The Last Appetite » Uncategorized http://www.lastappetite.com Great eating from the white trash of Asia Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:35:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Menu For Hope Winners http://www.lastappetite.com/menu-for-hope-winners/ http://www.lastappetite.com/menu-for-hope-winners/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:19:24 +0000 Phil Lees http://www.lastappetite.com/menu-for-hope-winners/ Did you win a portion of the Gut Feelings schwag auctioned off for Menu for Hope?

Prize winners are after the jump.

AP23 – 1 bottle of 18-year-old Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky Gold Signature (valued at US$95)
Elizabeth Wells

AP24 – 12 bottles of 42 Below Vodka (valued at 12,000 baht)
Kevin Lee

AP25 – 6 bottles of 42 Below Seven Tiki Rum (valued at 6000 baht)
A Chhet Sovan Panha groupie.

AP28 – Dinner for two at Bed Supperclub in Bangkok, Thailand (valued at 3500 baht)
Stella Jiang

AP29 – One night accommodation at hip hotel Dream Bangkok, Thailand (valued at US$280+)
Robyn C Eckhardt

AP30 – An eating tour of Bangkok with Austin Bush, Thai food expert and Lonely Planet writer plus a copy of the latest edition of Lonely Planet Bangkok Guide (valued at US$200)
Brant Bady

AP31 – One night accommodation in a Deluxe Room at Hotel De La Paix, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia (valued at US$235)
Robyn C Eckhardt

AP32 – One night accommodation at Be Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia (valued at US$150)
Yvonne Cao

AP33 – Market Tour and Cooking Class with Joannes Riviere, Khmer food expert and author of La Cuisine du Cambodge avec les apprentis de Sala Bai (valued at US$200)
Hsien Y Tan

AP34 – Wild Jungle Honey Collecting Tour with Angkor Conservation Centre for Biodiversity Sustainable Bee Program (valued at US$200)
Elizabeth Cheslock

Get on over to Gut Feelings to register your email to collect.

]]> http://www.lastappetite.com/menu-for-hope-winners/feed/ 1 We look like ants from space. http://www.lastappetite.com/we-look-like-ants-from-space/ http://www.lastappetite.com/we-look-like-ants-from-space/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:54:37 +0000 Phil Lees http://www.lastappetite.com/we-look-like-ants-from-space/ Map

After much tinkering over the New Year break, maps are go! See where I eat from space, as provided by Google. I’ll be updating posts with map coordinates where possible.

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Choose a code from our list of prizes or from the global pool, then get over to Firstgiving to donate.

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]]> http://www.lastappetite.com/menu-for-hope-2007-23k/feed/ 0 Last Appetite welcomes New York Times readers http://www.lastappetite.com/last-appetite-welcomes-new-york-times-readers/ http://www.lastappetite.com/last-appetite-welcomes-new-york-times-readers/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:11:56 +0000 Phil Lees http://www.lastappetite.com/last-appetite-welcomes-new-york-times-readers/ Not exactly the section for which I’m aiming but I welcome you with open arms nonetheless.

]]> http://www.lastappetite.com/last-appetite-welcomes-new-york-times-readers/feed/ 0 Great eating from the white trash of Asia http://www.lastappetite.com/great-eating-from-the-white-trash-of-asia/ http://www.lastappetite.com/great-eating-from-the-white-trash-of-asia/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:39:57 +0000 Phil Lees http://www.lastappetite.com/great-eating-from-the-white-trash-of-asia/ A blog’s first post starts with a manifesto, bluster, and the raw energy that comes from somebody’s conviction that they have words in them that are relevant to the rest of the world. Then the blog usually dies, so I’ll get straight to the point.

In the 70s, around the time that I was born, Singapore’s erstwhile leader Lee Kuan Yew, after a few meals in Sydney pronounced Australia to be “the white trash of Asia”. He then set his nation on a course to become Australia’s most popular tourist destination. Poetic economic justice. He later recanted the statement but the “white trash” moniker sticks because it is true. Australians are still outsiders in Asia, but now, thanks to the immigration policies of long defunct governments and amazing raw ingredients, Australians cook great Asian cuisine.

So I plan to document it. in and the rest of the world.

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