BANGKOK — After spending more than three decades cooking in an unassuming outdoor kitchen, a wok-wielding, goggles-wearing Thai chef has been propelled to international culinary stardom by having her restaurant awarded a Michelin star.
Supinya Jansuta, better known as "Jay Fai," is among 17 Bangkok-based chefs whose venues received the coveted honor from Michelin in a guidebook released last month — its first foray into the country.
In Taiwan, it may be your typical street food—think fishball, isaw, tokneneng. But this fried chicken is even larger than what you think it is.
Everyone who has read Saveur, widely considered as America’s most critically acclaimed food magazine, will be familiar with the Saveur 100. It’s the magazine’s authoritative, highly democratic annual list of food, drinks, places, personalities and food-related finds—running the gamut from fine dining to holes in the wall to food carts.
Alain Ducasse looked none the worse for wear after his gruelling trip. He arrived in Manila Monday morning from France, took lunch at Enderun Colleges and faced both the student body and the media by 2:30 in the afternoon.
Street food has long been popular among foreign visitors and locals alike in many Asian cities, with Bangkok being one of the leading capitals endowed with such a powerful magnet.
Street food stalls will be banned from all of Bangkok's main roads under a clean-up crusade, a city hall official said Tuesday, prompting outcry and anguish in a food-obsessed capital famed for its spicy roadside cuisine.
The earlier announcement that street food stalls would be banned from the city's main roads as part of a major clean-up crackdown all makes sense now.
Comedian couple Melai Cantiveros and Jason Francisco posed a challenged to Dr. Vicki Belo when they visited her in her home recently.
Thousands of diners trooped to the World Street Food Jamboree in Bonifacio Global City on April 20-25 to have a taste of curated stuff from vendors and hawkers in Asia and the United States.
In Bangkok, a humble street food vendor that serves crab omelettes, curries and dry congee has been honored with a Michelin star.
