Around the world, one dish at a time.
With the perfect combination of sun, beaches, museums, ancient history and nightlife, Greece is the ideal holiday destination, economy notwithstanding. Thanks to almost year-round sunshine, Athens is an excellent city break destination if you want sun, plenty of restaurants, surprisingly good shopping and fantastic cultural …
From scrumptious seafood dishes to spicy noodle soups, Asian cuisine is known for its use of exotic spices and herbs, many of which can now be found in the supermarket, as well as Asian speciality shops. Asian fusion food typically takes Asian flavours or dishes …
When it comes to food, I like to think I’m a fairly Catholic eater. Innards of all sorts hold no fear for me, though I have yet to visit a penis restaurant. I’ve braved insects, including, yes, grubs (which appear in our local Chinese supermarket …
Turkish cuisine is widely renowned as amongst the richest and most varied on the planet and is in the top three in terms of the sheer diversity of natural ingredients and menus available. There’s a taste for every palate, created through a blend of Asian, …
One of the great joys of any trip to Turkey is, of course, Turkish food. And, as the Ottoman Empire stretched across swathes of Europe, Asia and the Middle East at its peak, many of the flavours may well be familiar to you from elsewhere. …
My apologies for the abysmal lack of updates over the last few weeks. I’ve been trekking in the Himalayas, and, while there’s more internet than you’d think up there, there really isn’t a lot. And so, in lieu of more appetising material, I bring you …
You don’t have to spend long in Nepal to realise that momo make the world go round: delicious, meaty dumplings in a super-light dough, they’re reminiscent of the northern Chinese jiaozi, and arguably ancestrally related to all the filled pastas of Europe from Turkish mantı …
What does a British pound buy you, foodwise? In most parts of the world, a lot. In fact, even in Western Europe you can feed yourself on junk food for under a quid. In this series, I’m going to be finding food you can buy …
Babi guling is one of the great joys of any trip to Bali and quite possibly the ultimate breakfast dish. At least for any fan of Vitamin P. This succulent, spicy, endlessly mouthwatering take on the classic sucking (not suckling!) pig is one of the …
If there is one dish that the Greeks do better than anyone in the world, it’s octopus salad. And, after several dismal, dry and bland, attempts at octopus salad in Turkey (like samphire, this is an area that Turkish cooks just seem to get wrong), …