Name: Emily Carter
Position: Digital Communications Manager
What is your favourite type of cuisine?
Although I have never been to Asia, I absolutely love Thai food. I just love the fresh, light, fragrant flavours; ginger, lemongrass, chilli, garlic – delicious! I recently attended a Thai cookery course where we learnt to make our own Thai curries from scratch, for a curry for 10 people we used 80 chillis (that’s a lot of chopping!). Now I can make some of my favourite dishes at home. I just need to get myself to Thailand now and taste the real deal!
What is the food you couldn’t live without?
That would have to be cheese. I had a year in Paris as part of my degree which was a dream come true – cheese and wine evenings were a bit of a favourite way to spend time with friends. It’s great if you get each of your friends to bring along their favourite cheese, then you get a better variety and someone might introduce you to one you’ve never tried before. When it comes to cheese, the smellier the better for me – I absolutely love a good blue cheese so a stilton or dolcelatte will always have me reaching for it first with some fresh baguette or one of our yummy Crackers for Cheese .
This month’s competition, we are talking about people’s favourite holiday eating experiences – what’s yours?
A few years ago I visited Olu Deniz in Turkey; an absolutely beautiful resort with a renowned turquoise coastline (great photos when we went paragliding!). One night we went to a local fish market in Fethiye, highly recommended from both other people staying at our accommodation but also the locals. A short, noisy bus ride took us to this fish market enclosed by tall white walls – in the center there was a variety of fishmongers where you chose, weighed and paid for your seafood. Then, a few yards away, surrounding the fishmongers was an array of small restaurants – you presented your seafood to them, paid about a fiver and got your fish cooked, tailored to your taste – King Prawns cooked in white wine and butter for starters, BBQ’d seabass for main with a salad and fresh bread and a carafe of local wine – perfect! Such a shame we only found this gem on our last evening!
WIN A WEEKS BREAK IN BRITTANY!
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR ENTRIES. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY - GOOD LUCK!
This month, thanks to our friends at Holiday France Direct, we are offering you a weeks break for up to 6 people in a self-catering cottage in Brittany. To enter this month's competition, just tell us you favourite holiday food experience.
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Add a commentJulie - 29th Aug 2011
ReportWe went to the Cheesecake Factory in Florida. As I wanted to make room for the delicious cheesecake that they serve, I decided to have a salad as my main course. Little did I know I was going to have the most fabulous salad I would ever have. I chose the chinese chicken salad. When it arrived it looked amazing - a mix of colours and aromas. It consisted of sliced chicken breast on a bed of rice noodles, lettuce, green onions, almons, deep fried crispy wontons, beansprouts, orange and sesame seeds - all of this was tossed in the most amazing chinese plum dressing. It really was delicious and filled me up that I had to have the cheesecake to go! We went in for cheesecake but I ended up having the best salad ever!
Melanie - 29th Aug 2011
ReportA few years ago me and my partner, very soon after we started dating, decided to go on a romantic weekend to Venice. I fell in love with the City, it's so beautiful and mysterious- and theres so much to do! Venician palaces, the rialto bridge, gondolas, shopping: it's a truly wonderful city. We arrived there on New Years Day so it was snowing and absolutely freezing outside, though spirits in the city were high! We rushed into a little restaurant round the corner from our hotel to warm out mits around a hot cup of coffee (can't beat italian coffee!!), and we both decided to order the mushroom risotto (as they say risotto was invented in Venice)with a side of chargrilled red endives. The dish was STUNNING. Warm, smooth, silky, slightly al dente, with an earthy richness from the wild mushrooms they had used. It is one of the most delicious things i have ever eaten in my life, and i'll always remember that restaurant, that risotto, and how happy i was in Venice with the love of my life.
zena - 29th Aug 2011
ReportOn a trip to Spain I had a tender steak with potatos covered in mojo sauce, the sauce was to die for, I was in heaven.
Karen - 29th Aug 2011
ReportEating thai rice with a Chang beer in a night market in Chiang Mai
Jeremy - 29th Aug 2011
ReportTrying Lobster for the first time while on holiday in Cuba. We sailed out to a small island with perfect white sand and palm trees, surrounded by crystal clear water. The lobster was freshly caught and cooked on the island for us. A wonderful day out during a fantastic holiday. I would love to go back and do it all again.
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