The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
Food Neighbourhoods 14: Belgrade, Dorcol
Traditionally one of Belgrade’s most attractive neighbourhoods, Dorcol is becoming increasingly famous for its food. Monocle’s Guy De Launey and chef Lars Ekberg take us on a tour.
Open sesame
A Samaritan village in the West Bank that has launched its own tahini brand, London’s first Italian craft wine bar and how an Englishman turned a French abbey into a luxury hotel and food destination. Plus: a news update from our friends at Food Republic.
Food Neighbourhoods 13: Ho Chi Minh City, District 3
Formerly known as Saigon, the former capital of French Indochina pulses with energy and its food scene bears testament to that fact. Australian journalist Barbara Adam takes Monocle’s Jason Li to her favourite food street: Cao Thang in the city’s District 3.
Top of the chops
Author Tim Hayward has written a book focusing on the world’s greatest knives, from extravagantly expensive Japanese sushi blades to the humble bread knife. Also on the show: Dutch chef Sergio Herman’s new potato-related project and why home-brewing is easier than ever before.
Food Neighbourhoods 12: Melbourne, Victoria Street
We take a tour of Melbourne’s Victoria Street, locally known as Little Saigon, with Monocle correspondent Adrian Craddock.
Pierre Koffmann’s 50 years in the kitchen
Influential French chef Pierre Koffmann on what defines his cooking, an Australian take on gin and why the world could learn a lesson or two from the Swiss slow-food movement.
Food Neighbourhoods 11: Athens, Exarchia
With a reputation as a stronghold for anarchists, students and intellectuals, the district of Exarchia in downtown Athens is going through the gradual process of gentrification. It is not famous for its food – yet. But that is bound to change thanks to the area’s many hidden gems.
The best cheese in the world
We visit the World Cheese Awards in San Sebastián and check out the cookbooks that top chefs love. Plus: the week’s headlines from Toronto and what front-of-house staff can learn from an employee-exchange programme.
Food neighbourhoods 10: Bangkok, Banglamphu
Bangkok’s old quarter of Banglamphu has long been a top culinary destination for Thais, with its street-food sellers and shophouse restaurants serving sought-after specialities. Our guide is author Chawadee Nualkhair.
What makes a great restaurant menu?
Restaurant critic and author Nicholas Lander on what makes a great restaurant menu, the first single-malt whiskey in North America and an interview with Richard Geoffroy, custodian of Dom Pérignon champagne.
