Chef Luke Mangan
SEALs Chef

Celebrity Chef Luke Mangan cooks Air, Sea and Land, and as Sir Richard Branson’s personal chef, might well be the first cook… read more
You really do need keep red wine in a ice slurry; that is in an ice bucket with sufficient water so it’s not chilling it down in the way we would treat a white wine, but just keep it cool and fresh, taking the edge of it.
The Serving Temperature of Pinot Noir in Southeast Asia

Inspiration for this piece originates with comments from Judy Finn, Neudorf Estate, who in their recent travels to Singapore and Bali had… read more
Felsina Singapore lunch crew - Giuseppe Mazzocolin, proprietor-winemaker of the legendary Chianti estate, Fattoria Felsina (centre) - from left, Wong Chek Leng (Singapore Airlines Air-Sommelier), Richard Gene AKA Sir Richard (Executive Chef Aman Resorts), Alex Calabro (Sommelier and Propietor of Casa Tartufo) and Chris James (Chianti addict)
Meat, Beer and Tuscan Wine

I wrote this piece for a Singapore magazine although it never made it to print. The editors wanted to change things, even… read more
Wee Nam Kee Hainanese chicken rice - A Singapore staple
The Best of Singapore – An Ang Mo’s View

For the uninitiated, The Wandering Palate website is for all intensive purposes, a blog of my disordered thoughts and utterances; incoherencies, mental… read more
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Chinese Lacquered Duck Shanghai style - but who and where is it Mick? We want to know...
Shanghai Duck Run and Red envelopes

Our Shanghai correspondent, Mick Knuppel, resurfaces and reports on the TarraWarra Estate Pinot Noir Australasia Duck Run
Forteto della Luja - www.fortetodellaluja.it
The Definitive Italian Vineyard – Forteto della Luja – Piedmont

One of my most intriguing wine discoveries – period – is Forteto della Luja, a family run property which is nothing short… read more
Andrew Blake
The Golfer’s Palate – Andrew Blake

There’s much more to golf than improving your swing and perfecting putting. Yes, there’s always that primal instinct of sport – the… read more
Dexter Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
Dexter Mornington Peninsula 2010 wines

Dexter is the eponymous label of Tod and Debbie Dexter, based at Merricks North on the Mornington Peninsula. The vineyard was established… read more
Route du Van
Wines from “Route du Van”

I’m not easily persuaded by the marketing department, but when I saw the Route du Van label, I had to try the… read more
Guy Savoy
Chateau le Puy Wine Dinners at Guy Savoy and Grand Hyatt – Singapore

The Amoreaux family, who have owned Chateau le Puy from father to son since 1610, will be in Singapore holding wine dinners… read more
Caroline Frey, oenologist and winemaker at Chateau La Lagune
Bordeaux or bust

The 2005 vintage is being hailed as among best of the past century but there is always plenty of spin involved. Wine… read more
Maha Middle Eastern Home Cooking
Maha Bar & Grill – Maltese Mediterranean inspired Middle Eastern Cuisine

The Wandering Palate Australian Correspondent, Andrew (Jenks) Jenkins, an indubitable ‘wandering palate’, goes on a Middle Eastern gastronomic peregrination and finds himself… read more
Singapore's Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck
For Canard – Our Cambodian Correspondent, Darren Gall, is Craving Duck

Our Cambodia correspondent, Darren Gall, says all this talk of the duck run has him craving for canard as he shares his… read more
Coriander Leaf Chef-Proprietor Samia Ahad and Sam Neill
Singapore’s Best Restaurant – Coriander Leaf

People are forever asking me, which is the best restaurant in Singapore. I prefer to answer it by saying I have many… read more
Patricia Gallagher, Steven spurrier & Odette Kahn 1976 tasting in Paris
Ridge of no return

The sensational results of a tasting in Paris more than 30 years ago forever changed the way American wines were considered, writes… read more
La Bratta 2007
Must-Have Wines Best of the Lunar Year – 2010 – Australian Red Wine of the Year

Australian Red Wine of the Year Arlewood La Bratta 2007 – Margaret River, Western Australia When was the last time you had… read more
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