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Victoria Reichelt: The horrors of disposable food containers – Art Basel Hong Kong 2019
28 March 2020 7:29 AM | No CommentsReichelt unveiled a series of oil on linen works that depicted how disposable items used for take away food orders compound environmental waste.
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POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: Will Barras
24 March 2020 6:22 AM | No CommentsLondon-based Will Barras made the trip to POW! WOW! Hawaii, where artists like himself decorated the city of Honolulu with colorful murals.
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POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: BunnyKitty by PERSUE
22 March 2020 3:36 AM | No CommentsBunnyKitty artist Dave "Persue" Ross's murals have been featured in galleries and buildings across the world, including Seoul and Kobe.
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POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: Gary Fisher (Gary Draws Fish)
21 March 2020 10:08 PM | No CommentsAt POW! WOW! Hawaii, artists decorated the city of Honolulu with colorful murals. Gary Draws Fish specializes in - you guessed it - drawing fish.
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Photos: Lagos Fashion Week 2019
15 February 2020 10:28 PM | No CommentsScenes from our first season of coverage at Lagos Fashion Week, which showcased designs from Nigeria, the rest of Africa and even Japan.
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Food Archive
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Meniscus Magazine’s Top 10 articles of 2019
Meniscus MagazinePosted on January 6, 2020 | No CommentsIn 2019, clearly film, food and travel – with a specific focus on Asia – were the top areas of interest for you, our readers. -
Jeju Noodle Culture Street (국수거리) gogi-guksu – South Korea
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on September 9, 2019 | No CommentsJeju Noodle Culture Street is a walkable stretch of 11 restaurants celebrating a dish unique to the island: gogi-guksu, or Japanese-style noodles with pork soup. -
At Tokyo’s Sushi Bar Yasuda, a chef returns home
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 31, 2019 | No CommentsSemi-retirement for Naomichi Yasuda is a basement in Tokyo, working solo and serving his personal style of omakase. Does he care what you think? Maybe. -
Minatogawa StateSide Town – Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 29, 2019 | No CommentsIn this former military housing complex, rusty U.S. Mail boxes teeter beside cool boutiques, and American vintage goods spill off the shelves next door to uniquely Okinawan culinary creations. -
Eifuku Shokudo (栄福食堂, “Tony Soba”) – Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 22, 2019 | No CommentsTony Soba serves some of the cheapest bowls of Yaeyama soba one can find in Okinawa, and doubles as an unabashed shrine to a forgotten actor. -
Japan’s first A&W? It’s in Okinawa.
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 25, 2019 | No CommentsIn a part of Japan that has embraced Spam musubi and taco rice, it's easy to see why the A&W brand has survived for more than 55 years there. -
2019 Embassy Chef Challenge: Barbados, Haiti bag top awards
Megan LeePosted on April 20, 2019 | No CommentsThe 11th annual Events DC Embassy Chef Challenge presented by TCMA hosted a competition among 19 nations for a variety of prizes. -
Why ramen rules New York (and the world)
Francis ChinPosted on March 26, 2019 | No CommentsIn 2011, the Japan Society in New York decided to host an event on a growing culinary phenomenon - now a mainstream staple - in the city: ramen. -
Meniscus Magazine’s Top 10 articles of 2018
Meniscus MagazinePosted on January 2, 2019 | No CommentsThree reviews of Korean films made it to the list (proving the continued global influence of South Korean cinema) as well as three articles about food (proving that our readers are very hungry people). -
Bangkok’s Sushi Masato & Chef Masa’s favorite Tokyo restaurants
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 1, 2018 | No CommentsFood becomes an education at Sushi Masato, which serves dinner to 120 lucky patrons a week. Bonus: a list of Chef Masa's preferred places to eat in Tokyo.