So what does Bill Granger know about Asian food? Well, to be honest I wouldn’t have thought he’d know much about Portugal but his recipe for Portuguese custard tarts is one of the most delicious and used recipes ever. And it stands to say that Australians eat plenty of Asian food -and cook it too!
Bill’s Everyday Asian is a glossy hardback cookbook the simplifies Asian cooking-there are Chinese, Korean, Malaysian and Singaporean, Thai, Indonesian, Japanese, Vietnamese cuisines all in one book. Bill starts off explaining the basic Asian pantry ingredients and then follows with recipes like Thai green chicken curry, pork baguette with meatballs, Vietnamese pork chop, stir fried chilli pork, char-siu style barbecued pork ribs, beef rendang and bibimbap It’s more modern Australian Asian cuisine than hard core Asian cuisine but the recipes are mouthwatering nevertheless.
Thanks to Harper Collins, three lucky Not Quite Nigella readers will win a copy of Bill’s Everyday Asian valued at $49.99 each! For a chance to win all you have to do is tell me what is your favourite country for cuisine! Simply add your answer as a comment to the story. The competition ends at midnight AEST on the 25th of December, 2011. You can enter this competition once daily and it is open to anyone within Australia.
***The winners are:
Scott F. of Vic.
Clare L. of WA
Michael N. of NSW ***
Best of luck!
Lots of love,
Lorraine
xxx
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It sounds like an interesting cookbook!
Bill Granger is becoming very popular in Uk. He has been sharing recipes in Waitrose magazine (a popular supermarket magazine) Unfortunately i follow once his mushroom lasagne recipe and was awfull! But his asian recipe salads are very nice. The portuguese custards are a real delight!
Love Bill. My current favourite is Mexico. Complete comfort food for me is a big platter o Baja fish tacos, guacamole and a few cheeky margaritas.
Japan is my favourite country for cuisine.
A good bowl of ramen is my comfort food!
I am a big fan of Japanese food as I love sashimi and sushi (plus you feel more healthier eating this!) and recently I’m hooked on Vietnamese rice paper rolls with prawn or pork! I seriously need to learn how to make the dipping sauce and get rolling!
HI Lorraine, I adore Thai cuisine, the salty, sour, sweet contrasts are perfect to my palette.
La Belle France
My favourite country for cuisine is Italy (second favourite Asian)
This is my first time entering one of your competitions! My favorite cuisine is Italian.
I can’t go past Italian. Probably not very original, but the best!
I love Moroccan food, I would love to go there one day.
My fav country of cuisine is Italy! Full of healthy vegetables which i can sneak in to make sure kids get their fare share. Kids love it, and we adults just add some chillis on top and hubby and i enjoy it even more.
Hehe! I already have it! One it a few weeks ago here in London. Can highly rrecommend the spiced slow cooked pork shoulder with spring onion pancakes (page 136) and the tuna kebabs with crispy coleslaw (page 89)!
The whole book is a feast for the eyes and I have been trawling, plotting and planning with drool running down my chin!
PS: Fav cuisine would have to be Japanese – seasonal, flavorful and so very very fresh. KAMPAI!
i know the prize is an asian book but i have to say Italy – the fresh & simple foods, the desserts and of course the gelato. Though Thailand comes a close second, again for the fresh ingredients and fresh flavours.
I still like Australia best, because we have every cuisine here imaginable. We can eat like kings and queens here.
Thai food is definitely my favorite cuisine!
My favourite country for cuisine is Italy. You just can’t go wrong with any food from there, it’s all delicious.
Thailand – have been there many times and attended a cooking course in a typical Thai home. THe flavours are unbeatable, some strong, some subtle and somehow all together they create a tastebud adventure.
Ooh, love most Asian foods but can’t split Thai & Vietnamese. Yum.
Favourite that is a very difficult decision! I’ll go with Lebanese since I was blown away by a Lebanese feast I had in Dubai at a hotel, it sticks in my memory to this day!
Vietnam!
I love asian food and it is just too difficult to choose a favourite, but overall I probably lean towards chinese as it is the one I get to enjoy the least
I just love the freshness of flavours of Vietnamese cuisine.
Malaysia is my country of choice for cuisine, its truly a melting pot of different cultures and food. For breakfast you may have flaky roti canai with dhal to Hainnan chicken rice for lunch to Nasi Goreng for dinner and satay for dinner. Its great to go to a country where you see how much has mix and blended! cant wait to see how Australia will evolve over the years with the mix of different culture today. Malaysia is truly Asia! is my choice
Has to be ITALY!
Great comp! Love Bills recipes. My answer is : Italian and Chinese equally tied.
Japan – I lived there for a year as a teenager and now make sushi or okonomikayi or a noodle dish a couple of times a week.
Thai for me. I live in a rural area but we have two amazing thai restaurants when friends from the city visit most of them say its the best they’ve tasted. I couldn’t say them same from most of the places to eat out around here!
I ADORE Japanese food. I’ve been lucky enough to travel to Japan a few times, and pretty much all I do is eat.
Ramen, tempura, katsu, sushi, I love the lot.
Hopefully I’ll be making a trip back soon. Last time I had a list of all the food I wanted to eat while I was there and only barely crossed everything off!
I seriously enjoyed the food in China. Of course some places are far better than others but there was always a LOT of variety. In one year there I was still finding new tastes and ways of cooking to try.
Singapore for me! It has always had a foodie culture. They say some eat to live but Singaporeans live to eat!
Oh,that’s too hard, to choose just one. My favourite recipes on high rotation at home come from all over the globe.
Eureka, that’s it, just as you said Lorraine, it’s Modern Australian, meaning food from all over the world, adapted to our tastes and ingredients and lifestyle. Anything goes!
Bernadette
It would have to be Australia because we offer and have cuisines from all over the world! I love Bill Granger’s Cheat’s Chips which was published in a newspaper article some years ago. His recipes are simple to follow and that makes it more likely that you will cook it.
Still has to be Thai. Love the fresh flavours and herbs.
My favourite country for cuisine is Australia of course because we offer the best of cuisines from around the world. Bill Granger’s recipes are so easy to follow, we have been cooking his Cheat’s Chips, which we found in a newspaper article, for years.
What a fabulous cook book! I do particularly love how Australians have adapted Asian recipes to suit out palette! having lived in Japan and Singapore, I would say I’m a big fan of Japanese food. I’m a Sushi and sashimi fan and freshly made seafood and sweet potato tempura is to die for. I know you’re Singaporean, and I do attempt most dishes here, but my favourite is most definitely Japanese! When I come back to Oz at Christmas I’m booked in to eat Yum Cha too, who wouldn’t love that! I’d love to win a copy of Bill’s Asian and bring it back with me to Sing!
Favourite country for cuisine has got to be Japan for me! Absolutely amazing!
I love the fresh flavours of Vietnamese cuisine.
Malaysia!
Massive Thai fan, followed closely by Spanish.
I’m desperate to visit both countries to do cooking classes and learn some tricks of the trade. This book sounds interesting. 
Japan. I love my japanese food, and you there is plenty here!
Singapore, you cannot beat the variety, the prices, the deliciousness! Vida
Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorraine – You’ve set your foodie followers a herculean task. Having lived and worked in quite a few countries (tho’ only a handful or two overall), I had a real challenge in singling out just one cuisine. For me it’s between China and Vietnam – the former because of its incredible diversity and depth; the latter because of its wonderful freshness, flavours and lack of pretense. In the end though, the gong goes to China, as it offers a never ending food journey that is unequaled. And, as a first post, thank you so much for your unceasing contributions towards making this world a better and more enjoyable place.
If I have to pick one, it will have to be Japan. There is so much more to just sushi and sashimi. Eating in Japan is an artform in itself.
Vietnam baby!
If my pants are getting a bit tight then Japanese and Vietnamese for sure…. But if I want to splurge I can’t go past Italian! I love bill’s cookbook and this one is next on my wishlist! Combines two of my favorite things- bill granger + Asian cooking!
My current obsession is Vietnamese cuisine. We recently moved into an area replete with low key eateries serving vast bowls of soups and stews and noodle dishes and we have been eating out and trying to recreate the dishes at home. I am loving every minute of it.
Oh it’s so hard to just choose one! I adore Japanese for it’s simple but clean flavours, Korean for it’s fiery hot chilli influences and abundance of garlic and finally Malaysian as that’s where my family’s from and there’s nothing like a good laksa to make a cold and rainy day seem not so bad after all!
My favourite cuisine italian but have never been. Australia has an array of different cultures and the food is wonderful. thanks for a chance
Wow, hard to choose between Singapore or Thailand. I think Singapore will take first choice cos of all the different types of food you can eat all day long.
Oh, what a prize
! I love Bill Granger’s recipes, as they are of simple sophistication: you know you are cooking and eating something special, but there is no fuss or bother attached!! Favourite country for food: I would say Vietnam – have wanted to go there to eat, eat, eat for ages, as there are so many cultural influences at play. HOWEVER, I also have to go along with ‘gummy baby’ as Australians, more than any other nationality methinks, are putting our magnificent produce to good use in truly international fusion cooking 
! With Bill Granger’s help, in this case!!
Interesting, who knew bill granger would have such a great custard tart recipe! I find it hard to choose, & while I do love Asian cuisine (mass generalisation), my favourite is Italian
Heidi xo
My favourite Asian cuisine country is Thailand.
American – Califorian to be exact. Amazing fresh produce, seafood, mexican influences… Best eaten dining alfresco.
Mexican! Yuuuuum! Love it! I predict it’s going to be Australia’s next cuisine obsession. It works so perfectly for our climate.
I also adore ‘real’ Southern cooking. Not the awful cool-whip and packaged-food ingredients stuff. I have a book called The Glory of Southern Cooking that is so deatiled and everything in it is just divine.
One favourite of all the countries in the world?? Tough choice but I think for me it would have to be Indian.
Malaysian at the moment. Just love all the fresh ingredients especially in curries.
Without a doubt Thai food. Except for dessert… In which case it’s French .. Yum!
Japanese cuisine is for me. My daughter-in-law makes the best Japanese curry for us – delicious, delectable and damn good tucker for us Aussies.
If you could call Australian a cuisine (not the tradition bush tucker, pavlova, lamingtons, meat pies etc, but the food we eat everyday) it would definitely be that. Here in Australia we are blessed with diversity and multiculturalism, so much so that stir-fries, enchiladas and tacos, sushi, nasi goreng, bangers and mash and hamburgers become OUR food.
Japanese…no, wait…
Italian…ummmm,
Greek…ooh,ooh,
Spanish…
Oh, I give up, I just LOVE great tasting food.
Spain, especially cuisine from the Basque region. There are a number of excellent Spanish restaurants here in Melbourne, but nothing beats joining the throngs of people partaking in the glutton art form that is txikiteo (a pinxtos or tapas crawl).
vietnamese for shiz!
love pho for breakfastlunch or tea.
if only Bill had a quick way of making pho broth WITHOUT shin bones in my kitchen….
French for me. A good baguette with a slab of butter is fabulous any time of the day! Croissants, creme brûlée, slow braised meats, peasant stews oh my Lordy! Thank god for French food!
I would love to learn how to do Malaysian food. My husband works for Malaysia airlines and frequently travels there and rings me (making very jealous) to tell me the yummy meal he tried that night. We also went to the Perth royal show and we watched a cooking demonstration from a local malaysian chef and the food was so easy to make and it was yummy!!!
Thai
Vietnam! Love the contrast in flavours and the addition of lots of fragrant herbs
I can’t decide! There are too many wonderful flavours in the world. I would have to choose my Siti’s amazing Lebanese out of family loyalty but every cuisine gets its chance in my kitchen!
It’s really hard to choose a single cuisine…. Japanese, Korean, Thai, Indian, Chinese, Malay… it really depends upon the mood. Their subtle differences delight and give such a rich palette of flavours. Just today my tastebuds crave Japanese….
Oh no I can never answer this question! I’ll have to go for top three in no particular order – Italian, Mexican and Asian (leaning towards Thai).
I would have to say Modern Australian is my favourite.
What’s your pleasure today? take your pick – we have it all!
Bill Grainger is a wonderful ambassador for Australia. My favourite cuisine is definitely Thai food.
Cheers
Hamley Bridge
South Australia
I have to say Malaysian, because it offers three types of cuisines together (Malay, Chinese, and Indian are the main influences, even Portuguese). And yes! I’m Malaysian. What’s better than to own an Asian cookbook. That way I can cook up an Asian meal after long day at uni or after hours of salvery for my assignments,and of course eating within budget :p
My favourite country for cuisine would be Singapore. Having been lucky enough to live there a few years in my youth, it uses every influence around it’s borders in food and has such an appreciation and joy in cooking and eating that incorporating new ideas and ways of combining food and flavours that you are never disappointed and always surprised by what you eat!
Love Bill’s cooking – hard to choose but for pure comfort has to be British – Bill did show with weekends in UK
ANY cuisine is great, provided it uses fresh raw ingredients and interesting sauces, herbs and spices
Vietnamese, for sure!
Has to be Singapore the melting pot of SE Asia
I love the whole Asian fusion concept for meals to delight, The blend of Asian flavours and seasonal produce is just right.
Love Bill
Love Japanese too
Thailand
I love Thai food! So yummy and pretty to look at.
I love Bill’s recipes. My boyfriend and I were talking about this only the other day – we realised that no matter which city we’re in, all over the world, we are always drawn to Japanese restaurants. It seems to be our no-fail, go-to! We particularly love sushi and sashimi,I also tried a Japanese style beef tartare in a restaurant in Sydney which was unbelievable (in a good way!)
Italy because I simply LOVE pizza and pasta!
I love to cook desserts and have generally leaned towards European-based food, largely to the expense of delicious Asian food.
For dessert cuisine, I can’t go past French with its excessive use of butter, chocolate and sugar. For savoury food, I would say simple fresh Italian cuisine reigns supreme for me.
I can make a croquembouche and macarons, but if I were asked to cook a Thai or Chinese dish, I would fail miserably. This sort of book would be a good introduction to Asian cooking and flavours.
I adore Thai food, but my partner doesn’t like the spice of it. Didn’t stop him from taking me to Thailand to propose though
Thai food is always going to remind me of that night xx
Bill knows everything about food – and that smile – a winner all round!
I could eat Italian every night of the week. The rich sauces & pastas in particular. I must remember “food is not love”. Who am I kidding? It’s my first love.
Definitely Italian because they focus on few but quality ingredients, and stay with the season.
I love Greek food at the moment after being there earlier this year – it’s perfect summery relaxing food, with a glass of wine or two obviously!
Thai is also a stock standard in our house too, it never tastes quite as good as when you are there though.
GREECE!! I’d give my left arm to be Greek, everything they cook up is to die for.
Lithiania. Delicious, hearty, filling meals. I am lucky to have grown up enjoying them, now making these meals for my own family.
Japan! I love the fresh ingredients and beautiful presentation!
ITALY – so much variety, so many delicious combination’s.
I’m going to sound like such a bogan but, today, America. I’ve been craving their dairy-free peanut butter ice cream like a fiend lately
Spanish for me, the pinxtos of the basque country my very favourites.
YAY! I’ve been waiting to buy this book
My favourite country for food would have to Korean! I love the all the spicy food and the stews
Current favourite cuisine is TURKISH. My sister is currently visiting there and emailing me details of all the delicious dishes my niece is cooking for her. I can’t wait to go and stay with her.
McDonald’s! Nah, just kidding. Love Thai food, with Indian a close second.
Vietnamese is by far my choice when marooned on a desert island. Its impossible to tire of the fresh, clean and herbal flavours of their both delicious and healthy cuisine.
I cant resist Japanese food at the moment, after went to Sushi Train, Im in Sushi heaven! Absolutely amazing, love and will always love Sushi for life!
My favourite is Vietnamese food. All their cooking seems to be based around freshness and it give me this wonderful clean feeling when I eat their food.
Has to be Vietnamese at the moment because of the combination of sweet, sour, salty and spicy flavours and the addition of fresh herbs and greens!
I love Bill Grangers cooking show on television.Would really love to have his cookbook so I dont have to scribble his recipes down anymore.
My favourite country by far is Vietnam for cooking!
It’s a toss up between Chinese and Japanese for sure but who can really decide?
I just love Japanese and Thai!
Japan.
The obsession for perfection, the place where all one shop sells is one or two items that is done perfectly, shows their obsessive compulsive behaviour towards the ultimate dish.
My favourite cuisine is the Australianised versions of many other countries cuisine.
Chinese, Thai, Italian, Vietnamese etc etc having eaten it there I like the versions here a little better.
Funniest comment I’ve ever heard of was where some American tourists in China were complaining about how the Chinese food back home was certainly better.
Simply put, Italy has to be my favourite. Why? Because it’s my background and what I enjoy cooking and learning from my mum. When I visited Italy a few years ago, I stayed with relatives who live in a small country town. What they cooked everyday for us was magnificent. Even an ordinary bowl of penne tasted extraordinary, maybe because they make their own passata, grown in their field, which overlooks a valley with mountains, topped off with fresh basil. The laid back culture made everything more indulgent. Ahh, that’s the life. It only lasted a few weeks, but it is something I will treasure for life
My favourite (and it is hard to choose) is Malaysia – the combination of Indian, Malay and Chinese cuisines plus all the hybrid and crossover versions makes for endless great food opportunities – I found myself writing a ‘tick list’ last time we went (in August) to make sure i got to eat all my faves and a few new ones of course….I do love Bill’s recipes – always work, and usually simple and family friendly for the time poor cook!
Bill,s Everyday Asian.
I will get the best of both worlds.
to be honest, I love food from everywhere! but the classic for me is always France!
Ahhh,… I wish I was Australian! darn… XD
Sounds like an interssting piece of work. Foreigners cooking other nationalities food add THE touche to a dish. Maybe it is like that because as foreigner you know that you have to make it perfect and detailed to the original or nobody will take u sirious. but thats how I see it…
just one country mmm now that is hard I love all food – authentic Italian always reminds me of my time living in Roma fresh produce simple dishes big flavorsome yum my mouth is watering just thinking of it time for dinner
I have so many but would have to say Italian. Think wood fired piza, homemade pasta, seafood, vino and nutella! Yum
If there was a rule put on us that we had to choose one cuisine to eat for the rest of our lives, I think I would contemplate severe depression. We are so lucky that the world is turning into a melting pot of flavours I love it all. So sorry dear NQN writer I just couldn’t make that sort of choice.
Okay, I’m being a complete cheat considering I won the Bill’s Basics book competition last year (and I actually used it tonight, so it gets a good workout!), but you gotta be in it to win it!
I think every culture has something unique to offer. I love bits and pieces from all cultures worldwide. However, after having spent three weeks in Italy this year, I gotta say, they just… get food. Not even just the carbs – every day, I miss the unbelievable coffee (Gloria Jeans just don’t cut it anymore), the caprese salads, the fresh fruit made delicious by the Tuscan sun, the gelato… *Sigh* I really have to go back.
Malaysian – Nothing beats a good Laksa – the beauty being you can use add so many different ingredients so it appeals to your individual taste & style … mmmmm.. coconut chilli goodness!
I love Thai with lots of chilli
but then there is also Italian, Mexican, Indian…. Yum!
Wow..what a following you have Lorraine!! 110th comment..briefly fav food? Spanish at the moment as I love the ingredient combinations especially as a tapas. I can savour a variety of dishes with the wine without the guilt trip that usually follows when eating out. Preparing Asian food has always intimidated me a little. OK… a lot !! So Bill Granger’s cookbook would definitely ignite some confidence as I need all the help I can get!!!
It’s Japanese fare.The simplicity of cooking and wonderful variety of tastes… can one say more!
Singapore for its variety and its 24 hr food courts!
My favourite would have to be Moroccan. Every time I breathe in the heady aroma of those spices, I am instantly transported back in time to a world of bustling spice markets, and heroic travels.
Too hard to choose! Tie between France and Singapore..with Italy and Greece a very close second..
Thai food would have to be one of my favourites, quite possibly because of the nostalgia attached to both the food and Thailand itself. I had a wonderful holiday with my now husband on our way home from living in the UK.
Nothing will ever beat Pad Thai from a small street vendor on a back street in Bangkok.
Tough choice! Loving mexican food at the moment though
Very hard to choose – there’s so much great food out there, Indian, French, Thai, but I think I’d have to choose Italian.
Vietnamese hands down, tonnes of fresh herbs and balanced flavours…. I could eat the same dish everyday for a week and never tire of it
France – not only is it healthy, leads to longevity which makes it wise!
It’s hard to choose between Vietnam and Thailand – but if I have to choose it would be Vietnam – all those fresh herbs!
I would have to say Thai. I go out to eat at Thai restaurants most often, as I find the food the hardest to replicate @ home.
I looove Bill.
Japan! Love sushi
Having lived in Malaysia in the early 80′s and travelling extensively throughout Asia, I have developed an intense craving for malaysian food such as laksa, spinach blachan, nonya dishes, indian flavour integrated within the malaysian style, noodle and rice curry dishes that have a distinctive and special smell and flavour that once tasted, saturates the taste buds like an addictive substance.
Aussie food. Fresh, multicultural, laidback. Nothing beats a cultural food mash up and cold beer in summer
My favourite would have to be Argentine cuisine…it warms my heart
Japanese (still after all these years!)
Food in vietnam was probably my favourite eating experience so far, so many great tasting food memories often from places that looked questionable! but always fresh and amazing. We selected where we bought our house in sydney in part due to the large proportion of vietnamese restaurants nearby and the promise of fabulous local eating.
Love Japanese food, always beautifully presented & most of it is healthy.
I love genuine fresh Japanese food!
Indian for me… I adore curry.
Thai is my current favourite cuisine. Love the coriander, chilli, lemongrass combination.
viet is so fresh and tangy <3
Now that I am going to be back in Australia permanently I can enter! My vote goes to Thai. Love the spicing and the bold flavours.
Thai! But I am not very confident in cooking Asian food myself yet so I need to practice. And I <3 Bill Grangers food so I would get so much use out of this.
That’s a very tricky question. However if I could only eat one international cuisine for the rest of my life I think it would have to be Italian for its’ diversity and reliance on fresh seasonal produce.
I love all the Asian Cuisines, but my favourites would be Thai and Vietnamese. Simply heaven to the taste buds
Turkish food is probably at the top at the moment but it changes all the time. One of the best things about living in a city in Australia- you can have a different favourite every week
Malaysian Food is my fav!
If I had my choice it would be Italy.
Such a hard question! It would probably have to be Italian.
THAI FOOD – in short, it’s fresh, fragrant and fabulous!
italian hands down simply bellisimo!
Definitely Thailand ever since attending a delightful cooking school on the river just out of Bangkok.
Italy! I love wholesome & rustic food & Italian food can do easily be that!
As 156 person I want to state Bill is 15600000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 :the best!
Love indian food. The spices and curries used in this style of cooking are so unique. I am vegetarian so love all the vegie recipes.
Malaysia – the aroma of their curries is to die for
My favourite is Malaysia, my mother’s family is from there, they have the most wonderful eclectic mix of flavours
Hi Lorraine, MY favourite might be a bit obscure but I love Irish food! Any country that can bounce back from the crippling potato famine to be offering the calibre of modern irish cuisine to be found there now, just has to be a favourite!
Oh gosh for me you can;t beat Italy, I am a carb addict so all that pasta and pizza is bliss to me!
Ooh almost forgot Japanese, LOVE Japanese!
Our fave cuisine is Eithiopian. Love the different flavours, textures and the homeliness of eating with your hands.
Malasian, love it
Thailand is my choice, it has it all- fresh salads, rich curries, and everything in between. Yumm…
My current favourite cuisine is Cambodian. I love, love, love all that lemongrass and fresh flavours.
Malaysian food! There’s chinese, malay, indian, peranakan, local indigenous, portugese. Each state has their specialty as well!!
MY FOOD is my favourite, because it can be from anywhere or everywhere. It may not be Michelin, but I have not killed anyone yet. So it can be what ever country I want to visit at any given time. We are so lucky to have such a strong international influence and great ingredients available.
I do love Bill!
India has my heart (and tummy!) at the moment… I can’t go past a beautiful fragrant curry, fluffy garlic-y naan and the super sweet, sugar syrup drenched jalebi. I’m even willing to withstand the hiccups from the fresh chilli!
Greece
Spain is fantasic
Thailand
Years ago, I went on a trip to Thailand and became besotted with the food. I now constantly go to thai Restaurants and cook with lime and corriander and any thing else that gives those beautiful ‘Thai’ flavours!
I have two favorites. Vietnamese food and Laos because all their dishes are so fresh and healthy.
Vietnamese has been a favorite cuisine of mine, even before it became so popular in Australia! I love the simple, but complex flavours.
Hi Lorraine, I love Bill’s recipes … The Portugese tart recipe is a regular favourite … So easy! My favourite cuisine to cook is Italian and to eat out I currently crave Japanese
That’s a toughie but i’d have to say vietnamese. I love the richness of pho’s and with the addition of bean sprouts, mint and basil it adds such a lightness to the dish. So good in winter and summer!!
Japan has to be my country of choice. The food is amazing and I cant wait to get my butt over there and OD on sushi and sashimi haha
Malaysian food. Love the mix of different cultures and spices. Would love to see Bill’s take of it.
USA – the great melting pot.
Vietnamese cuisine is just wonderful. Its use of fresh tasty ingredients just give it a complete ‘zing’ that other country’s foods just can’t match. After having eaten it there, its really tough to find anything as good!
This has been said a million times before, but Italy, particularly in the south near Tropea offers the freshest produces to make a delightful dish of homemade pasta simply served with local tomatoes!
Vietnam. The flavours are so light and fresh, and the contrast between sweet and sour is always a wonderful surprise for the tastebuds. Vietnamese food is also generally healthy and makes you feel like you are nourishing yourself well when eating it.
My favourite food is from Thailand.
Italy!
Okay, I have spent wayyyy to much time deliberating on this, so I’m going to say Mediterranean Food. ( I know, I know, it’s not a country….but you know what I mean right? );-)
I dont think I could choose – too hard, I LOVE good fresh food from any country.
But I love fresh tastes, esp in summer so Asian food, wins at the mo.
My favourite country for cuisine is Oz itself – through our immigrants, we have brilliant food of all types right here in Oz. You just have to know the hits from the misses.
vietnam
As I live in tropical Queensland I can grow things like ginger, galangal and lemongrass in my garden I am experimenting with thai cooking a lot. I am off to meet up with my daughter in Malaysia after Christmas though so that might just be a close second! It would be lovely to have this book to experiment some more.
Dear Lorarine
I tried Bill’s recipe of Portuguese tarts posted by you and absolutely loved it. I ate countless of these when I was in Macau last year and it’s great to get such a simple recipe for it.
Favourite cuisine? That’s a hard question. But Macanese food is up there on my list. As the review you did earlier on it, it’s a great combination of (very) different foods around the world. :>
xx
Ravel
Hard to pin it down to one but I would probably have to stick with Vietnamese – simple, fresh, healthy and affordable to prepare – just like Bill’s recipes
Such a tough question, but probably Thai. Followed by Japanese, Vietnamese, Italian, French, Swiss, and Australian Fusion.
Oh, how I heart Bill Granger
Thai would have to be my favourite – Pad see-ew and I can never resist a Thai Mixed Entree!
Japanese!! I could eat Japanese food every day of the week, and conveniently so thanks to the lovely little Japanese restaurant around the corner from my house. MmMmMmMmmmm
My current love if I must choose a cuisine is Vietnamese, I have always enjoyed it, however after visiting Vietnam earlier this year my husband and I are addicted to Pho Bo!
Greece! Love kabak, dolmades, sis tavuk, with sides of yummy yoghurt sauces and fresh crisp salades with light oily dressing. Yummmmmmm.
Malaysian Everyday, Yes Please
I love Italian cooking – the infusion of tomato sugo and herbs combined with melt-in-the-mouth meat is delicious.
Thai food is my fave by far , light ,fresh ,colourful, flavours to boot , coconut cream,coriander..yum.Im drooling just thinking about Thai fishcakes with cucumber and sweet chilli sauce followed by Thai red curry chicken and finish with sticky rice and mango….Would love to learn more about other asian cultures and foods too.
I love spicy but not too hot – Thai (Green Chicken Curry and Pad Thai, Asian in General (anything Satay)and then Indian (Rogan Josh, even a nice mild Korma).
I have recently become obsessed with Israeli food.
Thanks
I’d say Chinese, Japanese, or Italian. It’s probably because I eat them quite often and as a kid. But if I had to say ONE, Chinese.
Italian, every time.
I love Greek food, so yummy. Would love to be able to go there one time and eat locally.
Love Bill Granger’s Portuguese Custard Tart Recipe, it’s been a hit a many BBQ’s and I always get asked to bring them!
Favourite cuisine, it’s a tough battle between Thai and Mexican but I think Thai would have to win!
Mmmm… Portuguese custard tarts! Yum.
I love Vietnamese. We have Vietnamese friends who come over and cook for us. It’s just beautiful food.
Thailand wins, hands down. Love all their curries, and variety of flavours in soups and stirfrys.
Bill is great- so down to earth but very creative!!!
Italian:-)
Malaysian – can’t beat the taste of home
I fell inlove with Vietnamese cuisine when travelling when back packing from Saigon to Hanoi.
I love Korean food, love the unique spice they use and the cute little dishes they serve with the main meal. Bibimbap is one of my all time favourite comfort food and OMG I’d love a copy of this book so I can try Bill’s recipe for bibimbap!
Japanese food. Love the 1000 subtle flavours. Seriously, what else could you want when you can have the umami hit :p
My favourite cuisine at the moment is Vietnamese. Yum!
I have some many favourite countries that it is hard to choose. They differ based on the weather, what is fresh etc. But I love pasta, so will have to put Italian here (but that may be influenced by we are having pasta for dinner tonight and I am looking forward to it already)
Hard choice! My first instinct was to say Thai, but on reflection I will have to say Italian. I love the flavours, the passion, the care that epitomises Italian cuisine.
India, hands down!
What could be better than sharing the absolute joy of fresh homemade food & wine with friends and family…? Italian cuisine wins hands down!
Hard to pick one favorite cuisine. Vietnamese is so refreshing. Japanese is so fresh. Mexico is so fun. India, Middle East, and Turkey is so full of spice!
Thai – alot done badly, but when it’s good it’s fantastic.
Lots to choose from … but thai if my pick everytime … love the punch of flavours and the use of fresh herbs … just devine really … and doable for the home cook too
Vietnamese… But so many good ones (Thai, Japanese, Italian, Mexican…)
Definitely anything asian and I’m really hankering after Bill’s new book. I have all his others but am on a cookbook buying freeze so winning it would be the perfect solution to my dilema. Pick me, pick me.
I think Bill Grainger is very talented, my favourite at the moment is Vietnamese food. Its so light and the different tastes really take on another dimension
Malaysian food is great i love all the stalls making fresh food the smells and atmosphere and so cheep and lots of vegetables, our kids loved the food when we were in Malaysia.
Japan, definately Japan! The cuisine balances such delicate and delicious flavours and the meticulous presentation really appeals to me. I am also a bit partial to Thai and Spanish food too!
Wow, love Bill’s food. My favourite cuisine is still good old Japanese, so healthy and simple, but Thai comes a close second. Would love to win this book, so ashamed I’m Asian, but can’t cook anything Asia (even though I make macraons and do not-bad Italian!!!!!!)
just had the best sushi today@!!!!!
I love Italian cuisine….
I love Japanese food. Love izakayas. So relaxed and perfect for a group of friends to order lots of dishes to share
Why narrow it down to one country – surely that’s the point – the world really is our oyster these days.
I love Chinese food. Just like Anthony Bourdain once famously said: “If you were to cook a Chinese dish a day, you couldn’t finish in 1,000 years”. The cuisine has such a long history. And there are so many variations of it depending on which part of the country you are in.
france! french food is so varied. basically everything i love – the french do it best.
My Mum’s desserts – oops is that a country or a cuisine?? Her crumbles, apple pies and cakes were a child’s best friend!
Just love northern Indian cuisine. Great winter warmer and can be good for you.
beautiful inspiring book, I already have & LOVE it, would dearly love a copy for my sista
Italian all the way:-)
This looks like a superb cookbook one I could definetly get into.
Have followed and love BILL’S recipes ( all cuisines). Have All the books Bill’s published. Would love on next trip to Sydney to dine at Bills. This book will be on my wish list for Xmas>
My Favourite is Australian. I walk down the streets of Melbourne and there is a little bit of everything, every cuisine possible, and it’s all world class… (So basically, i just love food)
I love Chinese food, especially Cantonese food. The Authentic version you get in restaurants in China. Although I have to admit I’m also a fan of Aussie Chinese :p
I live Indian food, mostly for the variety of cuisines available.
if i only had one choice of crusine for the rest of my life it would be thai,i could never get sick of those flavours mmm
Vietnamese – particularly pho. I love the clean, fresh taste of the broth which differs in each region, and the ability to add the rest of the ingredients to taste.
Thailand is my favourite country for cuisine. Their food is so fresh, flavoursome and colourful. the smell and look of the food alone make you want to tuck in
My current favourite is food from Laos!
Japan, I love raw fish and vegies
Thai – So fresh, so clean tasting, so quick & delicious. My best thai has been in the most obscure and small restraunts in Aus country towns, Thai village, thai beach shacks. Good Thai is better then 80% other cuisines cooked in amazing restraunts
Had the best Japanese today:-)
I love Japanese food – okonomiyaki, sushi and green tea ice cream are dishes that never fail me as a dinner host!
I love Sichuan Food (Mapo Tofu is one of my favorite dishes of all time).
Especially the dishes that make you start sweating from the heat, and then numb your whole face into submission.
I love Japanese food. So fresh and clean, yet full of flavour. I never knew teriyaki was so easy to made at home – and if you like, you can add a bit of garlic to the sauce for a special taste.
Britain – all those nice steamed puds,sticky toffee pudding, treacle tart, apple crumble, Cumberland Rum Nicky, Bakewell Tart, etc.
It would have to be a tie between Italy and Vietnam. The difference though is that I can cook Italian food but can’t cook Vietnamese! I would absolutely love one of Bill’s books to help me!
Japanese is my favourite, it’s simple yet complex at the same time. It’s got so much variations and history behind each dish and generations have perfected the cooking. Italian is a close second for the same reason.
chinese noodles. spagetti, pork mince, sliced carrot, shallots, garlic and ginger with soy sauce. YUM
I can’t go past good Thai food. Yummy!
Hi,
I love Bill Granger’s recipe books – all the recipes work really well and are simple to execute.
My latest favourite food is Cambodian. After a visit to Siem Reap, and eating lots of salads, amongst other dishes, it’s now my absolute favourite, especially banana flower!
With 2 grandchildren born in China, I love all things Chinese, including its superb food.
Vietnamese, clean fresh healthy vibrant flavours. Hands own for years.
I love Italian food, made with fresh ingrediants and enjoyed with family and friends.
Have just recently experienced some of the best food in
Cambodia. The fresh crab with kampot pepper, best ever rice paper rolls and some great curries. Beautiful people,beautiful food.
I absolutely love greek foods – mainly their desserts!!
Thai – ‘Satay’sfaction’s guaranteed all the time!
Italian – i’m a ‘pasta’-master at eating spaghetti!
I just love southern Indian food.. Chaat masala or masala dosa is my all time comfort food! This type o food is so unknown to Aussies… But by far the better version of local Indian take out.
I loved the German breakfasts of brewed black coffee, boiled eggs,fresh mini bread rolls, cheeses, salami and an array of other sliced meats.
Japan
China
Thai wins hands down as my favourite to eat and to cook. I love the freshness and complexity of flavours – sweet, sour, salty, spicy. When balanced just right the come together to create one incredible eating experience! And so fun to cook. Minimal dishes and gotta love fine tuning those flavours at the end.
Love Thai food
One of my favourite eat-out or takeaway cuisines is Indian food. I love the rich flavours of curries but I find it quite difficult to cook as I have no idea about all the different spices they use!
Vietnam is definitely my favorite for cuisine as it offers the best of both worlds – the contrasting sweet/salty/sour/hot of Asia and the beautiful elegance of French. And, I can eat as much as I want without gaining weight!
singapore – so much diversity! malaysian, chinese, indian food, great street food, scrupulously clean and the prices – oh my! i couldn’t eat everything in a year if i tried!
Mmm Mexican!
seafood!!!!
Mexican food
My favourite country for cuisine is japan. i can’t find anything in japanese cuisine that i don’t like also japanese cuisine made up of most of my favourite dishes-takoyaki, ramen, sushi, sashimi. not forgetting their sweets and biscuit and snacks and sake!
I just love the range of food in Hawaii, where Polynesian and Asian influences sit happily alongside, and sometimes blend with, American and European cuisine- and with such wonderful fresh produce to work with – local fish and beef and pork, pineapples and coconuts and ginger.
Love Thailand their food is the best
I can’t stay away from the pasta from Italy.
I love Malaysian food for it’s richness and va-voom variety of flavours – it’s extremely emotive and nurturing. I love to eat in Japan for the incredible attention to detail and sensitivity in flavour combining. It is the only cuisine that truly leaves me feeling “healthy” after eating it. So, my heart says Malaysian and my head says Japanese. My stomach loves BOTH!
The world – all food have not found a cuisine yet that I do not like.
Vietnamese – I am drooling just thinking about it
Thai Thai Thai! Love it, and perfect for summer.
I am loving Spanish food at the moment. A good chorizo and bean stew or a delicious fish dish! Yum!
Look forward to seing his Thai flavours.
I’ve been flicking through Bill’s latest cookbook in the local bookshop and salivating. I love his simple, fresh, layback style.
Oooh, I have so many, it’s hard to choose. But my number one choice has to be Mediterranean – so much fresh produce to choose from to create a meal: feta, olives, tomatoes, olive oil… and of course to finish the meal off Coffee!
I love the mixture of flavours and cultures when in Hong Kong. Fantastic Asian food to experiment with.
Right now it is the cuisine of the US – in particular the Southern US States which focuses on Creole and Cajun flavours but also as I can sneak in desserts with peanut butter, pumpkin and of course brownies! Nom nom nom.
Mexican! We have a new local Mexican place can’t wait to try it!
Last week Italian, this week Vietnamese. So much beautiful food, it’s hard to choose.
“Australian” food. Because we are lucky to have so many cultures in one area means we are spoiled for the amount of variety we can try. But ever since I went to Japan, and had authentic Japanese food, I am yet to find a place to give me that ‘wow’ factor like I got when I ate in Japan. *sigh*
Can’t go past my heritage, Malaysian food!
Mine is Japanese, because it’s got a whole variety of fresh food and their appreciation and technique with seafood and sashimi is amazing and something able to share amongst friends. LOVE it!
After reading your Vietnam post I’m thinking Vietnamese food might be one of my fav…:>
Still vietnamese
Thai food – so light and tasty.
What an awesome cookbook to have with so many different cuisines to choose from! Japanese food is one of my favs, it’s so fresh & often simple but delicious!
Thai or Vietnamese flavours work for me
My favourite country for cuisine is hands down Italy..no other country does hospitality like the italians!
Love all Asian but feeling like Thai today
Thai is my favourite cuisine but other Asian dishes follow not far behind
I think living next door to Newtown for so many years and being able to pop over at any time for a late lunch or dinner has irreparably biased me in favour of Thai food
. It’s the ultimate comfort food, and it only takes a fortnight or so away from Sydney before the withdrawal symptoms start kicking in. Unfortunately our attempts to replicate the favourites at home have never been entirely successful…
Just had the best Italian garlic prawns!!!
although i am not too good at cooking it yet, vietnamese is one of my favourites
Malaysia – so many different styles of foods in the different regions!
Food is my favourite not matter what country.
My favourite cuisine would have to be Thai, for mains but French wins for dessert by a mile. I mean French really is the best when it comes to desserts, although they can be quite fattening sometimes, it really is the ultimate cuisine in my eyes.
<3 sushi train:-)
I love yum cha! And I miss it so much where we live now (regional Australia). I loved!! Going to yum cha in Sydney… Mmmmm
My favourite country for food is Thailand. Although I’ve never been there I feel we have enough authentic Thai in Australia for me to justify that claim – Thai food always seems to have the perfect balance of spicy, sweet, and sour flavours.
I love trying new types of food. Even if I don’t win, will def have to get this book!
Spanish. I love tapas, lots of scrummy little dishes so you can have a bit of everything. Even better sampled in Spain!
I love Thai food. So light and fragrant.
Australia is a melting pot of all cuisines. I can’t go past a fresh filet of Tassie Salmon in a herbed crust on a bed of Tassie grown spuds.
Thailand! Spicy, vegie filled, loads of fresh herbs, and best of all, no MSG.
Singapore is like heaven on earth with every taste imaginable, my favourite being Red Rubies which is perfection melting in your mouth.
Def Japanese:-)
I’d have to say Jordan. There is this one restaurant that only the locals know about which serves the best falafel in the world. The late king used to dress in disguise just to go there. Except the owner tried to offer me 5 camels for my hand in marriage… That sort of ruined it for me.
My partner and I always seem to come back to China when we want something comforting or special to cook. Staples in our house are garlic, spring onion, soy sauce, hoisin sauce and sesame oil, they’re always on hand.
Hong Kong! A plethora of Michelin starred restaurants serving quality asian food with a passion for service and the end product. The degustation banquets are not only affordable but delectable, authentic cuisine not found in Australia. Not into Michelin starred restaurants? Even the odd dim sum joint is above the trends here!
Thai, Thai, Thai. I worked in a Thai resturant 10 years ago and have been in love ever since I love the complex and layered flavours and textures…. mmmmm
I love the multi cultural approach. Something from all over the world to make an AMAZING meal
Italian, mmm pasta, pasta, pasta.
Italy, great food and drink. You just cant beat an authenic pizza. Yummy!
Japan for sure; the attention to detail in the presentation, and the incredible food experiences originating there.
I adore Indian cuisine!! The flavours from the many spice combinations just make my tummy jump for joy! I just wish that I could produce the same results when I try to cook it myself at home!!
Perhaps Bill has all of the answers!?
nope today its chinese-my fave changes with my mood:-)
My favorite country for cuisine is Australia. It is so easy to satisfy your taste spuds no matter what type of cuisine they are craving in Australia!
Does chocolate count?
my favourite cuisine is basically anything with Asian flavours! I love Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Modern Australian with an Asian fusion!
I love Italy, it is perfect cuisine.
Pizza and Pasta and all things between.
So healthy as well, most people don’t know.
Just watch their cooking shows.
I love Japan and all their fresh, tasty cuisine, especially any dishes with tofu!
VIETNAM!
Australia. True to our convict roots we are not embarrased to steal the best from all over the world!
Can’t beat good old Oz! Being cosmopolitan, (especially places like Lygon Street Carlton) this place has more varieties of cuisine than you could poke a chopstick at.
He’s such a good cook so this book would be fantastic!
I could never get sick of Japanese food – fresh, tasty and so much variety, from sushi and sashimi, to noodle dishes and izakaya snacks.
Chinese, Cantonese cuisine in particular is very exotic, fresh and delicious with lots of variety.
i love Vietnamese cooking its so tasty
Nom nom nom japanese:-)
I love Indian, especially making curries from scratch. So many varieties in terms of ingredients, texture, flavours, and spiciness. The best cousine for meat eaters and vegetarians.
Latvian. Piragi which are little bread packages with bacon and onion are always delicious and even my ‘aussie’ friends eat them. Then there’s pelmeni pasta and who can forget karbonade which is crumbed pork. Delicous but fattening
Thailand is my favourite country cuisine because Thai food is so light, fresh and an explosion of flavours all at once.
I love it ALL! As long as it’s flavoursome and safe!
Indian….love love love it!
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