“The houmous was liquid; you needed a spoon to serve it, and it refused to stay on the pitta bread. The moutabel, on the other hand, was too dry and stodgy. Considering that you can get bigger, better quality portions at Molly Malone’s just down the street, we felt rather cheated.” Kay and Dave relate their very variable experiences at the Soup Dragon in Siem Reap.
Pic of the Week – 11 September 2006 by Kay McMahon © 2006 All images are digitally watermarked – please don’t infringe copyright! Kay adds: “Street…
Pic of the Week – 14 August 2006 by Clara Natoli © 2006 All images are digitally watermarked – please don’t infringe copyright! A tasty menu…
This week: Salt – essential to life, and a major source of political, social and economic power through history.
This week: You are what you eat – food additives and whether or not the fuss about them (and manufacturers’ hype about “healthy” food) is justified.
“The very mention of school dinners to anyone who has experienced them is likely to conjure up images of characterful dinner ladies and uniquely unpleasant meal options. Who can forget spotted dick, ‘frog spawn’ (tapioca), soggy cabbage, lumpy custard, ‘gristle’ pie (dog food?) and the much-maligned instant mashed potato, randomly garnished with hair-of-chef or fingernail-of-dinner lady?” All that may be a thing of the past, as Miranda Irving finds out…