LONDON, Oct 6 — Chicken is taking a starring role in London’s dining scene with a slew of recent restaurant openings giving the protein the headline act and a spate of upcoming eateries set to do the same.According to a report from industry website Big Hospitality in the UK, poultry-based menus are widely trending in London-town, ... Read More
A man sells popcorn by the beach in Benghazi, October 5, 2012. – Reuters pic
A man sells popcorn by the beach in Benghazi, October 5, 2012. – Reuters pic

World Culinary Olympics: Malaysia in the running

ERFURT, Germany, Oct 6 — Fifty-four countries will go under a pressure cooker test from today as they vie for gold in Erfurt in the IKA World Culinary Olympics, billed as the ... Read More

Tedboy: An opening with a difference

By Joan Lau
Managing Editor
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — When Edward Tan and his wife Patrina started Tedboy Bakery in Bangsar Baru, they had one vision: to sell and serve bread, pastries they would be happy to ... Read More

Peking duck… direct from Melbourne

By Eu Hooi Khaw
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — There was a delicious, rich aroma of smoking hot roasted duck as it was taken out of the kitchen and brought to our table. The chef, Ben Yong, then proceeded ... Read More

Have a slice of tuna pie

By Elaine Ho
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Nothing satisfies me more than a slice of freshly-baked pie to go along with my cup of coffee after a long, tiring day at work. And when the pie happens to ... Read More

Nations compete for gold in World Culinary Olympics

ERFURT, Oct 5 — For five days, the culinary equivalent of the Olympics puts chefs from 54 countries to the ultimate test as they vie for gold in a competition where national pride ... Read More

Chef Ferran Adrià to open Peruvian-Japanese restaurant

BARCELONA, Oct 5 — Chef Ferran Adrià, the Spanish chef whose name is said with such hushed reverence in the upper echelons of gastronomy, has a new-found culinary inspiration that ... Read More

McDonald’s files trademark for coffee

NEW YORK, Oct 5 — McDonald’s Corp has filed a trademark using its name for ground and whole-bean coffee, the US Patent and Trademark Office said.The registration was made last ... Read More

Leonidas presents Aztec chocolate sculpture in progress

PARIS, Oct 4 — With the opening of Paris’s Salon du Chocolat less than a month away, Belgian chocolatier Leonidas has revealed the first photos of an impressive chocolate ... Read More

China becomes world’s biggest importer of armagnac

TOULOUSE, Oct 4 — China has displaced Britain as the world's biggest importer of armagnac following a spectacular surge in sales of the upmarket brandy produced in southwestern ... Read More

Le Bernardin voted top food in New York City by Zagat

NEW YORK, Oct 4 — For the fourth year in a row, readers of crowd-sourced restaurant guide Zagat have named the food at Eric Ripert’s Le Bernardin the best in New York City.The ... Read More

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