Tokyo: A Taiwanese eatery famed for its dumplings was crowned Asia's best restaurant, while restaurants in Beijing claimed the lion's share of spots in the top 10 of a new survey of the food-obsessed region's best dining. Five Indian restaurants made it to the list of 101 best Asian restaurants.
Din Tai Fung in the Taiwanese capital Taipei was ranked number one in the inaugural "101 Best Restaurants in Asia" list, released on Thursday by the US-based food website The Daily Meal, which does similar polls in the United States and Europe. "Ultimately we chose...a place best-known for doing one thing absolutely perfectly," said Colman Andrews, editorial director of The Daily Meal, adding that they were aware their selection of the restaurant, which has spun off into an international chain, would be controversial.
Half of the top ten restaurants were in Beijing, with Duck de Chine - noted for its Peking duck - at second place, and the Chinese-style nouvelle cuisine Green T House at third. "Our feeling is that Shanghai has had a good reputation as a restaurant city for some time, due both to a strong regional cuisine and the early incursions of Western celebrity chefs...but that Beijing is definitely catching up," said Andrews.
"It's an imperfect analogy, but in a way the culinary contrast between the two mirrors that between New York City and Washington DC. The former is more famous as a food city, but Washington increasingly offers serious competition - usually just
10:31 AM, May 16, 2013
Mumbai: The sessions court in Mumbai on Friday directed the Gujarat police to produce a recently arrested accused of 2002 Best Bakery case. Vadodara police's Crime Branch has moved an application before the sessions judge UB Hejib saying that a warrant was pending against Jayanti Gohil, an accused, who did not face trial in the case after a re-trial was ordered. "Gohil had faced the trial in Gujarat but he...
03:24 AM, May 11, 2013
Preity Zinta was seen promoting 'Ishkq in Paris' on the sets of 'India's Best Dramebaaz'. She was decked in pink slacks, a pink tank top and garish pink earrings. Will this start a new trend or is the entire ensemble just plain tacky? ...
10:17 AM, May 07, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Anurag Basu, who started his direction career with 1996 hit daily soap 'Tara', says films should not be considered superior to television and adds that filmmaking is easier. He also directed TV shows 'Star Bestsellers' and 'Koshish... Ek Aashaa' before making his big screen debut with 2003 movie 'Saaya' starring John Abraham and Tara Sharma. "I don't feel that films are superior to television. I don't know why...
05:13 PM, May 06, 2013
Let me begin this post by saying, I LOVE JEFFREY ARCHER. What could be more wonderful than reading the latest book of your favourite author on the World Book Day. Well, that's what I was doing most of the day today and just finished reading the book-3 of The Clifton Chronicles series which is the most prestigious project of the author. Best Kept Secret was one book that I have...
05:29 PM, Apr 18, 2013
More than 40,000 people from around the globe have applied for Australia's six 'Best Jobs in the World', leaving Australian tourism officials with the mammoth task of paring the list down to 18 finalists. The six-month jobs, which include 'Outback Adventurer' and 'Chief Funster', attracted initial interest from more than 330,000 people from nearly 200 countries before applications closed late on Wednesday. Applicants were asked to submit a 30-second video...
11:48 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has upheld the decision of a power distribution company categorising telephone exchanges of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) as 'commercial consumer' for the purpose of charging tariff. MTNL had filed a petition challenging the decision of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) to change its category from 'industrial consumer' to 'commercial consumer'. BEST contended that the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity had recently held that...
11:35 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Tigmanshu Dhulia's 'Paan Singh Tomar', that narrates the gritty story of a national athlete forced to live the life of an out-law, was announced the best picture at the 60th National Film awards as its lead protagonist Irrfan Khan shared the best actor trophy with Vikram Gokhale for his Marathi film 'Anumati'. ...
06:29 PM, Mar 18, 2013
An ecstatic Shoojit Sircar did what he described as a 'sperm dance' in his room in Hyderabad after he heard his film Vicky Donor has shared the Best Popular Film for providing wholesome entertainment with Ustad Hotel (Malayalam). ...
04:44 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Namrata Rao is very overwhelmed to win the National Award for the best editor for 'Kahaani'. ...
04:22 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The writer is in India to launch his new book, 'Best Kept Secret', the third in the Clifton Chronicles series. ...
12:49 PM, Mar 18, 2013
A regular feature in the bestseller lists, and now a regular feature in India, Jeffrey Archer was in Mumbai to launch his latest 'Best Kept Secret'. ...
06:40 PM, Mar 12, 2013
US First Lady Michelle Obama has been named the most stylish woman in the world beating Queen Elizabeth and Victoria Beckham. The 49-year-old was commended for using fashion as a "force for good" by Sunday Times Style magazine, reports contactmusic.com. ...
06:37 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Actress Bipasha Basu, who will soon be seen in horror flick 'Aatma', says as a kid, she was a big "dramebaaz" (drama queen). ...
04:47 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Biztech2's managing editor Ivor Soans shared his perspective on BlackBerry Z10 with IBNLive readers. ...
04:45 PM, Feb 27, 2013
'Life Of Pi' featured Suraj Sharma, Tabu and Irrfan Khan in lead roles. ...
07:26 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Hot favourite Daniel Day-Lewis completed a historic hat-trick as he took home the Best Actor Oscar for his poignant portrayal of a battle weary Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's civil-war set biopic 'Lincoln'. ...
01:30 PM, Feb 25, 2013
