TRAVEL WITH A BITE
June 7th, 2010EXCLUSIVE TO WANDERISM – Woody Allen once said, “Man does not live by bread alone. Frequently there must be a beverage.”
Bread, in its myriad forms throughout the world, is a dietary staple, unless, of course, you find yourself in Southeast Asia. When I lived in Singapore the only Westernized version of bread I could find was what Singaporeans called ’sandwich bread’. Thinly sliced, long loaves of heavily preserved white bread the consistency of plaster board. It was normally sold in the ’specialty’ aisles of chain markets along with wieners and macaroni and cheese, and rarely found in the kitchen.
But there are so many other tantalizing varieties of food available to the traveler in Southeast Asia that you quickly adjust your palate. In fact, one of the best aspects of travel in foreign countries is the ability to dive into the food and culture of the region.
Entree To Asia is a travel-based cooking TV series I produced a number of years ago. It still amazes me how, in Asian food culture, so little changes. What was true — and tasty — hundreds of years ago, remains so today. Food in Southeast Asia remains an important aspect of the travel experience, and so the two are not only interconnected, they each thrive on their diversity of ingredients.
With this post we start a new category here at Wanderism – Food & Travel. We’ve nibbled around the edges of this subject before — articles about Morocco and the Vancouver Olympics for instance — but this category will deal directly with the connections between the two, and why, in many cases they are inseparable. Also, where possible, we will be presenting entertaining video clips with those posts. Today is such a case.
Herewith, the TV series demo of Entree To Asia. I went on to write, produce and direct 26 half-hour episodes and a one-hour special for broadcasters around the world. In future posts we’ll show clips from shows in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong. Also, coming up we have clips on the food of Central America, including Belize. All exclusive to Wanderism visitors. Enjoy!
A Taste Of Asia from Wanderism on Vimeo.
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