The team behind perennial favorite Yardbird is back with a new izakaya called Always Joy following the closure of the group’s snack bar Ronin. The focus is on using fresh, daily ingredients in a menu of shared plates that are always changing. Like Ronin, there’s an emphasis on contemporary Japanese cuisine, but this latest iteration…
Japan’s stock market is only now waking up to potential gains from record numbers of big-spending tourists. A growing number of companies, including a seller of vintage goods and a budget hotel chain, are poised for a strong 2025 as increased demand from foreigners boosts earnings outlooks. Japan welcomed almost 37 million inbound visitors in…
On her way to catch a foreign flick in Beijing, Jane Yao bought a cinnamon roll, had ramen, visited a bookshop, and dropped by a supermarket to grab some snacks. Such an impulse splurge has become all too rare in China, a country where consumption growth is still far below pre-Covid levels and poses a…
When two-Michelin-starred French restaurant Ecriture closed abruptly in September 2023, it reflected the struggles of top-end restaurants amid Hong Kong’s slow recovery from the pandemic. Just over one year on, the latest incarnation at Ecriture’s old spot at the top floor of H Queen’s building in Central is Omaroo Grill, the fifth outlet of Wooloomooloo…
⮊ Canary Islands and Seville. Photographer: Gabriela Herman for Bloomberg Businessweek | ⮊ Portillo. Photographer: Pia Vergara | ⮊ Jaipur. Source: Raffles Hotels and Resorts | ⮊ Casa de Brasa at Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos at Costa Palmas. Source: Costa Palmas By Bloomberg Pursuits December 12, 2024 As much as travel writers hate to…
Even as Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is set to become a more controversial figure in China as part of Donald Trump’s administration, his mother is still a clear-cut favorite in the country. This month, Maye Musk attended the Shanghai store opening of Chinese mattress brand AISE Baobao, for which she’s a global…
The week before Sam Aisbett opened Akuna in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in July 2023, he panicked. “I said, ‘What the hell am I doing? What an idiot,’” recalled the Australian chef in a recent video interview. There was no way his restaurant, with a menu price of 3.9 million dong ($160)—at least 20…