Phnom Penh

This Negroni Life

The bitter and twisted Negroni has somehow become the trendiest cocktail of the decade, with Conde Nast Traveler magazine suggesting it is to New Millennials what the Cosmopolitan was to Yuppies way back in...

Sushi Dreaming

One of the all-time great food films is a 2011 documentary entitled ‘ Jiro Dreams of Sushi’, which tells the story of Jiro and his small, inconspicuous, ten seat sushi restaurant in the tunnels...

Fortify my Soul

  Captivated by the golden era of British film, when gentleman would retire to the library for port and cigars, I eagerly accepted an invitation to La Casa del Habano for an evening pairing various...

Banking on Chile

The Rothschild family name is synonymous with great wealth through banking and great wine through Bordeaux. The five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild left Austro-Germany over 200 years ago to spread their financial empire,...

A Harvest of the Heart (updated)

Marie-Pierre Lallez and her sister Emmanuelle are the driving force behind the family wine business of Vignobles Raguenot, owners and operators of the Bordeaux Chateaux des Tourtes in Blaye and Haut Beyzac in the...

Liquid Gold

There are few spirits that stir the emotions like Rum: light or dark it is the drink of patriots and revolutionaries alike. Here in Phnom Penh, in the warren like lanes of the Bassac...

Burgundy Rising in South East Asia

  Cambodians love their Bordeaux reds; wines that are big, bold and full bodied are just fine, as long as they come from the Left or the Right banks of the Gironde River in the...

Chill

  April 2016 is already being reported as the hottest month ever recorded in the Kingdom of Wonder, few in the capital will be surprised by the news. Phnom Penh has withered under a combination...

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