Oct 18, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 12 Comments

Australian food blogging list updated; no longer tracking freebies

I’ve updated my Australian Food Blog list: it will forever be incomplete but the best that I can do. I’ve decided to stop tracking bloggers who receive free meals, cash or other incentives in exchange for writing posts because I can’t keep up with them and for the most part

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Oct 13, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 1 Comments

Restoran Siti Fatimah, Langkawi

Self portrait with nasi campur at Restoran Siti Fatimah, Langkawi

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Oct 10, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 1 Comments

How to introduce your two year old to Malaysian street food.

1. Buy a street food. 2. Hand over the chopsticks. So, I had a kid and thought that I should mention it for when she’s old enough to ask about why she’s not in any of the blog posts, which will be soon now that she can negotiate devices with

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Aug 29, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

#WEFO T-Shirt

A while back there was a discussion amongst West Footscray locals about the etymology of the suburb’s abbreviation “wefo”, a discussion started by its commodification by this $65 cushion from design gallery Post Industrial Design. I’d first seen the suburb referred to as WeFo in an email from November 2008

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Aug 15, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 4 Comments

Food Idea Generator

Are you a chef who has hit a creative wall? A home cook who has prepared everything that a Nathan Myhrvold-led team can throw at you? Now that Ferran Adria is out of business, surely a machine can take his place as an inspiration for cooks too lazy to go

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Aug 14, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Eggs, Penang

The logistics of food is endlessly interesting when you step outside the reach of the robotic hands of supermarket distribution. Along with the produce, transport is what adds a degree of regional variation to most markets. One of my most enduring memories of one market in Cambodia is seeing a

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Aug 13, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Entrance of Seh Tek Tong Cheah Kongsi, Penang

Established in 1810, Cheah Kongsi is the oldest clan temple in Penang.

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Aug 10, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 3 Comments

Note to PR folk: I am not Phil Lee

I can categorically state that I am not Phil Lee, author of the Rough Guide to Norway. You’re looking for this guy. I receive a lot of spam from PR companies, processed goods manufacturers and publishers of which I read none, but over the last few weeks, it has started

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