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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Type 1 diabetes didn't just affect Lucas Verhelst's body, it damaged his relationship with food - the substance that caused his blood sugar levels to soar. That all changed wh the 51-year-old became a vegan.
"I absolutely hated food. From 2014, all I was eating were steamed vegetables and four or five oysters a day which were very low in fat. I didn’t eat a whole lot of food outside of that because [every time I ate] my blood sugar levels would jump up too high and I had to inject insulin. My body would go into fight or flight and it became very traumatic."
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When Lucas Verhelst became a vegan in 2015, he learned to love food again. Source: Supplied
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The newest Bau Truong outpost at Darling Square is a fascinating collaboration between a mother schooled in traditional cooking and a son keen to push the boundaries of Vietnamese food.
Bau Truong serves deep-fried Vegemite banh mi and Vietnamese pizza. Source: Makers Dozen
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Essence of India
In India, street food is a highly developed cuisine all on its own, going back hundreds of years. Samira has her own take on the shammi kabab and turns them into mini burgers in her kitchen, before traipsing all over New Delhi in her Essence of India auto rickshaw devouring the hearty Samosa.
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It's hard to describe how good this dish is without using swear words. Welcome to a whole new world of mango!
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Ooh baby. Source: Lee Chan's World Food Tour
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This Turkish guy who usually makes humungo versions of meals making miniature versions.
What in the world?!
Last week: If you've ever been to IKEA you really should know what this one was.
THE BIG REVEAL
Rye crispbread
Now, the fun part. Can you guess this dish? The answer will be revealed in next Friday’s instalment of Weekend Binge.
Hint: it's not raw beef. Source: Ainsley Eats The Streets
