Belon in Hong Kong’s SoHo neighbourhood was not doing well when British chef Daniel Calvert took the helm three years ago. Now it has the No 4 spot on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list, thanks to hard work, perfectionism and attention to detail.

Ram-don, or jjapaguri, is not typically served with marbled sirloin like it is in the film Parasite, but the dish is common in South Korea, a country that embraces its love of instant noodles.

The story of butter chicken is one of three hard-working refugees, a hugely popular Delhi restaurant, and an accidental combination of ingredients born of necessity.

South Korea is widely known for having one of the best and most crispy versions of fried chicken, a dish enjoyed the world over that was first introduced to the country by US troops during the Korean war.

Miriam Lancewood has been living deep in the New Zealand wilderness with her husband for most of the last decade, where she lives and breathes the survivalist life, completely off grid.

Introduced to Vietnam by the colonial French, the baguette was later adapted for local tastes. Banh mi is still sold in Vietnam as a cheap snack, but can now also be found around the world.

The dish was born in a time when Vietnamese weren’t even allowed access to wheat flour, making it hard to imagine the sandwich would become world famous.

Fried, baked, boiled or braised, pork-based Spam was first a hit in the US during the Great Depression and then in Asia after World War II. Now some chefs are incorporating it in upmarket dishes.

American icon became popular during the war and managed to stick around.Your junk email is named after the canned meat, by the way.

Giant saltwater crocodiles, Aboriginal rock art, open skies and national parks the size of nations are among the attractions. A trip into the wetlands reveals a host of beautiful and sometimes deadly wildlife.

We tried KFC’s spicy chicken mooncakes so you don’t have to.From the end of the Yuan Dynasty to modern Hong Kong, mooncakes have been the bearers of political messages.

With the number of unmarried women in Hong Kong rising dramatically, it’s time to update the official language for singledom.

We think of Sichuan food as numbing and super hot, but the cuisine is much more subtle than that, say chefs and fans. Dishes such as mapo tofu and Sichuan hotpot are popular all over the world, but two-thirds of Sichuan dishes aren’t fiery.

Bernice Chan and Alkira Reinfrank analyse the cultural appropriation, and fascinating history, of Sichuan cuisine. They delve into the chemistry of the Sichuan pepper and unpack the components of a traditional meal.

Sushi reached China, then Japan from the Mekong River, and was later exported to the US and the rest of the world. Originally a dish of fermented whole fish preserved with inedible salted rice, it has evolved with technology into what we know today.

It turns out that early sushi was not about rice. And it originated from the Mekong, not Japan.

Jason Licker, who won the 2014 Iron Chef Thailand pastry edition, reveals why he quit eating desserts despite having a ‘massive sweet tooth’.

Rory O’Neill was instrumental in the campaign in Ireland for marriage equality in 2015. He says the Asian LGBTIQ community must become more visible and show they are ‘just as boring and ordinary as everyone else’.