Amazon.com Widgets Welcome to hell, Lonely Planet. “They didn’t pay me enough to go (to) Columbia (sic),” “I wrote the book in San Francisco. I got the information from a chick I was dating – an intern in the Colombian Consulate. “They don’t pay enough for what they expect the authors to do.” Thomas Kohnstamm,… Continue reading Travel Writing 101: Date the embassy “chick”
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Support local (Khmer) hip hop
Stuart Isett has followed up his superlative photographic work on Khmer street gangs with shots of Cambodian b-boy collective Tiny Toones, and this time there’s some fundraising going on. The parallel with the plot to Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo is too uncanny for me to not make a mention of this event. If you’re in… Continue reading Support local (Khmer) hip hop
F-Shed at Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
At 8:30am this morning, in the moment before the sun rose above the cloud cover
Poorism
Bangkok’s Lebua hotel, which is organizing the dinner, is no stranger to publicity – or to Michelin-starred chefs. Last year, it put on a decadent feast billed as the meal of a lifetime for $25,000 a head. Six three-star Michelin chefs were flown in from Europe to cook the 10-course meal, each plate paired with… Continue reading Poorism
The outing of Camy Shanghai Dumpling House’s secret
When salmonella went feral a few years ago at a favorite Turkish restaurant, hospitalising a wardful of unlucky diners, I felt the urge to eat there out of solidarity with the owners but sadly, the health inspectors had put paid to my plans. The joy of returning to a previous favourite restaurant is built entirely… Continue reading The outing of Camy Shanghai Dumpling House’s secret
Honda Chaly with Lemongrass
Cambodia’s 50cc workhorse doing about as much work as it can. Spotted in downtown Kampot, Cambodia
Five Links on (Good) Friday
Photo Credit: Wooster Collective Food Hero of the Day: Former Microsoft CTO, Nathan Myhrvold – “I love to cook short ribs at 130 degrees Fahrenheit for 36 hours,” Myhrvold says. “They become very flavorful and have a different texture than most braised meats.” Once upon a time, public relations folk would spam food bloggers with… Continue reading Five Links on (Good) Friday
Hellish hosting issues followed by rewarding breakfast
Sorry about the outages to the site over the last week. My hosts have been having problems with their DNS servers, which for laymen, means that the name of my site hasn’t been pointing to where my site is really located. Some people could get to my site, others could not. I’ve fixed it by… Continue reading Hellish hosting issues followed by rewarding breakfast