Asking a seasoned traveler for the name of a good Chinese restaurant is like searching online for a custom made shirt. With no chance to feel the hand of the fabric or compare that particular shade of blue you like…
Continue Reading →Whatever good or bad can be said about Angelina Jolie surely has already been written, but her sincere effort to portray Mariane Pearl, wife of Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl in the narrative film A Mighty Heart should be…
Continue Reading →On a recent trip to London, I found myself eating pretty much at the very top of the food chain at every meal. Favorites like Nobu, Le Caprice and Cipriani expanded both my credit balance and waistline. Staying as I…
Continue Reading →Few first time visitors to Tokyo would expect to find an exceptional Italian dinner there, but that need not be the case if you can get into Massa in the Ebisu suburb of Tokyo. When you can no longer tell…
Continue Reading →Restaurants in the homeland aren’t what one might expect. Although soba and udon are daily fare at the thousands of noodle shops spread across Tokyo and nabe (a sort of rice stew made with fish or meat and vegetables) is…
Continue Reading →When hungry foreigners first descend upon Tokyo, sushi is often high on their list. Noodle counters seem more plentiful than sushi bars in Tokyo, but for either fare one had better have some inside knowledge to be certain you’ll taste…
Continue Reading →Amidst the industrial, working class facades of Taipei, Les Suites clean exterior hints at the modernity awaiting inside. The lobby's balanced marble grey and blond hues welcome weary travelers with efficiency and crisp attention. An elegant floral arrangement of wild…
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