At Mono, Venezuelan chef Ricardo Chaneton – who, most famously, worked previously at Mirazur (which now has three Michelin stars and is #1 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list) in Menton, France, has found a space that doesn’t distract from his cuisine.
I loved his food at Petrus at the Island Shangri-La, but the old-fashioned dining room was entirely the opposite of the modern, complex food that he was serving. Read More...
ONE Friday Fights 47 will be the first event of the ONE Championship’s 2024 schedule and the promotion has confirmed two of the fights on a card likely to consist primarily of Muay Thai contests.
The event will take place at Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium on January 12, just hours before the promotion’s first big show of the year, ONE Fight Night 18, which is being broadcast live on Amazon Prime across North America. Read More...
The catalyst for capitalist growth in Vietnam – often dubbed Asia’s next tiger economy – is frequently ascribed to market reforms starting in 1986 and subsequent foreign investment flows. But diaspora capital sent from abroad – from those who left the country as refugees and migrants after the end of the war in 1975 – has also contributed significantly to the country’s economic growth over the past 30 years.International remittances to Vietnam are estimated at US$15 billion annually, making it one of the top 10 destinations in the world for money sent back by diaspora populations. Read More...