Leisa Tyler

Leisa Tyler is an Australian/ British travel journalist who has eaten fried grasshoppers in Cambodia, sheep’s eyes in China, five day old fermented fish in Vietnam, planted rice in Laos and studied under some of Thailand’s most acclaimed chefs, all in the name of discovering the essence of the region’s vibrant cuisine. When not dicing with death by culinary experiment, she writes and photographs food, hotels and travel destinations for Travel + Leisure Magazine, CNN Traveller, DestinAsian and Cathay Pacific’s in-flight magazine Discovery. Based in South-east Asia for the past ten years, she is currently researching a book on food from the Mekong River, which documents the region’s rich culinary traditions and food sources – many that due to big dams and globalisation are in danger of disappearing altogether.