Since you’ve been so good all week, we have a few treats up our sleeves to binge on this weekend. Feel like a cooking project? You bet we’ve got the right dish. Want to venture out for a new snack? We've got your back. In need of a social clip to laugh at? Even better!
Hope you’ve got an appetite because here is your weekly serving of what to read, eat, watch and feed this week in the world of the food-obsessed. Just bring yourself.
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When it comes to baking, “don’t burn it” is generally a pretty good rule to stick by. Unless you’re making this northern Spanish speciality, that is. This crustless cheesecake resembles a giant scorched Portuguese tart, and hails from the Basque region of northern Spain. Its origins can be traced to one restaurant, La Viña.
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This dessert is hot in all the right ways. Source: Getty Images
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Alan and Carol Han named their cafe after the founder of modern Singapore, , and started serving coffee and simple dishes like bacon and eggs. “But the name ‘Raffles’ caught the attention of students and local Asians and they started asking for and , food that relates to Singapore, so the place started changing and that’s how the journey began,” Alan says.
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The restaurant serves two types of char kway teow – like the Penang style, made with flat rice noodles. Source: Audrey Bourget
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Meet Eddie Huang. He went to law school, told jokes, opened a restaurant, wrote a bestseller and now he’s here, drinking burgundy in Burgundy and eating ancient foods in Istanbul. Huang’s World serves up the local cultures of the world with a bit of trash talk in between.
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Taste the Caribbean with Ainsley Harriott’s jerk chicken recipe. In the words of Ainsley, “’jerking’ is all about maximising flavour.” The marinade usually includes allspice and super-hot Scotch bonnet chillies, but they can be tweaked depending on your tastes.
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Source: Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen / Dan Jones
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Carrot guy – look out for him on the streets of Melbourne.
What in the world?!
Last week: Chocolate fried eggs – not fried.
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Chocolate fried eggs
Can you guess this dish? The answer will be revealed in next Friday’s instalment of Weekend Binge.
Hint: it's not meatballs. Source: SBS Food
