Sri Lankan crab curry

Local cuisine, is always what I’m looking for to get to know better when I’m visiting a new country.Different cooking methods, spices, ingredients, eating habits,… It can tell a lot about the culture, people and history. Sri Lanka’s cuisine has a lot of influence from South Indian cuisine, but at the same time, it has its own form of cuisine. As you’d expect from an island in the Indian Ocean in… Continue reading Sri Lankan crab curry

Unborn duck – delicacy in Cambodia

Cambodia has a lot of strange things from the westerners’ point of view, in each corner you can be surprised or even shocked by their lifestyle or eating habits. You have to prepare for many surprises especially when you are visiting a local market. One thing, quite common there, but a big surprise for me was to find that what looked like an ordinary stool with eggs in the market, was… Continue reading Unborn duck – delicacy in Cambodia

What is to be a small rice grower

TG and his parents are small rice growers from kampung Alab Lanas Sook Keningau in Borneo. Here are their thoughts about their challenges and importance of rice in their life. We are growing rice only for ourselves, our personal consumption, for a family of 6, plus the dogs. We have two types of rice: hill and irrigated rice. Hill rice we have 1 acre, and irrigated half of the hectare. If… Continue reading What is to be a small rice grower