10 centimetres for 100 grams, eight legs, an uneven, unappetising black colour and a hairy little monster into the bargain...could anything be less tempting than a tarantula? Read on to find out!

Forget everything you know about pepper, its colour, its dryness, or its sneeze-inducing powder and enter the world of the Kampot pepper, a gourmet symbol and a sign of the Cambodian renaissance.