Chapter 265
A list of the requirements to live a happy life:
Freedom
Self Sufficiency
Friendship
Thought
Wine
Bread & Cheese
-Epicurus, (#Note: Epicurus was an avowed teetotal, the author here has substituted water with wine)
Epicurus
The famous Greek philosopher Epicurus...
“So short our lives, so hard the lessons,
so difficult the tests, so sudden the final victory,
so tenuous the hope of joy that so easily evaporates into fear
– this is what I mean...
La fite
“I have discovered the wine of Château Lafite to be a delicious, generous cordial, comparable to the ambrosia of the Gods of Olympus” Maréchal de Richelieu (1755)
Throughout the entire world, the name Lafite...
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...
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...
Armand’s Bistro -in the words of its inimitable owner, Khmer-born, French raised, Armand Gebrié- is a simple French Bistro.
Perhaps Gebrié felt he’d earned some simplicity, to date he has managed a rather adventurous life,...
