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Due in no small part to the fact that the epidemic has made its presence known on the local eating scene, it has been a few months since Manila played host to major collaborations between prominent chefs from other areas of the world. However, much like the other restaurants that have opened or reopened in the past few months, they …

Even after over a year has passed since Derek Ramsay and Ellen Adarna tied the knot, their relationship continues to be newsworthy. Their wedding was widely covered in the media. What shall we discuss this time around? gift for Ellen from Derek on their anniversary, which also happens to be a brand-new, sleek and shining luxury automobile. Ellen was able …

Volcanoes have a reputation for being destructive, but in their wake, they may also spawn new life and create beautiful landscapes. Rumah Fajar, located in the Ubud rainforest and designed by architect Maximilian Jencquel as a contemporary adaptation of a traditional Balinese longhouse for his own family, is the place where this may be observed most clearly. The four-bedroom villa, …

Emmanuel Stroobant witnessed one of his daughters being given chicken nuggets and ketchup as a snack when she was attending the preschool that the family attended. I inquired of the instructor, “’Where are the vegetables?’ Then she pointed to the ketchup and said, ‘There’s tomato in there,'” Stroobant recalled with a sardonic smile on his lips as he recalled the …

An initial list of countries that were announced as being eligible for visa-free access beginning the following week in Taiwan has been updated to exclude Singapore, Malaysia, and a number of other countries. A table that was released online by Taiwan’s Bureau of Consular Affairs on Monday (September 5), indicated that travelers from Singapore and Malaysia, among other nations, were …

Shoji Morimoto has a job that many people would consider to be their ideal: he is compensated for doing very little work. The 38-year-old resident of Tokyo charges clients 10,000 yen (about $71) per hour to merely accompany them and act as a companion. “In a nutshell, I hire out my services. Morimoto told Reuters that my job is to …

There has been a lot of talk about a meal from northern Thailand that is called “khao soi,” which is a noodle soup that is creamy. TasteAtlas, an online travel guide that focuses on food and has evaluations as well as recommendations from culinary professionals and critics from across the world, deemed it to be the best soup in the …

Mirrors lie. They put things in reverse order. That face that you see in the mirror of your bathroom every morning is “opposite you.” It is the inverse of the visage that other people see when they look in their cosmetics compacts. In principle, we are all aware of this fact. And yet, over the course of the last couple …

After being forced to find other means to make ends meet due to the coronavirus outbreak, transgender performers at one of Thailand’s most famous cabaret acts have returned to the spotlight for the first time in around three years. Peerapong “Bee” Butakul, one of the performers, mentioned that she had turned to selling chicken rice during this time period and …

One of the places on earth with the least amount of human interaction is North Sentinel Island. And those who have made it their home want to see that it stays that way. There is a good reason why the island’s verdant swaths of approximately 60 square kilometers, which are tucked away west of the Labyrinth Islands in the southern …