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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Comments (607)
Add a commentsusan - 31st Aug 2011
ReportI don't like eating out because I'm both vegetarian and coeliac, so it's very difficult to find a menu that suits my diet. Last year I travelled to Antigua & stayed all inclusive at the Grand Pineapple resort. Although I'd advised the hotel of my diet I didn't expect much but I was absolutely blown away by the care they took to accomoodate me. They asked me to speak to reception each morning and give them some ideas for my evening meals. Each evening they greeted me by name and told me what the chef had prepared for me that day. Everyone else in the restaurant was very jealous at the glorious plates of food that kept arriving in front of me at each meal. Fantastic!
Sean - 31st Aug 2011
ReportMy favourite holiday food experinece was having real fresh pizza in Italy, beautiful!!!
Kerry - 31st Aug 2011
ReportWith living near Skegness the best taste experience has to be good old fashioned fish and chips - eaten of course out of the paper with the paper forks. With the salty sea air blowing a gale and the smells of sticky candyfloss being twirled onto the long wooden sticks, nothing beats it! Whatever the weather (and it is mainly cloudy!) as soon as you taste the crispy fish and the crinkly chips you get an instant warm feeling! (or is it me just being nostalgic!) x
DawnLouise from UNITED KINGDOM - 31st Aug 2011
ReportWhilst in Las Vegas for our wedding we managed to get a patio table at Mon Ami Gabi - directly opposite the Bellagio Fountains. It was a perfect setting for such a romantic occassion for ourselves and close family but also the food was superb. Wish we could do it again!
Diane - 31st Aug 2011
ReportI love Italian food eaten, of course, in Italy. A light lunch with a good inexpensive Italian red wine, wonderful!!
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