Asian Palate: Savouring Asian Cuisine & Wine won the Gourmand Award's Best Food and Wine Pairing book in the World against nearly 6,000 other books from 136 countries. It was also short-listed as one of four books considered for the Andre Simon Award. The 220-page coffee table book highlights the increasingly prominent role of wine in the dining experiences across ten major cities in Asia and recommends wines to pair with hundreds of local Asian dishes. Each cityˇ¦s local dining and drinking culture is explored as well as each cuisine's key flavors, condiments and ingredients. The book offers suggestions on the best wines to accompany both informal, family-style meals as well as more formal, banquet-style occasions. The ten cities covered in this book include Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Mumbai.
