Month: November 2017

Gordon Ramsay has suspended his head chef at the Maze Grill in London over claims he “went ballistic and screamed obscenities” at a waiter. Matt Bishop, 34, was told not…

Guest post by Dom Bailey Car packed, tent, sleeping bag, spare pair of boxers, toothbrush, and wellies (just in case), and we’re ready to head for The Levellers’ Beautiful Days…

(Above: Prahok…Cambodia’s famous fermented fish ‘cheese’) I’ve grown to love Cambodian cooking – even though at first I gave it the thumbs down. It’s just a shame how hard it…

I cycled through the hot, dusty streets around Battambang, Cambodia, for a few hours looking for the old Pepsi factory, when I realised I was looking straight at it. I’d…

I’d been told about the dingy, sticky-tabled cafe by an ex-pat New Zealand chef called Dave, who said it was one of only three restaurants in Siem Reap that excelled…

Guest post by Dom Bailey It’s a proud moment. The biggest prawn-like creatures we’ve caught rockpooling, and my five year old son wants to eat them. We spent hours rockpooling.…

(pic: Harrogate News) Healthy fast food chain Leon is seeking legal advice after accusing Jenson Button’s new restaurant of copying its menu and branding. Leon co-founder and chef Henry Dimbleby…

The other great meal at that Khmer greasy-spoon I told you about a couple of blogs backwas chicken, pork or beef fried with lemon grass, holy basil and chilli. The…

For me, the defining characteristic of Khmer cuisine has to be its sourness. Cambodian food embraces tart flavours like no other country I’ve seen before. Diners screw up their mouths…

Guest post by Dom Bailey There are farm shops and there are farm shops. My closest sells ice cream. Nice ice cream, from the milk of the cows that fertilise…

I’ve been running the kitchen at a friend’s restaurant in Cambodia for the past couple of weeks. It’s the wet season, so there aren’t many customers about. But it’s been…

A competition to eat the “world’s hottest curry” has come under fire after all 10 contestants collapsed and had to be treated by paramedics. Restaurant owner Abdul Ali said he…

Words and pics by Dom Bailey Khmer food has never really been on my gastro radar. I’ve never reached for the phone book thinking “ooh I could murder a Cambodian”.…

George Orwell said pepper was good at getting rid of bed bugs, pointing out that it was worth putting up with the sneezing just to rid himself of the terrible,…

I’ve written a lot about how important soup is to Cambodian cooking. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever come across a food that is so dependent on broths and…