I was watching some of the Japan Rugby World Cup the other weekend, so I’d built up an appetite for some Asian-inspired nibbles. With the cold dark winter nights drawing in, one of my favourite cosy spots to head for Japanese in the city is The Ned. The sprawling venue next to Bank tube station has eight restaurants, but a lot of people I know rate the Japanese-inspired restaurant, Kaia, above the rest. The eatery serves up a salivating spread of sushi and it has recently released its new autumnal menu, with everything from crispy prawns to plum soy pork belly to tempt guests. I checked ...
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Recently we found ourselves in the bustling Burmese city of Yangon, which is home to more than 7 million people. With 48 hours to spare, here's a lowdown of some of the things we got up to: ROOM WITH A VIEW We checked into enormous Sule Shangri-La, which is one of the oldest hotels in Yangon. Located in the centre of the bustling metropolis, it is a stone's throw from the gleaming Sule Pagoda and the colourful Bogyoke Aung San market. We found ourselves on the 21st floor in a spacious room with views over the jam-packed city. A tip is to get a room at the Sule Shangri-La above ...
Read more →Up and down the country people have given up something. For most its fattening foods or alcohol; for some its swearing and others its to carry on all of the above but to perhaps do it from the discomfort of the treadmill, once or twice more often. However in London, the capital where not many of us have exactly that, the folk love to drown their too-skint-to-get-on-the-property-ladder faces into indulgent food and drink - taking away the pain, easing renters wrist and somewhat numbing tenants tendon. But removing the vices will of course send the city into a miserable melt down - which ...
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