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Social Enterprise

Food for thought

Using the culinary expertise of refugees, a catering project in Malaysia is hoping to not only improve lives, but also to break down barriers and change discriminatory attitudes
By Thomas Brent

George Town Festival

Photo project examines how food challenges the notion of poverty

Since 2010, photographer Stefen Chow and his economist partner Lin Huiyi have been challenging perceptions of what it means to be poor across the globe. Their award-winning project The Poverty Line, which will exhibit at this month's George Town Festival in Malaysia, compares 29 countries through photographs of the food choices available to those living on the poverty line in a particular country
By Cristyn Lloyd

Traditional cuisine

'I really think that Cambodian food deserves a place in the world'

Scouring the countryside for traditional recipes on the verge of fading from living memory, chef Rotanak Ros is striving to put Cambodian cuisine on the world map through cooking classes, quick and easy recipes, and luxury-dining nights at her riverside terrace
By Paul Millar

Chef Malcolm Lee

Can traditional Peranakan food be cool, young and sexy?

When the early Chinese migrants settled in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, their marriages to locals produced a truly unique culture and cuisine known as Peranakan. Chef Malcolm Lee of Michelin-starred Candlenut restaurant in Singapore discusses his high-end take on this unique cuisine
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

Indonesia

Using 'food storytelling' to rekindle an interest in local cuisine

Food writer, food stylist and owner of Kedai Aput catering service, Ade Putri Paramadita is championing Indonesian home cooking through what she calls 'food storytelling'
By Cristyn Lloyd

Ready meals

Singapore’s latest foodie trend: vending machine cafes that serve up blast-chilled dinners

In Singapore, neighbourhood cafés are being ‘disrupted’ by dinner-dispensing vending machines, made by Chef-in-Box
By Euan Black

Philippine food is the future, says head chef of Gallery Vask

"It’s happening. You cannot stop it," says Chele Gonzalez, describing how restaurants like his are helping put the country's culinary scene on the map
By Paul Millar

On trend

The purple foodie craze sweeping the US actually began in the Philippines

Long used to give traditional Philippine desserts their unmistakable purple hue, ube has become a social media sensation among food lovers the world over
By Paul Millar

Spirulina

The food of the future grows on a Bangkok rooftop

Are Bangkok’s fledgling rooftop farms a hidden goldmine for hotels and hospitality businesses? Meet the hoteliers and entrepreneurs proving that environment-focused partnerships are the best marketing tool a business can have
By Claire Knox

Spirulina

Cambodian “superfood” taps health and wellness market

Behind the scenes at a Cambodian farm producing spirulina health supplements
By Ellie Dyer

Meet Chef Wan, Malaysia’s most outrageous food export

Chef Wan has been cooking on Malaysian TV and spreading the word of Southeast Asian cuisine for 25 years. With his latest show a global hit, the flamboyant star is showing how a little personality can make a big difference
By Dene Mullen

Not enough food on the plate

Even as incomes rise across the region, many are still going hungry, according to a new report
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial