In Paris, the customer is not always right
The idea of service is taken very seriously in France where any feeling of subservience is strongly resisted, as Emma Jane Kirby discovered.
Paris is in a bad mood.
The sullen, steel-grey sky seems to be permanently snivelling sleet.
The Seine, swollen against its banks, pushes and squeezes its way through the city like an irascible woman in [...]
Isle of Man schoolgirl becomes an anime star in Japan
Rebecca Flint, 14 – aka Beckii Cruel – is an internet hit among anime fans and her debut album is tipped to top Japanese charts.
Like most 14-year-old girls, Rebecca Flint likes to dress up and dance. But unlike most girls, she records and posts her performances on YouTube…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/07/rebecca-flint-anime-beckii-cruel
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China has built a great wall of chocolate…
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How menus are designed to encourage you to buy the restaurant’s most profitable dishes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/dining/23menus.html?pagewanted=all
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Posted by Aidan under Culture, Culture - Western, News - World, News Articles | Permalink | No Comments »Chilean opens Easter Island’s 1st Japanese-style restaurant
Francisco Xavier, 33, who studied cooking in Japan for 10 years, opened a Japanese-style restaurant on Easter Island in the South Pacific, best known for its Moai statues, in February 2007 to offer sushi to local residents and tourists.
Xavier, who is married to a second-generation Japanese-Chilean woman, named the restaurant Izakaya Kotaro after his son. [...]