Noodles

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...

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...

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...

Phnom Penh dispatches: Lunch with the local workers; sticky rice with a small bowl of bitter chicken soup (US$1.50). See that round thing in...

Take the menu board at the Dogs’ Bar in St Kilda, Melbourne: Italian carbonara – you can’t go wrong, kids love it. French beef...

The famous White Rose prawn dumplings of Hoi An: Compared to South Melbourne Market Dim Sims? Well, think of Snow White next to Shrek....

A serve of fried pork, off the menu. And that’s exactly what comes. Huh? No steamed rice? Nope, that’s an extra “side”. Unusual for...

Ok so everyone’s had Mongolian beef noodles. But this is the first time I’ve done the soup: sweet and savoury, crunchy, steamed vegies, and...