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Brief Bio

Lara Dunston is a Cambodia based Travel & Food Writer and has regular gigs with: The Guardian, CNN, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Feast, Delicious, The Independent, Telegraph, National Geographic Traveler / Traveller, Get Lost, Wanderlust, Travel+Leisure SEA, DestinAsian, AFAR. Read more here.

Related Websites

Our travel website:
GRANTOURISMO TRAVELS

Our full service digital media agency:
GRANTOURISMO MEDIA

Our Cambodian retreats site:
SIEM REAP RETREATS

Partner Phtography Site:
TERENCE CARTER PHOTOGRAPHY

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Second doses done! Thank you, Cambodia!! And this Second doses done! Thank you, Cambodia!! And this view was our reward on the stroll home. It was just us and about 300 five year olds getting their vaccinations today and @terence_carter_photography reckons I was the only one in tears. The nurse was not as gentle as the first one a few weeks ago...  I have to say that Cambodian children are such brave little souls. Not a single “ouch”. Most kids went in on their own while their parents waited outside. The only little girl who needed her hand held was a European child with her dad. The Cambodian kids and their parents were also very proud to be vaccinated. It’s no wonder The Kingdom of Wonder is one of the world’s most vaccinated countries. Great job, Cambodia!  And we were rewarded with this magnificent weather and marvellous view of Siem Reap River. Now all I want to do is sleep...  #siemreap #siemreapcambodia #siemreapriver #steungsiemreap #river #riverview #riverside #reflections #trees #leafy #bluesky #blueskies #blueskiesandsunshine #sunny #sunnyday #monsoon #rainyseason #igtravel #igtraveller #travelwriter #travelblogger #travelphotographer #ᴠᴀᴄᴄɪɴᴇᴅᴀʏ💉 #vaccinated #vaccinatedandhappy #seconddosedone💉✔ #picoftheday #picoftheday📷
Pickled peppers. New recipe posts on pickles on th Pickled peppers. New recipe posts on pickles on the site. Not that you’ll need a recipe after making them the first time. These are dead easy and so deliciously tangy. Link in bio.  #pickles #pickling #picklingtime #picklingseason #pickledpeppers #pickledchillies #pickledjalapenos #pickledonions #pickledcabbage #pickledveggies #pickledcucumber #dillpickles #quickpickles #refrigeratorpickles #recipe #recipes #foodwriter #foodwriting #writingacookbook #foodphotography #foodphoto #foodshare #foodshot #igfood #igcooking #instafood #foodstagram #grantourismotravels
Siem Reap continues to surprise and delight during Siem Reap continues to surprise and delight during its post-pandemic* recovery. Exciting to see the proper footpaths — made of beautiful granite blocks —  curbs and guttering, new bitumen roads, and riverside paths finally being completed. You’ll all be returning to a very different city, a more modern and more walkable city.  And who knew this timber house was hidden behind the clutter of the former furniture workshop cum home that was here? Not quite sure whether they’re deconstructing the house or restoring it, but it would make a lovely cafe-bar with the covered balcony, pagoda across the road and leafy riverside opposite.  And that’s Barcode right behind it, home to Siem Reap’s finest and most flamboyant drag shows pre-pandemic, which many of our former clients and friends who visited would no doubt recall. Fun times were always had by all. Remember fun?!  * I used “post-pandemic”, as Cambodia is now one of the most vaccinated countries in the world and Covid cases are in the two digits at last! 💃🏻🎉  #siemreap #siemreapcambodia #newsiemreap #siemreapreopening #siemreapredevelopment #siemriverside #siemreaprenaissance #cambodia #newnormal #pandemic #pandemic2021 #covid19 #postpandemic #afternoonwalk #monsoonwalk #monsoon #rainyseason #urbanphotography #photography #grantourismotravels #writing #writer #travelwriter #barcode #woodenhouse #streetlife #dailylife #streetscene #igdaily #picoftheday
We’ve been quiet on social media again. Thanks f We’ve been quiet on social media again. Thanks for the messages to check in on us. We appreciate them. I just don’t seem to be able to keep on top of everything. There’s just not enough time in each day. But I really need to start sharing again so let’s start with this recipe, published a while ago but so good and so easy to make.  This spicy chicken lettuce wraps recipe makes a Southeast Asian take on san choi bao, the Chinese lettuce cups from Southern China and Hong Kong that were popularised in Chinese-Australian restaurants in the 1970s.  Our minced chicken lettuce cups take inspiration from the food of our home here in Southeast Asia, from both savoury larbs (minced meat salads) and the custom of wrapping things in lettuce.  If there’s one thing that the pandemic has taught us, it’s to always ensure the freezer is stocked with minced meat – minced chicken, pork mince, ground beef, it all comes in handy – because you never know when there’s going to be a lockdown or stay at home orders or, even worse, you run out of ideas as to what to cook for dinner.  If you do, drop by Grantourismo and browse our Recipe archives. We have hundreds of recipes from Southeast Asia and beyond.  Link here and in the bio: https://grantourismotravels.com/spicy-chicken-lettuce-wraps-recipe/  #sanchoibao #chineseaustralianfood #chinesefood #cantonesefood #cantoneseaustralianfood #asianaustralianfood #australianfood #asianfood #southeastasianfood #lettucewraps #lettucecups #chicken #salad #chickensalad #recipe #recipes #igfood #igfoodie #cooking #food #foodphotography #foodwriter #foodblogger #foodporn #foodstagram #instafood #foodpics #foodie #foodiegram #healthyfood
We’re still alive — thanks to those of you who We’re still alive — thanks to those of you who have messaged with concern — and, no, it wasn’t an intentional social media detox, more like an accidental one, and I highly recommend doing it occasionally.  It’s just been such an eventful month —  trying to get vaccinated, then finally getting vaccinated (on my birthday — best present ever!), recovering (I had side effects; Terence didn’t), then trying to catch up on everything I fell behind on during the previous weeks and months having let the quest to get vaccinated dominate my life there for a few months — and failing.  I had so many goals for October, too, being my birthday month — such as getting new and improved cookbook proposals and culinary history proposals out to publishers, following up with publishers I sent earlier proposals to, increasing Grantourismo subscribers, finding kitchenware sponsors (everything is old and breaking), promoting our @society6 shop products, fundraising for the next cookbook research and photography trips now that we’ll soon be fully vaccinated, recruiting more patrons on @patreon to help fund those trips and our research and work... and more! So much more!  I did not achieve any of those, for reasons earlier explained, but if there’s one thing the pandemic has taught me — in fact it’s taught me a lot of things — and that’s to be kinder on myself, and not beat myself up if I don’t get through those very ambitious to-do lists. There’s always November... bring it on!  How was your October?  View from our Siem Reap balcony.  #view #viewfromtheoffice #viewfromhome #blueskies #blueskiesandsunshine #blueskiesfordays #blueskiesahead 
#siemreap #siemreapcambodia #cambodia #pandemic #pandemiclessons #pandemic2021 #covid19 #vaccinated #vaccinatedandhappy #photography #grantourismotravels #writing #writer #foodwriter #cambodiancookbook #cambodianculinaryhistory #cookbookwriterseekingpublisher #fundraising #patreon #society6 #patreoncreator #cookbookwriter #writingacookbook
I guess we’re having noodles for dinner... #pep I guess we’re having noodles for dinner...  #pepper #blackcat #blackcats #blackcatsofinstagram #blackcatsrule #blackcatsmatter #cat #cats #catsofinstagram #catstagram #catlover #catlovers #catlove #catoftheday #catphoto #catpic #catpics #cambodiancat #cambodiancatsofinstagram #catlife #catloversclub #catoftheday #catgram #catstagram #cats_of_instagram #catphotography #catsofig #catsoftheworld #catsofinsta #cats🐱 #siemreap #cambodia

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