Nusara Thaitawat put together a brilliant book on The Cuisine of Cambodia; the recipes brought to life with stunning photography by Somkid Chaijitvanit and Yingyong Un-anongrak. It’s unfortunately out of print but I managed to pick up a copy when I was last visiting Cambodia. Cambodian cuisine is notoriously complex and if not complex then [...]
Indochine the cookery site
I came across another Indochine recently – a beautiful blog devoted to Asian cooking, specifically a fusion between Chinese and Indonesian cuisine. It has been put together and lovingly maintained by Rina Jun and reflects a range of original family recipes from her Northern Sumatran home. Many remind me of my own time spent in [...]
Vietnamese turned Venetian for Little Dorrit
At the tail-end of 2008 many of you may have seen the BBC/Andrew Davies adaptation of Charles Dicken’s Little Dorrit starring Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy)( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178522/ ). A key scene is set in Mrs Merdle’s Venice palazzo. For this scene, Hampton Court Palace was [...]
Vietnamese silk laterns
Still more people searching for silk laterns rather than lanterns. See earlier post on the subject of silk laterns
Shed a little light on the matter.
It’s sometimes difficult to know what you’re going to get when you buy from a web site. If you’re a recent owner of an Indochine lantern, please spare a few moments to share your feedback with others who may be thinking of buying from us. It may be all the encouragement they need.
Tamarind Water
Sometimes called Tamarind purée. Made from the flesh of Tamarind pods it adds a sweet sour tartness to soups,stir fry dishes and salads and appears in many South East Asian and Indian dishes. At a pinch you could use tomatoes, lemon juice or vinegar but the taste is distinctly different. If substituting with lemon juice [...]
Phad Thai recipe
This Phad Thai (Phat Thai) recipe comes from one of my favourite books on asian cooking. It’s South East Asian Food by Rosemary Brissenden. Elizabeth David, no less, is quoted as saying that it’s “a book every serious cook should possess”. A great recommendation. The particular version in Brissenden’s book is Sen Chan Phat Thai [...]
Banana flower salad recipe
Variously described as Banana Flower or Banana Blossom, this salad recipe comes from the Cuisine of Cambodia by Nusara Thaitawat a beautifully presented book with stunning photography by Somkid Chaijitvanit and Yingyong Un-anongrak. Unfortunately it’s currently out of print, otherwise I’d post link to buy it. Nhoam Tra – Yaung Chek Banana Flower Salad Ingredients [...]
Silk Latern?
What hope is there of anyone finding our lantern site if they key in Silk Latern into the search engine query box instead of Silk Lantern. Just a little, it would appear. Indochine was recently found on page 3 of a search on Yahoo for Silk Laterns but disappeared completely if the searcher insisted on [...]
A History of Laos
‘The author is an Australian who covered the second Indochina War as a foreign correspondent. Insight into what really went on from an inside point of view.’ Jan Lander
A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia
Norman Lewis “This was a very interesting read… back to the times before commercialism took over these areas. Extremely readable and made me want to find out more” Jan Lander
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The Killing Fields [1984] 15 DVD
This harrowing but rewarding 1984 drama concerns the real-life relationship between New York Times reporter Sidney Schanberg and his Cambodian assistant Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor), the latter left at the mercy of the Khmer Rouge after Schanberg–who chose to stay after American evacuation but was booted out–failed to get him safe passage. Filmmaker Roland [...]
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Chuc Mung Nam Moi
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Ralph Lauren’s ‘Fall Collection’ lit by our lanterns
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Asian lanterns without waiting ages
- Hanging lanterns for GDC
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Hanging lanterns for Ruby and Bloom – no hanging around
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Last Supper – food to-die-for
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The world’s largest cave system discovered in Vietnam
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Indochine – Live in Hanoi
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