By all accounts, Joseph Drouhin was an enterprising young man. He came from the Chablis region in the far north of Burgundy and -at just 22 years of age- he moved to Beaune and...
Cambodian’s are proud of their Num Banh Chok, it is the name of their rice noodles and also the name of the enormously popular dish they are used in. Num Banh Chok can be found...
Darren Gall picks 3 wines from our Cellar
Lavau Condrieu, Viognier, Blanc 2012
The Condrieu region, Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) sits in the northern Rhone, close to Vienne and just to the south of Côte-Rôtie. The...
Topaz Restaurant: Pairing Food & Wine by Darren Gall
Wine has been associated with good health since the time of the Ancients and we know through archaeological and documentary evidence that wine has been part...
Signatures : Alain Darc
Master Chef Alain Darc, known affectionately as ‘Papa’ by many in Cambodia, is a celebrated and decorated career chef; literally born into the fine restaurants, hotels and kitchens of France. Descended...
The Beast
Mont Ventoux; for the world's finest cyclists its name is legend, “The Beast of Provence”, a will-sapping, heart-breaking, soul-destroying stage of the world’s most famous bicycle race, the Tour de France. When...
Penh Folds - The Four Wines of Destiny
“The Ox is slow but the Earth is Patient”
Confucius
The recent Spring Festival and Lunar New Year heralded in the arrival of the year of the...
Ostra e Vino - Old Vines, New Seas
The Evening:
Ostensibly a ‘new dishes’ try-out, at Tim Squires’ epicenter of all things seafood in Phnom Penh. Squires' ‘The Oyster Bar’ is at Ostra Fine Foods...
