Cuisine

Meet the first woman to captain a new cruise ship at launch. All aboard with Capt Serena Melani at the helm of the new...

Chewy beef and tender noodles are merely supporting cast; the star is the sauce, lightly laced with chilli spice and fortified with Cambodia’s renowned...

Chicken tikka masala: like all food in Cambodia, this ubiquitous Indian (or originally Scottish??) curry-yoghurt dish is simple and delicious. With a crunchy salad...

These guys have come a long way just to sit in a mini-mart fridge in Cambodia. So I try the “Chicken Spicy” number and...

Bangkok, Siem Reap, Hoi An, Lombok, Hikkaduwa, Hong Kong, KL, East St Kilda … anywhere, anytime. Even Australia’s sorry “seafood extender” substitute seems at...

The pastry is a good, solid base, with a thin, flaky, spicy top. The curiously colored insides could well have sprung from the pages...

My last day in Phnom Penh so reconditioning the tummy for back in Aus. This is the US$6 House Special Big Western Breakfast, a...

Lunch is courtesy of Hak Mithona: a Khmer-style charcuturie of sun dried fishes, beef and Siem Reap pork sausage, served with rice and Cambodian...

In Asia I don’t normally send back food when served the wrong item; I take it as fate inviting me to try something different....

Lashing out for lunch, roasted duck ($US6.25) at touristy Chinese chain, TiNat. Duck skin crispy but flesh either undercooked or dry. The noodles, vegies...