Restaurants
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‘Tuna King’ pays record £2.4m for 243kg giant bluefin at Tokyo auction – video
The head of the sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai bid 510.3m yen (£2.4m) for a single bluefin tuna, the highe…
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‘Tuna King’ pays record £2.4m for giant bluefin at Tokyo auction
Kiyoshi Kimura will turn prized 243kg fish into sushi rolls selling for £2.4o at his restaurant chainA sushi e…
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Restaurant in China criticised for putting baby lion cuddles on menu
Diners jump at chance to snuggle with cubs but wildlife experts accuse firm of ‘exploiting wild animals for se…
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Deserted by 8pm: Aucklanders revel in status as world’s earliest diners
In New Zealand’s largest city, no-shame early eating has become entwined in a dining culture where booking a t…
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Arrests made after wave of ‘sushi terrorism’ upends Japan’s restaurant industry
Reports of deliberately unhygienic behaviour have risen in recent weeks, including an incident in which a dine…
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‘Sushi terrorism’ sees Japan’s conveyor belt restaurants grind to a halt
Chains across the country have taken action after viral videos showed people licking communal bottles and touc…
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Wave of ‘sushi terrorism’ grips Japan’s restaurant world
Signature cuisine is at the centre of a police investigation after customers at revolving sushi restaurants po…
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Floating Hong Kong restaurant capsizes in South China Sea
Jumbo Floating Restaurant encountered ‘adverse weather’ after being towed away from territory’s harbourOne of …
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From kala bhuna to shatkora curry – let’s all get a taste for Bangladesh
Most of Britain’s Indian restaurants are run by Bangladeshis. So why don’t they promote their cuisine, asks re…
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Taiwan official urges people to stop changing their name to ‘salmon’
Dozens of people have changed names to include ‘gui yu’ to take advantage of sushi promotionA Taiwanese offici…
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India’s ‘dosa king’ restauranteur dies one week into life term for murder
P Rajagopal, founder of popular Saravana Bhavan restaurant chain, dies of cardiac failureIndia’s “dosa king”, …