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Phnom Penh Street food

chris — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 11:19:01 +0000

Bangkok and Chiang Mai may have the richest street food in South East Asia, but Phnom Penh is finally making an effort to join the fray…

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50 Things to Do in Bangkok Part 2: Night time

chris — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 05:06:28 +0000

Visit the Symbiosis Custom Travel website for ideas on how to plan your visit to Bangkok and the rest of Thailand.

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50 Things to Do in Bangkok

chris — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 04:56:44 +0000

Visit the Symbiosis Custom Travel website for ideas on how to plan your visit to Bangkok and the rest of Thailand.

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Top 50 Philippine cities to see in your lifetime

chris — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 04:36:41 +0000

Daraga Church with active volcano, Mount Mayon, in the background

The Philippines has a rich and colourful culture. If you’re creating a bucket list of places across the Philippines’ 7107 islands to visit, Ivan About Town’s list of 50 cities (and towns), each with a rich history, an abundance of architectural heritage, delicious food, and colourful local cultures is a great starting point for planning your trip.

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Cambodia – Classic cuisine

chris — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:58:45 +0000

Want to learn the secrets behind Cambodian cuisine? A cooking school in Siem Reap offers specialist tuition into creating the best Khmer dishes.

The twice daily, half-day cooking classes are conducted by a Cambodian chef at Champey restaurant. Students are first taken to a traditional market to purchase fresh ingredients, and the class is conducted in a traditional style Khmer house in the centre of the city.

It is possible to cook meat, seafood, or vegetarian dishes of the participant’s choice, with fish amok one of the most popular dishes. This is a fish mousse with fresh coconut milk and kroeung, a type of Khmer curry paste made from lemongrass, turmeric root, garlic, shallots, galangal and Chinese ginger. Besides getting to taste their culinary creations, participants also receive a complementary booklet, recipes, a certificate and some spices for home cooking.

Cookery courses at Champey Restaurant can be included in any Symbiosis Custom Travel holiday to Cambodia… so long as you include a visit to Siem Reap!

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Shangri-La to implement responsible seafood policy

chris — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:31:37 +0000

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has launched a Sustainable Seafood Policy. The new policy, which includes the commitment to cease serving shark fin in all of its operated restaurants, as well as accepting new orders for shark fin products in banqueting, is with immediate effect.

Shangri-La also has plans to phase out blue fin tuna and Chilean sea bass in all its operated restaurants within the year.

In December 2010 the company initiated the process with the removal of shark fin products from its restaurant menus.

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Cambodia: Phnom Penh’s beer scene is chugging away

chris — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:17:47 +0000

Microbreweries and beer gardens are making inroads in Phnom Penh as the taste for hops keeps growing.

Cambodia might not rank among the world’s brewery or beer garden capitals, but change is coming.

From its setting on the banks of the Tonle Sap river, Kingdom Breweries, Phnom Penh’s newest boutique producer, opened in October 2010, is gearing up to give local brands Anchor and Angkor a run for their riel, using only the best German and Czech hops, premium German malt and top-quality water to produce the brand’s flagship pilsner.

Read the full story in the LA Times.

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Shark’s fin gaffe

chris — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:00:57 +0000

Letter from Jennifer Lee 05:55 AM Aug 10, 2010

ABOUT two weeks ago, a concerned Hong Kong citizen saw a Citibank (Hong Kong) promotion advertising discounted shark’s fins.

Read the full article in today’s Today Online.

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