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Foodie travel

Mondrian Gold Coast’s seafood diner, Haven.

The Gold Coast’s best places eat and drink

The Gold Coast’s dining scene used to revolve around surf clubs. Now a throng of talented chefs has turned the region into a genuine foodie hot-spot.

  • Craig Tansley
Chilean shepherd’s pie, pastel de choclo tops spiced

This comfort-food dish is one of Chile’s favourites

What do you get when you cross cottage pie with empanadas, and multiply that by tamales with a touch of moussaka?

  • Ben Groundwater
Hangover cures

I’ve tried all the world’s hangover cures. Here are the 11 best

Almost every nation with an established drinking culture will also have an established ritual to mitigate the after-effects of that boozing.

  • Ben Groundwater
Surf n turf – elevated pub fare of yore.

The two indulgent parts of this dish have no right to go together

It’s a true luxury to pile one expensive ingredient on top of another. It first became popular among the nouveau riche in the 19th century. Now you can find it at the pub.

  • Ben Groundwater
Matsuyama Castle, one of Ehime’s main attractions.

The delightful region of Japan tourists haven’t discovered yet

More than 10 million visitors flocked to Kyoto last year, while this delightful region welcomed only 500,000.

  • Anthony Dennis
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At the markets in Helsinki.

Forget Copenhagen, this affordable foodie city flies under the radar

Helsinki doesn’t get the gourmet acclaim of its neighbours, but you can find exceptional food here at relatively affordable prices.

  • Rob McFarland
The essence of a unique dish… Cao Lau served in a street cafe in Hoi An.

The Vietnamese dish you won’t find in Australia (and can’t make yourself)

If you think it’s tricky finding specialist ingredients to cook authentic Vietnamese food at home, wait until you try this one.

  • Ben Groundwater
Malta is blessed with a multitude of attractions.

Food was never a highlight of this tiny European country – until now

This island nation is blessed with such an over-abundance of attractions, it’s hard to narrow down the highlights. Food is now on that list too.

  • Ute Junker
A feast for more than the eyes … Chongqing’s neon skyline.

Am I in The Matrix? Famously futuristic city is more than just neon

A train hurtles through a residential building; five-level motorways snake between mountainsides; communities are stacked vertically in an urban lasagne.

  • Tracey Spicer
The proof of an authentic British pub? It’s in the ploughman’s lunch.

This classic dish is rarely eaten by the people it’s actually named after

Walk into pretty much any pub across the UK and you’ll likely find this on the menu.

  • Ben Groundwater