SHANGHAI: The European Union has no intention to decouple from China but needs to protect itself in situations when its openness is abused, the bloc’s Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Saturday (Sep 23). The bloc posted record bilateral trade with China last year, but it is “very unbalanced”, heContinue Reading
SEOUL: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his South Korean and Japanese counterparts expressed “serious concern” over the discussion of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, including possible arms trading, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday (Sep 23). Blinken, South Korea’s Foreign Minister Park Jin andContinue Reading
“To me, sustainability is not only important, it also benefits us chefs,” Ng said. “When the product travels far, it’s not just about the carbon footprint; it also degrades its quality. The tilapia, fish maw, marble goby and slipper lobster came in alive, flipping and kicking. So, the quality, compared to products we receive from Europe (packed) one week ago, is really very different.”
At his restaurant Path, he continued, “we try to use regional products because of the quality. It’s not because of the pricing – small artisan suppliers and fisheries in Singapore sell their products at prices similar to those from Europe. So, what we are buying is quality and also the skills, time and effort it takes to source those products.”
Since returning to Singapore, he’s already started ordering marble goby and sea cucumber from Malaysia, and these will be on his new menu launching in October.
There are still challenges, of course. The Penang oysters and wild-caught slipper lobsters, which he has his eye on, will be prohibitively expensive to bring in until there is enough bulk in orders.
But the possibilities are there, and they are delicious.
CNA Lifestyle was in Kuala Lumpur at the invitation of Path x Eat And Cook.
TAIPEI: According to the government, a factory in southern Taiwan that manufactures golfing equipment caught fire and explosion on Friday( Sep 22 ), killing one person and leaving ten others missing. According to Taiwan’s fire department, a plant in an industrial area in the province of Pingtung is where theContinue Reading
The new partnership government led by Pheu Thai intends to demand Thaksin once he is released from prison, according to another party supply who confirmed this to AFP. Thaksin, according to Srettha, may be useful as the state seeks to boost the economy by 5 % annually. His” Thaksenomics” lawsContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: & nbsp, New Delhi canceled on Friday( Sept 22 ) a trip by its sports minister to the Asian Games in Hangzhou, claiming that Chinese authorities had denied admission and accreditation to Indian athletes from an area claimed by Beijing. Three female martial arts fighters from the AmericanContinue Reading
HONOI: On Friday, September 22, after praising ties between the two nations during a six-day attend, Crown Prince Akishino of Japan met President Vo Van Thuong of Vietnam. The third-largest resource of foreign direct investment in Southeast Asia, with a combined US$ 70 billion, is Japan, which also provides theContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: According to China’s top environment official, the phase-out of fossil fuels is not feasible and that they may continue to be essential to maintaining global energy security. In response to remarks made by ministers at a forum in Beijing on Thursday( Sept 21) in advance of the COP28 climateContinue Reading
SURABAYA, Indonesia: In 2015, IT engineer Audrey Maximilian Herli was enrolled in Surabaya, one of Indonesia’s best universities, when he learned that a near female friend had been silently dealing with numerous individual issues and hardships. Mr. Herli’s friend cried out in desperation for help on social media, but sheContinue Reading
PARIS: According to an International Energy Agency ( IEA ) report released on Friday( Sep 22 ), China will control half of the installed capacity of electrolysers for producing low-carbon hydrogen by the end of 2023 amid a slowdown in new projects due to inflation. According to the IEA statementContinue Reading