Word: oyster
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HONG KONG There's only one watch brand that men here buy. "It's always Rolex," says salesman Stanley Chan, at the Precision Watch Co. The most popular model is the black-face Oyster Perpetual ($3,950), below...
...astonishing restaurant in the mid-range Harbour Plaza Hotel in Hung Hom. Hong Kong's chattering classes might never summon up the will to go to this nondescript district of tower blocks and train lines?more fool them, for Maffini's talent is a rare one. His soups (oyster with Pernod; cauliflower with caviar) are masterful and original; the racks of lamb are so good they defy description; and his duck with Savoy cabbage is simply brilliant...
...Keith McNally's latest New York City restaurant--a Lower East Side dive called Schiller's Liquor Bar. McNally promises there will be no VIP reservation lines, only "outcasts and layabouts." "It's a place where anyone can go," he says. The equally accessible menu features everything from fried-oyster po' boys to pork chops, all for less than...
...bank bill that was met with great disdain by his Democratic colleagues, who launched a filibuster. Until his departure from the Senate in 1932, Louisiana's Huey Long spent many hours - 15 hours, on one occasion - pontificating on nothing in particular (he was famous for bringing recipes for oyster dishes to read). He used the practice to protest policies he considered unfair to the poor. Strom Thurmond's last stand against civil rights legislation took the form of a 24-hour long monologue in 1957, which set the record (still standing) for longest individual filibuster. The previous record (22 hours...
...same skill of combining different tastes was even more apparent in the seared scallops special. Expertly seared scallops were served around a mix of heirloom potatoes, baby spinach, butternut squash and oyster mushrooms. Beneath the scallops was a brown butter sauce with a hint of pommery mustard that was subtle and mysteriously delicious. This constant attention to detail in the sauces and the accompaniments is what pushes Metropolis towards exquisite...