soup, and gaeng hang lay moo, a Northern Thai pork curry of Burmese origin to the fiery nam priks (relishes) and herbaceous and sour sausages. Northern Thailand specialties have … Read more