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Food and wine

Beware the chequered tablecloth. It’s not usually a winner.

Don’t go there: 32 signs a restaurant should be avoided

There’s the Good Food Guide, but here’s Traveller’s Bad Food Guide – our comprehensive tips on dodging terrible meals when you’re travelling.

  • Ben Groundwater
McDonald’s in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, where there are plenty of other places to eat.

I don’t care if I’m elitist – some tourists are too tasteless to travel

If you come to Japan and find yourself at McDonald’s, you need to take a long, hard look at your reflection in that greasy wrapper.

  • Paul Marshall
Som Tam… don’t hold the spice.

Perfectly balanced, but this spicy salad is not for the faint-hearted

Order this South-East Asian dish “medium spicy” and prepare to have your world turned upside down.

  • Ben Groundwater
Lamb korrma… a dish that’s been remade, reinvented and ruined by the West.

The sublime Indian dish the West did its best to ruin

We’ve done terrible things to the food of India, making some dishes unrecognisable and completely fabricating others. One of these is korma.

  • Ben Groundwater
Street food being prepared at one of the many seafood stalls in the outer market of Tsukiji Fish Market.

Tokyo’s famous market closed in 2018. Except it’s still going strong

When the Tsukiji fish market closed, the outer market was expected to die – yet here we are today, shoulder to shoulder, queuing for grilled wagyu.

  • Ben Groundwater
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Lara and Massimo Bottura outside their boutique countryside hotel, Casa Maria Luigia in Modena.

Twelve incredible Italian food experiences for every season

Every region tells its story through vibrant flavours, long-held traditions and unforgettable experiences.

  • Maria Pasquale
The Sundays – a new boutique resort.

Everyone’s favourite Whitsunday island gets a hatted-chef restaurant

Catseye Pool Club in the new The Sundays resort features the distinctive cooking of the country’s pre-eminent seafood chef, Josh Niland.

  • Julietta Jameson
Linger all afternoon over a five-course lunch at The Zin House, Mudgee.

Country town with no traffic lights continues to top tourism awards

Wine, artisanal produce and bucolic scenery – you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the breadth of things to do, eat and drink over a long weekend in Mudgee.

  • Julie Miller
One thing at least is settled - this dish is delicious.

Part pizza, part smash burger, this delicious flatbread is controversial

Food is a wonderful thing, tied to history, culture and identity, but that also means it can be a source of controversy. Welcome to the world of lahmajun.

  • Ben Groundwater
Breakfast with a sea breeze on Oceania.

A surprise celebrity chef joined my Mediterranean cruise

Passengers never know before boarding who their on-board chef instructor will be, but there’s every chance they’ll find someone as fascinating as we did.

  • Katrina Lobley

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