Legends Lunch

Friday the 19th of February 2016 will always be a memorable day, mostly because of a rather remarkable lunch. A small band of industry rouges and reprobates like myself gathered at midday at Le...

Old Spice -Part Two

  Kampot: I am sitting under an impossibly large sky, the few errant clouds merely faint wisps on a canvas of clear, perfect blue. From high up on Starling Ridge I gaze out over the...

Up to the Sun and Around the Moon

In the year 1543, the same year as its author’s demise, a revolutionary paper was published that would become known as the ‘Copernican Revolution’. The paper was written by a Polish mathematician, (a mere amateur...

Wine Trends 2016

  Bróse There was a time, not so long ago, that drinking Rose was something to be ashamed of. It was usually what your mother drank and -to put it plainly- a bit of a girly...

Farm to Table

  Farm to Table is an urban café in BKK1 that features an herb garden, vegetable market and children’s play area. Yet to me and no doubt countless others it is much, much more than...

French Sense and Cambodian Sensibility

  Khema is the name given to the beautifully appointed and delightfully sophisticated French restaurant, café, wine bar, boulangerie, patisserie, charcuterie and fromagerie that is the epicurean heart and soul of the Arunreas Hotel. The title...

Black Bambu

  Black Bambu is a melting pot of many ingredients: a place where western cooking meets eastern spices, a coming together of people from different backgrounds to pursue a common goal and a focal point...

High Water Mark

  Sevensea, (sic) is the latest culinary concept of Cambodia’s most accomplished and celebrated chef Luu Meng, the stated aim is to combine popular Asian cooking styles with the finest seafood available. Specializing in Cambodian, Chinese...