Month: October 2012

Babi Guling – Balinese Sucking Pig

Babi Guling – Balinese Sucking Pig

Babi guling is one of the great joys of any trip to Bali and quite possibly the ultimate breakfast dish. At least for any fan of Vitamin P. This succulent, spicy, endlessly mouthwatering take on the classic sucking (not suckling!) pig is one of the 

Greek Octopus Salad – Yes Please!

Greek Octopus Salad – Yes Please!

If there is one dish that the Greeks do better than anyone in the world, it’s octopus salad. And, after several dismal, dry and bland, attempts at octopus salad in Turkey (like samphire, this is an area that Turkish cooks just seem to get wrong), 

Mexicana — What Is It With Mexican Food?

Mexicana — What Is It With Mexican Food?

There are surprisingly few places in the world where you can’t find some bastardised take on Mexican food. Beirut has had Tex-Mex since the 80s. Yes, during a sectarian civil war, and the Israeli invasion, they were importing Tequila, and, for all I know, packet