Search results for "Food"

Apr 06, 2018 • 3 min read
Bingeing on bugs

Southeast Asia’s high-end insect eateries

In the West, ants at a picnic might spell the end of a good meal. In several Southeast Asian countries, though, high-end restaurants specialising in everything from crispy crickets to spicy spiders are causing a buzz right across the region
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

Apr 02, 2018 • 3 min read
Cheese tea

The strange new craze causing a stir in Malaysia

Hundreds of cheese tea stores are pulling in crowds in China, and now the creamy craze has begun to churn out profits in Malaysia
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

Mar 28, 2018 • 3 min read
Go-Jek CEO

Grab-Uber merger is a 'great opportunity'

In the wake of Grab’s acquisition of Uber’s Southeast Asian operations, Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek has reaffirmed its plans for regional expansion 
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

Mar 27, 2018 • 3 min read
Thai cuisine

Award-winning chef Tim Butler on Thailand's evolving culinary scene

The mind behind award-winning restaurants Eat Me! and Esenzi, chef Tim Butler came to Bangkok from New York just over ten years ago. Here, he talks about the nation's rapidly evolving culinary character and his struggle to source sustainable seafood
By Paul Millar

Mar 12, 2018 • 7 min read
Rohingya crisis

Refugees’ uncertain road to repatriation

A campaign of state-orchestrated violence has seen Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority fleeing their homes into neighbouring Bangladesh. The countries are talking of repatriating the refugees, but is such a move feasible?
By Musaazi Namiti

Mar 09, 2018 • 4 min read
Bukit Bintang

Discover the best of Kuala Lumpur's trendy shopping district

[Brought to you by SilkAir] With luxury fashion brands, quirky cocktail bars and an abundance of hawker stalls, Bukit Bintang is one of Kuala Lumpur's trendiest shopping and entertainment districts 
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

Mar 01, 2018 • 10 min read
Sustainable urban development

Southeast Asia's megacities have a choice: Shangri-La or slum

With Southeast Asia's population expected to grow by more than 100 million people in the next 30 years, the region's crowded megacities are in danger of becoming dystopian nightmares - unless governments and city planners act now
By Paul Millar

Mar 01, 2018 • 3 min read
Health

Philippines to investigate Nestlé for illegal marketing

The Philippines has launched an inquiry into claims made by the Guardian and Save the Children that four milk formula companies are engaging in illegal marketing
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial