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No Reservations – Philippines
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Susur Lee
Susur Lee (born 1958) is a celebrated chef based in New York, USA. He was born in Hong Kong, the youngest of six children. He served his culinary apprenticeship at Hong Kong’s renowned Peninsula Hotel. He immigrated to Canada in 1978, where he worked his way to executive chef status at a number of restaurants. [...]
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Morimoto anyone?
I was recently was looking for a few recipes by Masaharu Morimoto and stumbled across this recipe, and video from the Today show.
Braised black cod
Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking
INGREDIENTS
• 2 cups sake
• 6 slices of fresh ginger
• 6 black cod fillets with skin on, 6 to 7 ounces (175 to 200 g) each
• [...]
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Loblaw buying T&T Supermarkets
I read this story this morning about my favourite grocery store at CBC News :
“Grocery retailer Loblaw Companies Ltd. said Friday it is buying T&T Supermarket Inc., Canada’s largest Asian food retailer, for about $225 million.
Loblaw 3-month TSX chartLoblaw 3-month TSX chart. Loblaw said the deal is for $191 million in cash, with the rest [...]
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No Reservations Korea
Tony gives in to pressure from one of his office staff and travels to Korea. His condition? Nari (the assistant) must come with him and guide him through Korean cuisine, customs and culture.
// architecture, nature, attractions
Forbidden City
China’s 600-year-old Forbidden City is renovating its website in a move to improve its offerings of Chinese culture, said the information chief of the Palace Museum Wednesday. The new website will launch during the National Day Festival in early October, said Hu Chui, head of the museum’s information department. “It will give visitors richer and [...]
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2009 World Games in KaohsiungThe World Games of 2009 take place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, from July 16, 2009 to July 26, 2009. The games feature sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games.
The games are the first Olympic-related event to be hosted by Taiwan since the start of their participation as Chinese Taipei in the events at the [...]
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a day in Kyoto// architecture, nature, attractions
taipei 101Check out the world’s tallest building.
taipei 101 official site
Here’s some more info :
Taipei 101 is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The building, designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and constructed primarily by KTRT Joint Venture, is the world’s tallest completed skyscraper according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, [...]
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random goodnessHope you enjoyed the video of the new tofu packaging.. Wicked. I love the baby mop picture too…
Some headlines below.. Some real, some fake… You decide.
Obama sushi
asian markets fall like cherry blossoms in gentle spring rain
kim jong unfolds into giant robot
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girls’ generation – oh! video
Girls’ Generation dominated 2009 with their mega hits Gee and Genie and now they’re setting off a whole new K-pop craze with their second full-length album Oh!.
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Maria Ozawa going to Indonesia for Menculik Miyabi
Below are a collection of recent news items related to Maria Ozawa’s upcoming movie shoot in Indonesia “Menculik Miyabi” (Kidnapping Miyabi) :
Gentlemen, brace yourself for an upcoming Indonesian film that might tempt you more than any other: It will feature famous Japanese porn star Maria Ozawa, better known as Miyabi.
Scheduled for release at the end [...]
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Brown Eyed Girls – Abracadabra Live comeback performance
Below is the video for the comeback performance by Brown Eyed Girls.
Brown Eyed Girls – Abracadabra liveUploaded by hote-samurai. – See the latest featured music videos.
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Asin Thottumkal…or is it?
Asin Thottumkal is an Indian film actress from the state of Kerala, and was born October 26, 1985. She made her acting debut in Sathyan Anthikkad’s Narendra Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001). Asin had her first commercial success with Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2003, and won a Filmfare Award for the Best Telugu [...]
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Noriko Sakai has surrendered herself to Tokyo police
38-year-old Japanese pop star Noriko Sakai has surrendered herself to Tokyo police. Noriko is known for her girl-next-door image, but was arrested on suspicion of possessing illegal stimulants. Tokyo police found a small quantity of drugs in her apartment.
Her missing 10-year-old son was found safe in Tokyo on Thursday night. Sakai’s husband, Yuichi Takaso, 41, [...]
