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STK Restaurant Review, Midtown – blogs – Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Posted on April 5, 2012 by John Kessler

If only I were an animagus from the world of Harry Potter. I’d transform into a mouse and crawl into a sparkly clutch bag that some young woman places on the bar at STK. From this vantage point, I’d watch as her girlfriends … Continue reading →

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The Red Tablecloth

Posted on April 3, 2012 by kcboey@themalaysianinsider.net

PETALING JAYA, April 3 — There’s something about arriving at your favourite neighbourhood dai chow in the early evening before any other customers appear. At 6pm there is still quite a bit of daylight left. The sight of a room of empty round tables covered with the ubiquitous red tablecloths can be as heady as a field full of red poppies. The view … Continue reading →

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Brits reaching for more green tea than ever

Posted on March 26, 2012 by praba@themalaysianinsider.net

LONDON, March 26 — For a growing number of Brits, a cuppa builder’s brew is no longer their cup of tea. Though regular black tea may account for the biggest share of the tea market in the UK at 70 per cent, sales of English Breakfast tea bags dropped 1.5 per cent between 2010 and 2011 as Brits reached for more “exotic varieties”, reported research … Continue reading →

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Chefs roll up sleeves for cookery ‘Olympics’

Posted on March 21, 2012 by kcboey@themalaysianinsider.net

BRUSSELS, March 21 — Twenty up-and-coming chefs faced off in Brussels yesterday in a two-day cookout for the European leg of the Bocuse d’Or contest, dubbed the Olympic Games of the food world. Working side by side in a row of purpose-built kitchens, huge white toques on their heads, the first 10 took up the challenge yesterday, egged on like … Continue reading →

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The Most Impactful Restaurant Review Directories (According to …

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Scott Shockley

Of course, reviews can make or break your business, but which are the best for restaurants? Here’s the list, with the data to back it up. Continue reading →

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Viral review of Olive Garden makes 85-year-old grandma Internet star

Posted on March 14, 2012 by ernamahyuni@themalaysianinsider.net

NORTH DAKOTA, March 14 — A restaurant review by an 85-year-old grandmother of her local Olive Garden that went viral has stoked an online storm with accusations flying of food elitism and insufferable snobbery. When Eatbeat columnist Marilyn Hagerty of the Grand Forks Herald called a newly opened branch of the Olive Garden in her small, North … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a kitchen nerd

Posted on March 7, 2012 by ernamahyuni@themalaysianinsider.net

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — My name is Jonathan, and I have an addiction. Yes, you might think this is a strange place to admit an addiction, but an article about cooking seems to be just the place. You see, I have an addiction to cookbooks. I love cookbooks, read cookbooks and admit to collecting cookbooks. I have hundreds easily but I’m a little … Continue reading →

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Snippets of Thyme: Restaurant Review: Café des Amis…gateau love!

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Sarah Snippets of Thyme

Restaurant Review : Café des Amis…gateau love! I have discovered my all time favorite dessert. If I had just one last dessert wish, this would get the call. This gateaux won’t win any beauty contests but the flavors of it are … Continue reading →

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Dessert (Taiwanese style) anyone?

Posted on March 2, 2012 by ernamahyuni@themalaysianinsider.net

KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — I love the food fads in Malaysia; Mexican buns, doughnuts, cupcakes, macarons, bubble tea, popcorn and so on. One shop starts, gets successful and next thing you know many other similar shops mushroom all over the place. And we welcome them all with open arms… or mouths, in this case.One fad that has gained quite a … Continue reading →

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goodbye. for now.

Posted on February 29, 2012 by epicuriousgirl

i have been thinking for this for a while now. and finally I’m ready to face the truth. i need more time in a day! so with so much happening on the home front, and work getting busier, i guess it’s time to stop blogging. many heartfelt thanks to those who have kept reading or left comments somewhere along the line. but fret not, i’ll still be eating (and eating, lol) and documenting it. so feel free to check it out here . Continue reading →

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