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Peter Lee, the owner of the Yenching restaurant—which is drawn on a page of the book opposite the words “or sushi or moo shi or chicken stir-fry?”—said yesterday that he had not heard about the book...
...Gianni Versace's home in South Beach--is set to become a members-only club; the British concierge service Quintessentially is opening an outpost in Miami following its recent launches in South Africa and Beijing; and in Tokyo individuals with assets of more than $920,000 can hire celebrity sushi chefs and geishas for private parties through Club Concierge. In a competitive social and economic environment, trading up--whether it's paying a premium so you can breeze past the bouncers or ponying up big bucks so you can cruise around in a Rolls-Royce Phantom--makes you look...
Even if you didn't know how often high-end restaurant design is all about the search for glamorous novelties, you would figure it out as soon as you set foot in Megu, a new Japanese place in lower Manhattan where the "edomae nigiri sushi" goes for as much as $90 a person and where, in the center of the main dining room, you will find a 5-ft.-high ice sculpture of the Buddha that, no surprise, is replaced every day. Ice? Well, if you forget every banquet-hall buffet centerpiece you've ever seen, it's possible...
...least $360 million. Ian Schrager has FOR SALE signs up at two London sites, the swanky Sanderson and the St. Martins Lane Hotel. Stelios Haji-Ioannou's easyGroup is launching a chain of no-frills easyHotels in early 2005. And Simon Woodroffe - the man behind the YO! Sushi conveyor-belt eateries - is opening Yotel, cramming luxury into tiny, 10-sq-m rooms, inspired by Japan 's "capsule" hotels, for $135 a night. "It's budget chic," says Yotel exec Gerard Greene. "There are designer hotels everywhere, but not everyone can afford them." Britain may be the best European locale...
...might dent her children's succession chances and improve the odds that Kim Jong Nam will reclaim his spot as No. 1 son. In the meantime, it's anyone's guess what impact Ko's death might have on Kim Jong Il. According to a memoir by a former sushi chef in the Dear Leader's household, Kim fell into a severe depression while Ko was being treated in France for cancer a decade ago. As the international community has learned through bitter experience, dealing with Kim when he's on an even keel is hard enough...