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- Latest 'liveable city' index -- sorry Vancouver, you're gone
- US$266k for a hut, and other travel splurges
- Angry Birds pad Thai: Enough is enough!
- CNN Café opens flagship shop on Seoul's busiest street
- Salaryman becomes pizza man, serves up Tokyo's best slices
Latest 'liveable city' index -- sorry Vancouver, you're gone Posted: 04 Jul 2012 02:08 AM PDT by Hiufu Wong Neither proud Vancouverites nor Melbourne's residents will be happy about the latest liveability index to have hit the headlines. Those two cities, which have in recent years jousted for the top spot in the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)'s bi-annual global livability index, didn't feature at all in the latest ranking to be published by the organization. Instead, Hong Kong took the no. 1 spot, in the study that was compiled by an architect and urban planner, Filippo Lovato, the winner of EIU's competition to come up with a new way of interpreting their data. EIU, in collaboration with data-sharing company BuzzData, opened their city ranking and cost of living data to the public and invited people to compile a new city index. Lovato's entry added data on urban planning, including cities' green space, (lack of) sprawl, natural assets, cultural assets, connectivity and (lack of) isolation. read more |
US$266k for a hut, and other travel splurges Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:16 PM PDT A humble timber cabin in southern England recently became one of the country's most expensive beach huts when it sold for a whopping £170,000 (US$265,985) last month. It was on the market for only two days before it was snapped up, despite containing no toilet. The hut near Bournemouth was rebuilt 10 years ago and has a full kitchen, sleeping accommodation, running water and even solar panels for lighting. "The location is what got the interest. This one offers views of the harbor from one side and there are views of the sea," Andy Denison from Denisons Estate Agents told the Guardian. The hut was a popular spot for beach house-searchers, regardless of the price tag. read more |
Angry Birds pad Thai: Enough is enough! Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:01 PM PDT
The stars of the insanely popular video game continue to migrate from electronic screens to the real word, appearing in an ever-widening range of merchandise, attractions and eats. Not even Thai cuisine is safe from their fury. Though at this point, with the law of dimishining returns kicking in, we kind of wish it were. Nevertheless, diners hitting up one of JM Cuisine's two restaurants in the Thai town of Phetchaburi can now order up plates of Angry Birds pad Thai. read more |
CNN Café opens flagship shop on Seoul's busiest street Posted: 03 Jul 2012 06:26 PM PDT by CNNGo staff |
Salaryman becomes pizza man, serves up Tokyo's best slices Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:00 PM PDT Chef Yutaka Hazama stands in the meter-wide kitchen of his pizza truck, Bakka, and describes how one year ago he built up the self-confidence, brick by brick, to ditch a secure office job. He then took those bricks and made them into an experimental wood-fired oven in a friend's garden. Then he started testing fire, hot coals, dough and toppings, until eventually he was satisfied. "You know how many brands of canned tomatoes there are?" he asks. "Me neither. But I ordered as many as I could off the Internet to try." He mimes tiredly licking his fingers. Then he took out a hefty loan for the truck and oven, and got cooking ... It's 10 p.m. Friday night at a vacant block in the seedy, crawling heart of Shibuya. read more |
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