Melbourne is more than laneways, cafés and arcades. It’s one of the world’s great eating cities and it’s Melbourne’s restaurants, gastro-pubs and food markets that you also need to know about. Melbourne’s laneways, cafes and arcades have starred in countless tourism and advertising campaigns and travel editorial. While they’re fun to visit, Melbourne’s restaurants, gastro-pubs and food … Read more
We recently spent 12 days in Melbourne, Australia, on assignment for an Asian travel magazine, getting a taste of the city’s food scene for a story we called ‘Mouthwatering Melbourne’. I took 4,712 images over that time there. Mouthwatering Melbourne, A Taste of the Melbourne Food Scene Because of the tight schedule we were on, … Read more
Appetizing Australia. What’s this all about? Well, over coming months we’ll be sharing loads of food and travel stories with you from one of the most delicious countries in the world, Australia. We’ll be starting with posts on mouthwatering Melbourne and Sydney, the cities that are home to Australia’s best restaurants, followed by tales from Victoria’s wine regions … Read more
Best Lao khao soi in Luang Prabang is to be found in a simple, squat, open-fronted timber and corrugated iron shed, with a handful of wooden tables inside. There’s no sign and nothing whatsoever to identify the dilapidated eatery as Luang Prabang’s best Lao khao soi place but trust us, it’s worth the trouble to … Read more
I don’t know about you, but we haven’t done anything about preparing for Christmas lunch yet. We’re at Lara’s uncle’s house in Bendigo in Victoria, Australia, and if this Christmas is like others, there’ll be friends and neighbours dropping by. We’re in need of some last minute Christmas tips. If we’ve left it so late … Read more