Word: ducking
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...says Gunther Hubrechsen, chef at Les Amis, arguably Singapore's best French restaurant. Part of the reason is simple snob value. To class-conscious Singaporeans, fusion cuisine has become down-market. How could it be otherwise, when it's the mundane fodder of food courts? Pandan tuna wraps, Peking duck pizzas and (the horror! The horror!) green-tea frappuccinos are freely available. So are Singapore's traditional syncretic cuisines. Long before fusion godfather Jean-Georges Vongerichten was mixing tamarind with truffles, local hawkers were fusing ingredients with aplomb. Nyonya cuisine (Chinese-Malay), Mamak food (Indian-Malay), and kaya toast (English...
...poor, I was starving,” Robbins said apologetically of his role as Phil Blumburtt in notorious 1986 turkey Howard the Duck. “It was George Lucas. He had just done Star Wars...
...Bull Durham. Real cinema buffs also recognize Robbins for his roles in 1999’s Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, 2000’s High Fidelity, 1986’s Top Gun, and the so-bad-it’s-good 1986 Howard the Duck...
...flashy blonde mane that belies her hard looks and tight face. The figure doesn’t seem to fit her new role as America’s top party girl, a tabloid target whose slips of the tongue and recent wardrobe malfunction have made her a sitting duck for the gossip hounds of Page Six. But if torrid Tara isn’t in the bod, where’s she hiding...
...repeat, I’ll forfeit some sleep and go watch the Duck Boats roll...