“You see that dish? That’s dog meat,” said Raksume who was standing me dinner at his family’s palm leaf shack on the edge of the village. “Oh” I said. And then, “Hey, where’s your dog?”. Raksume gestured unceremoniously towards the road. “It had accident …

May 1st: International Labour Day when workers of the world unite and wave socialist banners, bearded ale quaffers watch young maidens prance around a phallus with ribbons, andeveryday folk get a day out of the office.

In Cambodia it’s a time for government workers, …

In the sequel to bestselling food book Down And Out In Padstow And London, failed chef and hack Lennie Nash sets off to eat his way through SE Asia, with a half-baked plan to buy a restaurant.

Along the way, he encounters a …

Just like the etched design on the plate glass windows, this excellent new restaurant has all its ducks in a row.

Less than a month after opening its doors in Phnom Penh, Duck is delivering an experience that’s hard to beat and even harder to …

I teach two grades – grade six and kindergarten one. Whilst the kindergarten class keep me on my toes with their brilliantly un-developed sense of acceptable behaviour, my sixth grade class sometimes leaves me feeling a little flat.

It is me to blame, not …

I sat down to begin a day of work in the small office of the NGO where I volunteer. It was the day after Khmer New Year, when all through the pagoda, not a creature was stirring – not even the massive turtle …

So, you’re bored of the 9-5 drudgery of life in the civilized western world of say the UK, USA or Australia. The weather sucks, the women are fat and gobby and the price of an unhealthy lifestyle is astronomically expensive. That pension plan is …

Sequins, spangles and sweaters: The Return of Glamazon (or, Not Your Usual Thursday Night Out in Phnom Penh)

It was a night of stilettos, glitter and feathers.

There were men who looked like girls and girls who looked like men. And men who wanted to …

While popping a batch of popcorn for a lunchtime snack and with a dinner party at our home only hours away, I make the startling discovery that we were really, really low on propane.

As in,almost completely out of gas.

This may not sound …

Easy come? Easy go? Keep a bag packed. You never know.

Should you stay? Should you go? Prayers go unanswered by old St. Joe.

First, let me preface my ridiculous rhyming by saying that things in life are never so sly and succinct as they …