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 commentPaul from Scotland - 30th Aug 2011
ReportWhen we went to Barcelona last year we had the most fantastic meal ever in a local restaurant - all the food was cooked to perfection. It was simply the best.
Marilyn from Surrey - 30th Aug 2011
ReportI have quite a few favourite meals. One of the best was in Austria in the Lech Valley. I was told by friends to go to a special cafe in the nearby town. I had to order a dream boat. I wasn't sure what it would be. But when it turned up I was overwhelmed. It took me so long to eat the biggest ice cream dessert you have ever seen. It was in a very big container. There was allsorts on it apart from the ice-cream. Cream, chocolate sauce, nuts, fresh fruits, merangues,ice cream wafers, pieces of chocolate in dark, milk and white. I will always remember the little cafe and would love to go back. I also enjoyed eating sushie in Kobe when I lived in Japan.
Nadine - 30th Aug 2011
Reportitalian cakes in Milan
Jon - 30th Aug 2011
Reportsardines in Porto
Jamie from Stafford - 30th Aug 2011
ReportOn our honeymoon in the White Mountains, New England, USA we went to a local bar and was recommended their special of home masde ribs. Although they were fabulous it was the vegetable it cam with it that was amazing - they were called fiddleheads - locally picked and they looked just like little heads of bracken. They were so tender and delicious - but I've never had them since - look them up!
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