Word: perched
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...Hong Kong's Aqua restaurant can attest, there's nothing like a stunning view for turning a great meal into a grand one. The room, pictured right, is one of several private suites at the ?ber-chic Italian-Japanese restaurant, tel: (852) 3427 2288, that capitalize on its magnificent perch atop One Peking Road?a showy new fashion-cum-dining complex with panoramic views of the Hong Kong skyline. With its dramatic corner location, tatami room 1 may be the most spectacular of all, so book well ahead. Been there and done that? Then check out these other sky-high...
...Hong Kong's Aqua restaurant can attest, there's nothing like a stunning view for turning a great meal into a grand one. The room, pictured, is one of several private suites at the über-chic Italian-Japanese restaurant, tel: (852) 3427 2288, that capitalize on its magnificent perch atop One Peking Road - a showy new fashion-cum-dining complex with panoramic views of the Hong Kong skyline. With its dramatic corner location, Tatami Room 1 may be the most spectacular of all, so book well ahead. Been there and done that? Then check out these other sky-high...
...Supperclub, have added elegant overnights to their menu with the opening of Hotel de la Paix (hoteldelapaixangkor.com) in Siem Reap - an ancient Cambodian city now in the throes of rapid, tourism-led development, thanks to its proximity to the World Heritage-listed ruins of Angkor Wat. From its strategic perch on the edge of Siem Reap's burgeoning bar scene, the imposing, Art Deco-inspired La Paix formally launches the architectural career of Bill Bensley. The landscape designer behind the much-admired gardens and terraces at the Four Seasons Chiang Mai, Bensley proves that his talents extend to bricks...
...evening, a resident chef prepares Western-style gourmet meals infused with local ingredients. Expect dishes like Nile perch poached in eucalyptus, and dessert such as wattle seed cheesecake. Members of the Titjikala community also make an appearance, regaling guests with stories from the Dreaming, the Aboriginal myth of creation. Later, tales are shared around a campfire, beneath a star-studded sky. Experienced like this, the vastness of the desert seems to resonate with the ancient traditions of a proud people?and the tourist traps of Sydney or Surfers Paradise couldn't seem farther away...
After eating paper-bag lunches, the manufacturers boarded buses to Capitol Hill to buttonhole legislators from their home states. So many Michiganders packed into the office of Democratic Senator Carl Levin that several of the businessmen had to perch on upended attaché cases. Levin warned them that "the whole spirit of Congress is to get away from regulation," but promised to take a careful look at the Danforth bill. Plaintiffs' attorneys, needless to say, oppose all tort-reform plans. They commonly accuse insurers of creating a sense of crisis to enact laws that would deny just compensation to victims...