Category: Food and Drink
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French cheeses delivered by Classified.
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This may have been reported elsewhere, but I haven't seen it. New Scientist magazine reports that Durian and booze is worse than a stinking hangover: ACCORDING to Asian folklore, eating the famously pungent durian – known as the "king of fruits" – along with alcohol can kill you. Now intrepid researchers have confirmed there may…
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Gerald Ratner famously compared one of his company's gold earrings to a Marks & Spencer prawn sandwich, saying that it was cheaper "but the sandwich will probably last longer". When the newspapers reported his attempt at humour, it became a big story and he ended up losing his job and it virtually bankrupted the company.…
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According to the SCMP, tonight on ATV World you can watch chef Heston Blumenthal cooking Chicken Tikka & Masala. Call me old fashioned, but I think it’s usually called “Chicken Tikka Masala”, and that is indeed how Heston Blumenthal describes it in the programme. As ever, it’s entertainingly bizarre – Heston heads off to Delhi…
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When I used to go on holiday to France, the Michelin Guide was essential reading – when you are somewhere unfamiliar you can't go far wrong choosing a restaurant from the Red Guide Find a place with a red R you are pretty much guaranteed good quality food at a reasonable price, and once you…
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Recently I bought a bottle of Snapple Iced Lemon Tea, thinking that it really was natural (as stated on the label). Then I read the ingredients. The second item (after water) is High Fructose Corn Syrup, the ingredient which is widely blamed for making the population of the United States so obese. From Wikipedia: The…
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I’m still not quite sure what to make about the curious controversy about changes to the food labelling laws in Hong Kong. Anyone who has been into a Hong Kong supermarket in recent weeks will have noticed the campaign against the new law, on the basis that some food items would be banned from Hong…
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Two recent studies say that drinking moderately is good for you (and that exercise helps a lot). The first survey also concludes that it’s OK to be overweight as long as you eat your sprouts: People who adopt four principles for a healthy lifestyle can add as much as 14 years to their lives, a…
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I see that my esteemed colleague Ulaca is recommending Jasmine (a Chinese restaurant in Festival Walk) to unsuspecting readers. Perhaps I took against this restaurant because I was quite satisfied with its predecessor, Zen, which upped and left for The Peak one day (one day they cheerfully took our reservation and then called backed a…
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ATV World are showing Heston Blumenthal’s series In Search of Perfection on Tuesday nights. I’ve only watched one so far, but it was a wonderfully bizarre program. When Heston does sausage and mash, you won’t be surprised that he goes to great trouble to source the finest organic pork and even travels up to the…
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