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HOMEMADE BURN NOTICE Forget private These scented HOME & TRAVEL dining rooms – candles are good the latest trend enough to eat. MiNDFOOD’s guide to everything from interior design to travel and global destinations. sweeping Asia takes travellers into locals’ homes. A new website, PlateCulture, YES, CHEF! SNAP TO IT (plateculture. If you’re a fan of the TV show, then you won’t want to miss MAX BENJAMIN From Chinese dumplings to Mexican tortillas, com) brings MasterChef Travel (masterchef-travel.com.au), a freshly minted LEMONGRASS food persuades many of us to pack our bags selection of culinary holidays taking you from Italy to India and many & GINGER and see the world. If you’re looking for even together more places in between. In collaboration with Cox & Kings, tours are led by The uplifting scent of this candle brings together more motivation, let the finalists’ snaps from popular contestants from the Australian version of the reality show, than 80 home heady aromas from with local food experts on call wherever you land and a wide range the annual Pink Lady Food Photographer of “restaurants” Asia. Other fragrances the Year competition be your inspiration. of experiences on offer – cellar door visits, cooking classes, home- include Moroccan mint. Recently held in London, the across four cooked meals – to give an unprecedented taste of the destination. maxbenjamin.ie competition awards excellence in amateur Kate Bracks, winner of MasterChef Australia in 2011, will countries on accompany the inaugural tour to Italy in September, with trips to and professional photography, and sees England, India, Mexico and Vietnam billed before the end of the year. hundreds of photographers from around the the continent, world capture images of their favourite food where families moments. Among the top shots for 2014 dish up everything were a tasty close-up of a spanner crab by Australian Louise Lister, American artist from Indian Nicole Branan’s Barbecue Ribs and this year’s banquets to winner Noodle Making (pictured), taken by Japanese kaiseki. Tessa Bunney on her travels through Vietnam WICK & TALLOW and part of a larger series that explores the Not only can BERGAMOT & BASIL craft villages around Hanoi. This candle combines you try authentic crisp citrus scents As tasty as they are, the awards also have fare, but you’ll with basil and green a heart, giving support to Action Against floral notes and a Hunger, a humanitarian aid organisation mix with locals luxurious woody base. specialising in saving the lives of malnourished in an intimate wickandtallow.com children in the world’s poorest countries. setting. The best

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SLICE OF HEAVEN bars stocked with champagne and replenished with fresh fruit juice The island resort of and chilled herbal tea daily. Laucala combines lavish The island has a history almost as interesting as the villas. Sold amenities and villas with to European settlers in the late 1800s, Laucala was transformed farms, orchards and gardens that support more from an unruly tangle of jungle into a sprawling copra plantation. than 80 per cent of the Publishing magnate Malcolm Forbes bought the land in 1972, island’s food needs. upgrading accommodation to promote tourism and adding goat and cattle farms. Forbes died in 1990 and is buried on the island. More than a decade later, co-founder of Red Bull energy drink and billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz swooped in; it took him and his team three years to conceptualise the current resort and another two to build it, with attention given to keeping as much of the 1400 hectares as close to their natural state as possible (rumour has it that Mateschitz forbids staff from cutting down trees on the island). The property finally opened in 2008, with trimmings so lavish that during my stay I find it hard to pick my jaw up off the ground; the 18-hole David McLay Kidd-designed golf course is maintained to PGA standards – not an easy feat on a tropical island. There are some 10 different types of boats available, including a classic yacht and a game fishing vessel; you can snorkel, dive and horse-ride; and there are trails for mountain biking and hiking. It’s extravagant, yet remarkably understated; it’s the epitome of luxury, yet bare feet and a sarong seem to be the standard dress code. Indeed, many guests check in and never leave their villas. And while staying put has a certain appeal, it would be a shame not to explore the island’s hinterland. It’s here that I find farms, orchards and gardens so elaborate they’re able to support more than 80 per cent of the island’s food needs, in keeping with the resort’s “locavore” philosophy: celebrating local produce. Everything from the smoked salmon and cured meats to the jams and pickles are island-sourced and produced – even the drinking water, filtered through volcanic rock, comes from subterranean wells. Mateschitz’s locavore vision saw huge farms built on the east coast of the island, now home to ISLAND IDEALS different breeds of cattle (including wagyu), goats, plump pigs and A small Fijian island is raising the bar not just wild chickens (known as jungle murghi). Every day, fishermen pull when it comes to luxury but sustainability, too. up to the pier and the executive chef picks out crayfish, tuna and whatever else takes his fancy; when the tide is out, staff wander through mangroves looking for clams. here’s no denying the absolute luxury of Laucala, a Hydroponic houses are lined with lettuce, tomatoes and green private island resort in the Lau archipelago that lies beans; to get to them I pass orchards of limes, breadfruit, soursop north-east of the Fijian capital, Suva. With more than and coffee. The herb garden is an explosion of colour, with neat rows 350 staff, the resort boasts the highest guest-to-staff of vanilla, chilli and basil. There’s a separate flower garden – housing ratio in the world – the maximum number of people in- some of the 3500 orchids found on the island – and a spa garden, Tvilla at any given time is just 80. This guarantees, of course, some of where hibiscus, pandanas and lemongrass are grown and then later the most attentive, personalised resort service you’ll come across. combined with virgin coconut oil to make the all-natural toiletries Villas are strung along the north coast and might be set on a used in the spa and villas. My treatment, overlooking the sea, private, palm-studded beach, perched on a sheer cliff or stilted over incorporates cool slices of island-grown cucumber, white sesame, the sea. London designer Lynne Hunt was called in to fit out the turmeric, yoghurt and honey (there’s also an apiary on the farm). thatch-roof accommodations, which incorporate Fijian wood and For all the man-made extravagance, it’s this uncomplicated stone throughout. vision of sustainability and the simple life that sets Laucala apart; All come with ginger- and heliconia-ringed pools and rooms Mateschitz’s South Pacific paradise is truly that. inspired by the surrounds: customised chandeliers resemble jellyfish or sea spray; a standing lamp looks like a clump of MiNDFOOD.COM seagrass; and sofas and tables curve into the room, mimicking the Go online to read our review of Fiji Airways’ new flight ice-blue South Pacific waters mottled by corals just metres away. from Sydney to Suva. KEYWORDS: FIJI, AIRWAYS There are wooden soaking tubs, beachside yoga pavilions, and full

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VISUAL FEASTS Restaurant design continues to dazzle around the world. These eye-catching establishments are definitely worth the detour.

TRAMSHED, LONDON MISS KO, PARIS Occupying a lofty industrial Acclaimed designer Philippe space, once the power station Starck is the brains behind Miss for Shoreditch’s tram system, Ko, a scripted cacophony of this restaurant pretty much colours, textures and objects. sums up its menu in its artwork Guests can relax beneath a – a larger-than-life, suspended spectacular David Rochline 1 Damien Hirst sculpture, entitled fresco and beside an oversized Cock and Bull, of a Hereford teapot-cum-lamp, ordering cow and cockerel preserved spruced-up fare from around in a steel and glass tank of Asia: bibimbap burgers from formaldehyde greets diners on Korea, teriyaki salmon yakitori entry. While there are seasonal and tuna tartare, anyone? starters, the mains all revolve around – you guessed it – PUMP ROOM, CHICAGO chicken and steak. As interesting as Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s farm-to-table HEIRLOOM, VANCOUVER menu is at Pump Room, the Located in Vancouver’s restaurant inside Ian Schrager’s South Granville district, this Public Chicago hotel, it’s hard slick vegetarian eatery has not to lose yourself in the design. a pared-back design – think Schrager’s concept for the whitewashed walls, blonde historic space sees Art Deco 2 3 wood tables and polished flourishes paired with modern 1. Damien Hirst’s Cock and subway-style tiles, brought elements, including a network of Bull dominates The Tramshed. to life with antique wall lights housed in resin globes. 2. Vancouver’s pared-back cabinets, custom art and Heirloom. 3. Host, Copenhagen. emerald Vitra Hal stools. THE JANE, ANTWERP 4. Miss Ko in Paris serves up Organic and fair-trade produce More than three years in the delicious Asian fare. 5. Pump Room, Chicago. 6. The Jane in is turned into dishes such as planning, this new Belgian Antwerp occupies the former avocado fritters and smoked restaurant occupies the former chapel of a military hospital. 4 chickpea-tempeh sausages. chapel of a military hospital. The space dazzles with soaring HOST, COPENHAGEN ceilings, chandeliers and custom Denmark’s design scene is stained glass, all revolving around legendary for good reason original chapel details including and Host, in the country’s the altar. Three-, five- and seven- capital, doesn’t disappoint. course menus are fine dining, but Raw, unfinished textures and with a playful twist. materials include recycled timber and custom-made tableware, designed to evoke a rural setting but in a contemporary environment. The menu changes regularly but might include cod with oyster cream or a carrot-and- 5 6 white-chocolate dessert.

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