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 commentSharon from west yorkshire - 31st Aug 2011
ReportI know its not as exotic as most of the comments but since i was 7years old i remember going to The Hamburger restaurant in Great yarmouth Norfolk i am now 36yrs old and this summer we have been on our hols to yarmouth again.Of course we had to go and have a full english at The Hamburger.Great holiday memories and now im doing it with my children love it!!!!
Rebecca - 31st Aug 2011
ReportI am a real fussy eater and hardly ever try anything new but in Greece i tried Kleftico and totally loved it
Aaron - 31st Aug 2011
ReportI had a hamburger in USA that was truly unbelievable...nothing extravagent, just really good quality ingredients. I think the secret of good food is the quality.
Julie - 31st Aug 2011
ReportOn holiday in Yarra Valley in Oz we came upon a Vineyard which sold their local wine but also their own cheeses. We sat in the gardens of the vineyard eating goats cheese with breads washed down with red wine watching the sun go down. Delicious!
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annie - 31st Aug 2011
ReportWe arrived in Morocco last week and were starving and all the restaurants were closed. Then we realised - it was Ramadan; of course they would be shut. So we waited and waited as the sun slowly set. Then with the siren came the food. Food that was eaten and shared with such delight by our new found friends who were truly hungry, while we really were only peckish!
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