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 commentMARGARET - 31st Aug 2011
ReportMany years ago, before Corfu became such a popular holiday destination we stayed in a flat above a family home in a tiny village. Venturing up the coast on the local bus we found a small port where the locals were celebrating the start of the whitebait season. Despite speaking very little Greek and the locals no english they managed to convey to us that they wanted us to stay to celebrate with them. We sat outside on a beautiful balmy evening and ate fresh fried whitebait and wine straight from the barrel. It was magical and one of the best meals of my life.
felicity - 31st Aug 2011
ReportIn The Netherlands an 'uitsmijter'. Served in most cafes, it is basicaly bread topped with a thin slice of Dutch cheese, then a very thin slice of ham and topped off with a fried egg, familiar ingredients that taste quite different (& delicious) when served in this way. For those on a budget a good choice for a meal.
esther - 31st Aug 2011
ReportWhen I was younger and went island hopping in Greece with my son (then 2) and a friend we discovered halloumi cheese melted on a griddle undtil it was soft and melting. Absolutely delicious - I've tried making it at home since but it doesn't taste the same!
Steve - 31st Aug 2011
ReportIn the Maldives I went a fishing trip and caught my own meal which was BBQ'd on the beach on my return to the hotel. Amazing experience!
Robert - 31st Aug 2011
ReportOne of my favourite holiday food experiences and certainly my most memorable was during a work conference in Miami that I attended back in May. On our last night the company took everyone out for dinner and for my main I had the most incredibly tender steak. I offered my boss a bit so he could try it and immediately he suggested that we trade. Without hesitation I told him that he could have my resignation before he got any more of my steak! (Thankfully in the end I got to keep both though).
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