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...first Mexican P.F. Chang's opened in a glitzy new mall in the capital's financial district. The chic restaurant, similar to other branches in the U.S., features large Chinese murals, terra-cotta warriors, mood lighting and a lengthy wine list. It's an anomaly in Mexico, where the bar for Chinese food is set low. In the handful of eateries that dot Mexico City's two-block Chinatown, it's common to start a meal with deep-fried wonton-dough sticks and a hefty bowl of neon-red sweet-and-sour sauce. "The biggest challenge will be performing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: P.F. Chang's Tries to Woo Diners in Mexico | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...thirsty soul with endless variations of bubble teas, a.k.a. hot or cold teas with chewy tapioca balls and tropical juice blends. One popular combo, green tea with passion fruit, tapioca pearls and chewy coconut cubes, helps explain why 85°C's next coffee innovations will use panna cotta and fresh fruit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Salt with Your Coffee? Taiwan's Hot Drink | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

...another bite of pasta. But I couldn’t have been more thankful. Maybe there are easier ways to become comfortable in the kitchen, but who wants easy? At some point between my fifth time chopping wild boar and my 50th time plating panna cotta, I became the chef I always wanted to be: a casual cook who could say, “Put the goose in the vacuum sealer” in Italian.—Columnist Rebecca A. Cooper can be reached at cooper3@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Rebecca A. Cooper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Learning to Make Food—Italian Style | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

Inside, the hotel offers a similar blend of old and new. Rooms have iPod docks and wi-fi, but also sturdy oak beams recycled from abandoned factories, hand-cut Italian terra-cotta tiles in the bathrooms, and custom-made furniture inspired by early 20th century designs. A stay also grants you access to perhaps the hotel's truest luxury: its subterranean Shibui spa and pool. Low lit and nearly silent, the space contains an original 18th-century bamboo home from Tokyo, meticulously reconstructed onsite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chez de Niro | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...human China? Kung Fu Panda is set in a pre-industrial China, like Mulan and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The new Mummy sequel, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, set in the 1940s, is about an undead 2,000-year-old Han emperor (Jet Li) and an army of terra-cotta warriors. The China that appears in American pop culture is about as modern as Arthurian England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Panda Paradox | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

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