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13. So what did happen? The frightening thing is that we have no idea. It’s possible that there was a fault in the fuel valve or that the switch was defective and indeed there have been reports of ...
As most reviewers have pointed out, this is the only kind of Superman who makes sense in today’s complicated world. Though ...
Almost everyone you speak to will tell you that the London of today is not the same as the London of ten years ago. What that ...
But regardless of which hot sauce you use, the chilli trend is here to stay. And ironically enough the impetus to add more ...
Are you a gastro-tourist? It’s not a term I use very much but maybe I should! It was The New York Times that got me thinking. Reporting on the announcement of the list of the World’s 50 Best ...
There are more restaurants in India than ever before. There are more cuisines available than we have ever known. And, inevitably, there are more menu clichés (what we call ‘food trends’ when we are ...
It was one of the more extraordinary things that I have done in my life. It started when Michelin called me to discuss something confidential. If you know how the Michelin Guide works then you will ...
Could the nature of the restaurant business be changing? If the experience of the West is anything to go by then: Yes, certainly. And the changes are going to gain momentum. Dr Ambrish Mithal, India’s ...
I have known Jasjit Singh Assi (JJ) for nearly two decades from his early days as part of the opening team at the Four Seasons Mumbai to his years through various international Four Seasons properties ...
I don’t want to get too involved with the arguments for and against a caste census now that a consensus has emerged over the issue. But it is still worth pointing out that, until 1990, most major ...
It was to prove to be a wise decision. The hotel was classy, elegant and better managed than most Singapore hotels I have stayed at over the last five years. As for Kuala Lumpur itself, Mahmoud warned ...
At that time the trans-Atlantic route was the most competitive in the world and European and American Airlines would slug it out for supremacy. Despite this, Air India, a small airline from a country ...