Local Market in Phuket
/Exploring a local market in Phuket with chefs from Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list, Taipei's MUME, Bangkok's Le Du and Nahm.
Read MoreExploring a local market in Phuket with chefs from Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list, Taipei's MUME, Bangkok's Le Du and Nahm.
Read MoreRed carpet, check, giant balloons, check, nerves, steeled. It's countdown time. Chefs are on their toes for the Main Event tonight: the 2017 Asia's 50 Best Restaurant Awards.
Read MoreToday Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards Chef's Talks on the theme of Spice of Life with some of the world's best chefs presenting, including a chili challenge to see who can survive Thailand's hottest chilis live on stage.
Read MoreKicking off Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards week in Bangkok!
Read MoreMy culinary tour of Istanbul ran through family restaurants serving hearty home recipes to the Grand Bazaar’s spice shops, grilled lamb intestines on the street to a private breakfast in the Galata Tower and finally to renowned locavore destinations including Mikla and Neolokal
Read MoreAnd a final post on Istanbul. Special gratitude to the brilliant chef Mehmet Gürs of Mikla, who first cooked us an incredible dinner of wild, local, modern Anatolian flavors
Read MoreKarokoy Gulluoglu baklava is still made by the 4th generation of the Gullu family, in the heart of Istanbul. The Chairman of the Board, N. Nadir Gullu, showed us around his factory, which makes baklava for presidents, royalty and discerning baklava lovers all over the world.
Read MoreLast week, spent an awesome weekend with chef Virgilio Martinez in Shanghai. The chef at Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants' #1 restaurant (and World's 50 Best #4), Virgilio is a crusader in documenting and celebrating Peru's eco-diversity, and championing the critical issues of environmental protection and sustaining natural foods and traditions.
Read MoreHiša Franko gained global renown through the Netflix show Chef's Table (watch it!). But Ana Roš and her husband Valter Kramer ran their inn and restaurant in Slovenia for over a decade before they gained international fame.
Read MoreCan't help but feel reverential, dining solo in the private wine cellar attached to the kitchen at Osteria Francescana. Chef Massimo explains: every dish combines childhood memory, tradition and his vision for a future of Italian cuisine.
Read MoreMy article on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards 2016 held in New York City this summer is out in Modern Weekly, one of China’s largest lifestyle newspapers.
Read MoreShanghai Food Writer, Consultant and TV Host