Search results for "Food"

Jun 14, 2017 • 11 min read

The creative minds cashing in on Southeast Asia’s cocktail craze

From designer drinks to bespoke menus, beverage consultancies are creating a stir in Southeast Asia's high-end bar scene It takes approximately ten minutes for bartenders to prepare the gin-based Loi Krathong, a cocktail created by the F&B consultancy Cocktail Professor. Photo supplied
By Claire Knox

Jun 07, 2017 • 10 min read
Cambodia

The fewer forests, the more floods

Massive deforestation is playing a crucial role in the droughts that are devastating Cambodia. But despite an official ban on timber exports, forests continue to be cut down at a record rate
By Euan Black

Jun 01, 2017 • 12 min read

The two faces of President Duterte

Although Duterte’s unrelenting war on drugs dominated international coverage of his first year in office, a closer look at the firebrand's policies reveals a politician who refuses to fit the boxes built for him
By Paul Millar

May 22, 2017 • 6 min read
Entrepreneur Chy Sila

A Cambodian story

From a $500 business selling pirated CDs in Phnom Penh, Chy Sila has risen to become CEO of Cambodia’s leading media organisation
By Paul Millar

May 17, 2017 • 8 min read
Indonesia

The red-light district that everyone loves

Jakarta’s Kalijodo red-light district has been shut down, cleaned up and transformed into a vibrant public space. But the reimagining of the area didn’t come without a human cost
By Gabrielle Lipton

May 16, 2017 • 7 min read
Aboriginal art

Aboriginal art made in Cambodia

In Australia's far north, indigenous Australian artists are weaving a new pattern of trade with the help of disabled Cambodian artisans
By Mark Roy

May 13, 2017 • 4 min read
Cambodia

The slow growth of organic farming

Farming without chemicals brings huge benefits to both producer and consumer, but it’s a hard sell in Cambodia, where poverty is preventing large swathes of the rural population from investing in a long-term, organic future
By Euan Black