Savoring Catalan, bite by bite
2013-12-07 06:53:10
If ever there is a city that never sleeps, it is Barcelona. Alongside the Spanish tradition of dining for three or four hours every evening, the city has countless bars with delicious tapas that tempt folks to postpone the dinner hour until well into the night.
The other side of Xinjiang
2013-12-01 07:20:11
A recent surfeit from visits to the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Turkey and Ningxia Hui autonomous region had left me a little reluctant to try any more lamb, but a new Xinjiang restaurant in Beijing beckoned, and by all accounts, it promised to be different. "You can eat beef," the spouse quipped. "Who would eat beef at a Xinjiang restaurant?" I shot back.
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2013-12-01 07:20:11
One of my male friends likes to compare pizza with sex. You can sometimes get a really yummy pizza, but even a so-so pizza is worth finishing despite being cold and droopy the next morning. I don't think I agree with this hypothesis - being a girl and all - but I do admit that Motorino hit a home run on my first date there.
A taste of heaven at Grill 79
2013-11-25 14:30:51
Grill 79, China World Summit Wing's award-winning international restaurant, could very easily rely on its epic location - almost half a kilometer in the sky, atop Beijing's most imposing tower - to entice diners.
A little bit country, a little bit city
2013-11-24 07:05:13
At first glance, the chef is a departure from the Italian male stereotype. He's more cuddly puppy than smoldering dark-eyed Casanova, and it is not until you taste his food that you are left with no doubt that he's Italian. Very much so.
Memorable food explodes with flavor
2013-11-23 11:37:43
Do you remember what you ate last night? That was the first question the Chinese owner of this Italian eatery, who used to be the chef of a Japanese restaurant, threw at me when I dined at his "little business".
Charming house of tapas
2013-11-23 11:25:08
Macao is known for its glitzy casinos, Portuguese architecture, Portuguese and Macanese food, antique furniture shopping and sights such as the ruins of St. Paul's.
Guardian of good taste
2013-11-23 11:15:59
As cuisines migrate around the world, they often blend with local tastes to cater for the less adventurous.
Right royal elegance
2013-11-17 11:51:08
Even the emperors of the past often escaped their palaces to enjoy the attractions of Suzhou food and scenery.
A touch of Taiwan at grand cafe
2013-11-16 07:38:00
For three years running, chefs from the Grand Hyatt Taipei have visited Beijing to show off the island's cuisine, and this year they had to think harder to try to make the visit to the Chinese capital even more successful.
Ideal place to meet 'mom' and 'dad'
2013-11-16 07:38:00
There is a new restaurant in town, and connoisseurs are tagging it 'the ideal place for impecunious gentlemen to treat and impress prospective parents-in-law for the first meeting'.
Twelve families visit Beijing for first hand look
2013-11-10 08:00:25
The rather grand sounding Australia's First Families of Wine were in China recently, stopping over in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong to talk up Australian wine, in particular their own brands, including DeBortoli, Brown Brothers, Taylors, Tyrrell's Wines, Yalumba, Tahbilk, Henschke and d'Arenberg,