southeast asian cooking

Isaan-Style Grilled Wings

Isaan-Style Grilled Wings

Isaan-Style Grilled Wings excerpted from Tony Tan’s Asian Cooking Class Hardcover by Tony Tan. Photography by Mark Roper.

Isaan-Style Grilled Wings excerpted from Tony Tan's Asian Cooking Class Hardcover by Tony Tan

“You’ll always leave Tony’s classroom full – both of dim sum and a new perspective on Asian cooking. In this book, he’s sharing his lifetime of expertise and experience with the world. Let Tony be your teacher.”
– Yotam Ottolenghi

“Tony Tan is an Australian national treasure.”
– Helen Goh

“An irresistible journey… where global spices and stories collide in some of the world’s most scintillating flavours.”
– Fuchsia Dunlop

“Tony Tan isn’t an authority on Asian food in Australia – he’s the authority on Asian food in Australia.”
– Pat Nourse

Tony Tan has been cooking, eating, teaching and writing about the foods of Asia for more than four decades. In Tony Tan’s Asian Cooking Class, he shares for the first time more than 150 of his most cooked, beloved and personal recipes from his vast collection. A book for beginners and connoisseurs alike, Tan teaches his contemporary, sometimes adventurous approach to the most important inspirational and evergreen dishes from Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and beyond. From wok sensations to more elaborate dishes, street foods and original creations, Tan’s warmth, erudition and rigour set his food apart. He moves seamlessly between traditionally distinct cuisines, contextualising them for the home cook. (more…)

Crisp-fried pork belly with sticky tomato shrimp paste sauce

Crisp-fried pork belly (Binagoongan)

Photography by Jana Liebenstein

In this collection of more than one hundred recipes, Yasmin Newman takes a culinary journey through the Philippines and uncovers an intriguing notion of 7,107 islands where the people’s love of eating is as big as their hearts.

Despite the Philippines’ location right in the middle of Southeast Asia, most people know very little about the country and even less about the cuisine. For Filipinos, food is more than a pleasurable pursuit; it is the cultural language. It can be seen through the prism of its unique and colourful history, with influences from Malaysia, Spain, China, Mexico, and the US adding to the cuisine’s rich texture. (more…)