Bring a select roster of exceptional, contemporary artists across South East Asia together to create one-of-a-kind art pieces out of stylish RIMOWA luggage, and you’ve got an auction that would have discriminating art collectors swoon.
South Korea on Thursday proposed a steep 80 percent hike in cigarette prices to cut consumption in a nation with one of the world’s highest male smoking rates.
There was a time, after Paseo Uno opened in 2003, when trying to get a table was like attempting to gain entrance to eternal bliss. A gatekeeper at the door would check if your name was on the list of the day’s customers. Tough luck if it wasn’t. No name, no entrance.
In March, Inquirer Lifestyle asked 100 people which ramen restaurant they would like to see in the Philippines. Ippudo topped that survey and, on Wednesday, it finally happened. Japan’s world-famous ramen house just opened at SM Megamall’s Fashion Hall.
“How can people eat ramen more deliciously? How can people enjoy it more? That’s something I’m always thinking of,” said Ippudo founder and Ramen King Shigemi Kawahara, who has devoted 30 years of his life to raising ramen standards.
A buffet feast, ‘groupfies,’ hugs and tears mark on Tuesday the closing of the Mandarin Oriental Manila after 38 years, as its 400-plus employees take their ceremonial exit on the hotel’s red carpet.
What a relief to see the sun again after weeks of afternoon thunderstorms. Quite surprising that it happened in Tagaytay where fog, passing showers and overcast skies are the norm for all seasons.
Whenever Dr. Efren “Boy” Vazquez waves his magic wand, he enchants the culinary scene. The charm is manifested in his restaurants—Café Juanita, Carinderia Au-Gusto, Breakfast @ Juanita’s and Haru.
Lately Metro Manila has been flooded with ramen restaurants—all of them claiming to be authentic and the best.
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