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CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 2 May 2007 | Views [3441]
1. Fish Amok- you have to try the national dish served in a hand-stiched banana leaf bowl - but beware, I have found huge variances in the standard. A good one is thick (traditionally eaten with fingers) balanced with noticeable galangal and lemongrass.... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 2 May 2007 | Views [1836]
Like Jamie Olivers "Fifteen," in London, Romdeng offers street children an opportunity to acquire new skills. Impressed by my first visit with Ian", I returned alone to examine the cooking and hang with the expats. Maybe listen to ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 1 May 2007 | Views [896]
Although a British Ambassador on a covert mission to unearth cultural learnings from food; on occasion, one requires a part of Britain that made us Great. One such necessity is an English breakfast tea that Roger Moore would approve of. Tracking this ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Monday, 30 Apr 2007 | Views [1402]
Just off the Independence monument, in the heart of Phnom Penh lies a classy building of white pillars, warm teracotta coloured walls, airy spaces, water features and fig trees. "Malis," promotes itself as contemporary Khmer food but would ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Sunday, 29 Apr 2007 | Views [1744]
The Mission Track down a Cambodian delicacy prized for its health related benefits. Devour the reptile cooked two ways, drink the blood mixed with wine and swallow the pulsating heart, whole. The squad Mr C. - laddish Cambodian guide keen on ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Friday, 20 Apr 2007 | Views [974]
"Rainy season in Cambodia is a good time to eat mouse," my guide explained. The furry critters vacate their riverbank abodes in search of higher ground and are plucked from the trees for consumption. Similarly the tarantulas grow big and ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 13 Apr 2007 | Views [1124]
Not many people will have sampled as many ice creams as myself - unless your name happens to be Ben or maybe Jerry. My boss, Chaz (aka Mr Incredible) runs 15 miles every morning in order to burn off ice cream calories. I personally find that stress ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Thursday, 12 Apr 2007 | Views [3222] | Comments [1]
A poetic guide to embracing natures sweetest creations To reveal the flesh of mangosteen, first crack the violet casing Exotic treats on Thailands streets, they send my heart-rate racing. ---------------------------------------------- Longans ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Sunday, 8 Apr 2007 | Views [1954] | Comments [5]
As JJ and I sat waiting for our Thai salads to be served on the long sandy beach at Koh Lanta, we noticed that a woman had not been served. Her ensuing frustration and our amusement inspired this song. (must be sung to the tune of Enrique Eglaisias' ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 6 Apr 2007 | Views [2163] | Comments [2]
A guide to high morale through eating even if alone 1. Find a place with the roughest furniture. Environment is no indication of the quality of food in Asia - quite the contrary - you will find some of the best outdoor eateries next to sewage pipes.... Read more >
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THAILAND | Tuesday, 20 Mar 2007 | Views [914]
1. Thai food is spicy so drink Thai Singha beer with your meal. Afterwards a lassi (yoghurt drink) will cool down your piping innards. A lassi is the antithesis of a bird eye chilli. 2. Eat rice for breakfast. Dont fall into the trap of staying with ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Monday, 19 Mar 2007 | Views [823]
Asking a Thai person to reveal the names of their national dishes is like asking my mate, Geordie Mick if he knows any of the footballers who play for Newcastle United. Today, after 2 flights from Beijing I was in the thick humidity of Khoasan road, ... Read more >
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CHINA | Saturday, 17 Mar 2007 | Views [945] | Comments [1]
I formed an inofficial Chinese tea appreciation society with two of Birminghams best travelled females. Lets call them Louise and Jennifer (actually thats their real names ha ha ha) Though mystified by my level of passion for all things edible(and ... Read more >
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CHINA | Sunday, 11 Mar 2007 | Views [1096]
It's all beginning to make sense. What served the aquatic bird by way of buoyancy during its life, serves the Chinese by way of insulation. At -4 degrees it's literally freezing here. I am referring to duck which can be tasted in almost all restaurants.... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Monday, 5 Mar 2007 | Views [1002]
Jonny recommends Congee - is like porrige and made with flaked rice. It is salty and finished with coriander and finely sliced spring onions. The meat can be chicken, frog, beef pigs intestines, anything really. I had chicken congee. It cost 1.50 ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Saturday, 3 Mar 2007 | Views [1004]
There's a marketing term for the phenomenon. Its when a consumer on a hot day at Wimbledon will pay aliterally any amount of money for a cold drink. Less for the second and so on. The fact is, I craved an English breakfast after 10 days of solid noodle ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Saturday, 3 Mar 2007 | Views [814]
5 reasons to raise your chopsticks 1. You are given soul cleansing, bladder rinsing, green tea in every restaurant without asking and topped up regularly. Its likely to be Jasmine which tastes a bit like bubblegum. 2. You are never rushed for the ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Friday, 2 Mar 2007 | Views [1204]
Keen on trying a dessert, I polished off my succulent duck, coconutty steamed buns as white as meringue and obligatory white sticky rice - which was not needed at all. I was indeed the chopstick master and even the locals nodded at my skills. Asking ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Wednesday, 28 Feb 2007 | Views [980] | Comments [1]
That was me. One night all things oceanic were presented to me in a cast iron pot of bubbling juice, steam spilling from the rounded sides like a witches cauldron as the lid was ceremoniously lifted. "Wow," I said out loud to the bemusement ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Monday, 26 Feb 2007 | Views [939]
Yeah rrrrrrrrrrrrrrright!! I suspected the hideous notion might grab your attention readers. Although I have been eating in restaurants whose decor remind me of the American giant the food bares no relation. Last night I achieved something. I reached ... Read more >
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