Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Asia”
Borneo’s Forest Food Article and Location Photos by Victor Paul Borg Recipes: Steamed Red Snapper with SpicesDeep Fried Fish in Pineapple and Tomato SauceBamboo Shoots in Spices,Wild Mushrooms in Spices and Dried AnchovieBarking Deer in Curry Masala They need half an hour to gather the food in the forest for our dinner,” …
By Benjamin Rush Editor’s Note: Warning–Don’t read this if you’ve recently eaten or are planning to eat anything ever again. Thai food has taken the world by storm, regularly voted the favorite ethnic food in prestigious Zagat surveys around the world. Today most metropolitan foreigners are ardently familiar with Pad Thai, Tom Yum Goong and Green Curry. Yet there is …
Spicy Singapore Story and Photos by Austin Bush Is there a better place in the world to eat than Singapore? Consider the variety: from Malay laksa to southern Indian curries, a diverse smattering of Chinese cuisines (Hokkien, Teo Chiew, Cantonese), the obscure Baba-Nyonya (a fusion of Chinese and Malay styles) and Eurasian cuisines, Singapore is a virtual microcosm of …
The Tongue-Numbing “Flower Pepper” of Sichuan Province by Kimberly Dukes In Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan Province, eating is often more than just food. Huoguo, or “hot pot,” restaurants, for example, are an experience. They often open at dusk and close long after midnight, tables spilling out onto the dark sidewalk. Hot pot isn’t a solitary activity–the more …
by Dave DeWitt DeWitt-san as Honored Guest and Judge A spicy sun is rising over Japan. Long believed to be the land of only sushi, tempura, and yakatori, Japanese tastebuds are now aflame with habaneros, curries, and spicy snacks. A Spicy Background It all began with Tohato, the Japanese snack food company, entering their habanero-spiced snacks into the American Scovie …
