Food
Sunday, 19 December 2010
IT'S official: Mexican cuisine is so good Unesco has put it on its cultural heritage list. And the best place to try it is Oaxaca, the country's foodie heart. "Would you like to try stone soup?" asked my guide as we drove east out of...
AFANTASY-styled high-end restaurant in London has celebrities coming in for a bit of surreal escapism in food and decor. Hassan Abdullah went to London in 1984 to study law just to please his parents. Little did he realise then that he would live...
Sunday, 12 December 2010
SHARING a recipe for healthy food can be a nice way of comforting friends who are feeling under the weather. The past few weeks have been a harrowing time for me as I have been receiving phone calls from friends who had been admitted to hospital or...
THE grey pearls burst on the tongue to release their salty, marine aroma, lifted by notes of nut or fruit. Caviar remains the ultimate luxury food except these days the Caspian delicacy likely comes from a farm near you.Exports of wild sturgeon...
Sunday, 5 December 2010
THE end of the year signals when things are winding up, allowing us to spend more time with family and enjoy family meals without feeling the rush. However, cooking for family doesn't have to mean mother slaving over a hot stove for the better part...
CHEAP noodle shacks and a famous shark's fin restaurant were among a diverse range of Hong Kong eateries given coveted Michelin stars on Thursday in the third edition of the guide for the southern Chinese city.Hong Kong's renown as a food paradise,...
Sunday, 28 November 2010
GIVE us this day our daily bread — made from rice. A home breadmaking machine that grinds rice and bakes a loaf of fresh bread at the push of a button has proved such a hit in Japan that its maker, overwhelmed by demand, will temporarily stop...
NEW York noodle maestro David Chang is to open his first restaurant outside the United States in Sydney, and told local media he had "just fallen in love with Australia" last Saturday.Chang will open a harbourside eatery as part of an US$...
TWENTY SIX years ago Noraini Ahmad was an insurance firm employee by day and ran her home-based bakery business, Noraini Enterprise, at night. She enlisted housewives from the neighbourhood to help her produce a variety of traditional Malay cakes...
Sunday, 21 November 2010
MIDNIGHT snack-lovers seeking accommodation on Germany's River Rhine need look no further. The Food Hotel in Neuwied, Germany offers you the next best thing to sleeping in the supermarket aisle.
With furniture that looks like cans in the...
FOOD in the Czech republic has long been known for being unpretentious and stolid "food for diggin' holes", as an American expat once put it to me over a large plate of doughy knedliky (dumplings) and boiled meat in a Prague brewery....
Sunday, 14 November 2010
SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE is one of the dishes synonymous with Italian cuisine and pasta but the Chef Mauri Group of Restaurants have taken it a step further with its Bolognese Festival which started on November 8 and will run until November 28.Managing...
NO OLIVE oil, garlic, lemon even chocolate: a new generation of Scandinavian chefs has broken the ice up North with a cuisine built around local, seasonal produce and pure, pared-down flavours.Often trained abroad, many of these chefs are now...
Sunday, 7 November 2010
SAFFRON has always provided the subtle flavor to Spain's national rice dish paella and colored the central plains with a purple hue for centuries. Now in the 21st century soaring prices have made harvesting the delicate stem of the saffron flower...
PEOPLE who follow a diet typical of the Mediterranean region might dodge the added pounds that often come with ageing, hints a new Spanish study. However, the researchers can't be sure if it was the diet itself or related healthy behaviours that...
Sunday, 31 October 2010
THE minute you enter the Goldiana Cafe and Lounge in the Orchid Garden Hotel, you will be greeted by a beautiful young lady dressed in a heavily embroidered sari.
But all that metres of sparkling cloth is only the beginning as Goldiana Cafe and...
FOREIGNERS have for decades branded British food bland and unhealthy, but a new survey Friday suggested the country's culinary reputation is changing although the French remain unimpressed.A survey of 26,000 people in 36 countries by VisitBritain,...
Sunday, 24 October 2010
SINGAPORE and Hong Kong dominated a list of Asia's best restaurants, but Malaysia made it into the elite ranks for the first time, an annual survey showed.Singapore restaurant Iggy's moved to the top spot from being number two last year, according...
PART history book, part travel guide and part cookbook, Kulit Manis: A Taste of Terengganu's Heritage is a surprising tome on Terengganu, the east coast state most people associate with a lazy beach holiday, exposing a side of its rich artistic and...
Sunday, 17 October 2010
SHOW your loved ones how special they are and make your way down to Deals Restaurant at the Radisson, where dining out is no longer just an excuse not to wash up, but a memorable and formidable experience to be savoured. Since the change of...
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