It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to visit, and it’s been only a couple of years since I came to Bintan, but who'll turn down a beach holiday? I’m excited to come anytime. It's the tail-end of the monsoon season, and we arrived before peak tourist season begun.  We stayed at The Sanchaya on my previous visit, which we simply adored. It was a pleasant surprise to see that Four Points by Sheraton shares the same beachfront, alongside...

I was planning to write something pithy for this recipe that I first posted back in 2016, but I was taken aback by the date of that post. How has it been 10 years already?There are other surprises - more pleasant ones - from reviewing those old photos which I'd taken while I was in university. I’m still using the Cuisinart ice cream machine, which I picked up for AU$50, and is working just as well in its twelfth year as it did when brand new. Cuisinart...