Category: food
July 3rd, 2015 — 3:59am
In Bangkok, freshly killed beasts arrive in the markets at around 3 a.m. It’s common for groups of vendors to club together and hire jobbing butchers who prepare the carcass for them. I recently went to a market in the early hours to watch a butcher prepare a whole cow in less than an hour.
May 11th, 2015 — 7:35am
After the ubiquitous chillie, the most important ingredient in Lao cuisine is smoke. Combine the two and the result is culinary alchemy, infusing dishes with spice and deep charred flavours. Grilling over charcoal is an essential technique and is commonly used when preparing shallots, garlic, tomatoes, mushrooms, galangal, and lemongrass before adding them to jaew
May 7th, 2015 — 2:41am
Last night, the finalist exhibition of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2015 was held at The Mall Galleries in London. Unfortunately I couldn’t attend this year’s prestigious event but I am pleased to say that I was awarded third prize in the Politics of Food category. The prize-winning image above was taken
May 4th, 2015 — 5:28am
The bonus of doing a lot of food photography is that you get to eat your work. Last night’s home cooked trio of Lao dishes was so damn good that I cut the shoot short and dig in. Gaeng het, a Lao-style mushroom curry is one of my all-time favourites. It is actually more of
April 1st, 2015 — 9:06am
Here’s a quick quartet of quirky transport from markets in Laos. There is always a rare assortment of vehicles in various states of disrepair, laden with anything from fruits and vegetables to ducks, chickens and pigs. Whatever it is, it’ll fit on a motorcycle.
March 11th, 2015 — 3:31am
It’s ant egg season. The markets in Laos, north and northeastern Thailand have an abundance of them at the moment. A good source of protein, they are used in soups, curries and salads. The shots here were taken at stalls in the rural town of Pak Lay in Laos where ladies had their harvest of eggs
March 11th, 2015 — 2:41am
Bordering Laos, the rural province of Nan is attracting an ever-increasing number of visitors who come to enjoy the scenery and northern culture. The town has become particularly popular with Thai tourists from Bangkok and Chiang Mai. In the town of Nan there are several beautiful temples to discover, and morning and evening fresh markets
March 3rd, 2015 — 3:22am
A favourite breakfast dish here in Laos is khao jee pâté. Variations are also popular in Vietnam where it is known as bánh mì and in Cambodia, nom pang. Laotians enthusiastically accepted the baguette when it was introduced during the French colonial period. In Vientiane, baguettes are sold on street corners and in the local markets but
March 3rd, 2015 — 2:48am
Just a quick reminder that my exhibition of photographs of food and food culture in Southeast Asia is still showing at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand in Bangkok. In you are in town any time from now until the 18th of March, drop in for a drink and take a look. There are 18 images
February 19th, 2015 — 10:38am
There’s not much that can’t be improved with a spoonful of chillie…
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