Soto ayam in Yogyakarta is an aromatic breakfast soup found right across Indonesia’s archipelago. Fondly called the country’s ‘chicken noodle soup for the soul’ and sold from charming food carts, Yogyakarta’s soto ayam has a light broth that’s clear and fragrant. I’d like to think that we went to Yogyakarta for Java‘s awe-inspiring archaeological sites, … Read more
Breakfast in Siem Reap is worth setting the alarm clock for, as much to get an insight into everyday life and eat with the locals, as to sample Cambodia’s diverse range of delicious breakfast dishes, from noodle soups such as kuy teav and nom banh chok to borbor (rice porridge) and grilled pork and rice. … Read more
When I put out a call on Twitter for ideas as to what I should cook while we were in Edinburgh for my series The Dish, about the quintessential dishes of the places we settle into, Scottish chef Gary Robinson, former personal chef to Prince Charles and chef of Mezzanine, one of our favourite restaurants in … Read more
Krakow foodie souvenirs include traditional Polish treats to take home such as beautifully packaged honeys, preserves, syrups, teas, coffees, confectionary, and of course, chocolate, along with homemade local liqueurs you won’t find outside Poland. Here are our recommendation for the best edible souvenirs to buy. Sipping gluhwein at Kraków’s Christmas markets, taking in midnight mass on Christmas … Read more
Riblja corba, a fish soup from the Bay of Kotor was created as a way for fishermen to use the small fish nobody bought. Fishermen’s soups have a long tradition here so it’s fitting that we learnt to make it from a chef cum boat captain with a seafaring heritage, chef Rino Janovic of Cesarica … Read more