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Gurkha Makes The Rarest Cigar In The World The official cigar of the super-elite military Delta Forces group The Gurkha Cigar, makers of the cigar brand “Gurkha” and the world’s most expensive cigar’His Majesty’s Reserve’ ($16,500 per box of 20 cigars), was chosen as the official cigar of the Delta Forces, the super- elite military … Read more
The elBulli Wine Cellar to be sold at Sotheby’s On 3 April 2013 in Hong Kong and 26 April 2013 in New York, Sotheby’s will offer wines from the cellar of the now-shuttered El Bulli, the celebrated Catalan restaurant by Ferran Adrià. Founded over 50 years ago in 1961, elBulli was led by Ferran Adrià … Read more
Air France La Première to serve caviar Christmas and New Year is celebrated by Air France with a special serving for first-class fliers. The airline will serve caviar for La premiere (first class) travelers on flights departing from Paris until January 31. The caviar, revisited by Petrossian, takes on a new look for the … Read more
The Asian edition of World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards has named Chef Paul Pairet the inaugural recipient of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants’ Lifetime Achievement Awards. Organised by Restaurant magazine, World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is an annual snapshot of the opinions and experiences of over 800 international restaurant industry experts. What constitutes “best” is left … Read more
Titanic World Records Broken: Menu of first meal served aboard the Titanic sells for £64,000 It is 100 years since Titanic struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage on April 15th 1912 with the loss of over 1500 lives. Henry Aldridge and Son latest auction like its predecessors this year broke a number of … Read more
Climate change threatens French truffle, say scientists A century ago, French trufflers notched up a harvest that, according to legend, reached 1,000 tonnes in a year, while in 1960s, truffle harvest accounted 200-300 tonnes annually. In recent years, scientists say that global warming and the summer’s weather is affecting the truffles and their native habitat … Read more