Food

Celebrating all things beef

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 ― If a restaurant has been around for 10 years, it must be doing something right.

Yes, Gyuniku has been in Desa Sri Hartamas for that long, and recently an offshoot called Gyuniku Signature opened in Taman Tun Dr Ismail. A chatty waiter informed me that it has been opened for 10 months.

It’s mostly about beef here (gyuniku ... Read More

Shoppers buy fruits at a department store in Tokyo May 20, 2013. — Reuters pic

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