Word: scrumptious
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...tony hotel. Christopher (Ralph Fiennes) is a perfectly pressed nitwit--playing at elective politics, fooling around with supermodels, delighting the tabloids. Marisa is single-momming an adorable son (Tyler Posey). Christopher has an adorable dog. One day she tries on a rich guest's smashing new pantsuit; she looks scrumptious. He spots her in it and naturally falls in love. The usual class complications ensue...
...rustic-wood ambiance, mellow jazz sounds and delightfully personalized service. Not to mention a three-course breakfast for $1.50, a selection of 28 reasonably priced coffee drinks from the banana espresso shake to a classic cappuccino (made from local and imported beans), a large range of herbal teas and scrumptious desserts (including a sinfully rich banana, white chocolate and caramel Binoffi Pai). There is even a cozy upstairs loft filled with books. The simple teakwood shophouse looking out on to Chaisongkram Road dispenses cake and cool from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily...
TASTEFUL LANGUAGE I'm wracking my brain for culinary superlatives as the moon-faced restaurateur eggs me on, plying me with cold beer. Mouthwatering? Lip-smacking? Succulent? Scrumptious? "Yes, yes," says Chai Uan-kum, proprietor of Chai Chuan Chin, scribbling furiously. "Very good." His is the newest establishment on Manting Lu Road, Jinghong's premier eat street, and I've been enlisted to help draft a sign in English that will lure peckish Westerners...
LITTLE DELIGHTS Dim sum is an institution more than a cuisine. Literally "touch the heart," the delicate dump-lings and scrumptious small dishes are a hallmark of Chinese food from New Jersey to New Delhi to their origins in Guangzhou. Specialized chefs train for decades in their preparation, and Cantonese gobble them up with almost ritualistic reverence from morning to midnight...
...Best Chocolates: Blondel, Rue du Bourg 5. Scrumptious chocolate made right on the premises. Open 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays...