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Best Bangkok high-end Thai restaurants
Full body suits expose Singapore's thin skin
Inside Chungking Mansions with expert Gordon Mathews
Post-quake Japan finally says yes to eating, drinking and making very merry
Saving Australia's most endangered species
Indonesia's best dishes, inside Chungking Mansions, Mumbai's original superheroes
上海最爽的酒吧“欢乐时光”，一周七天爽到翻
40 of Indonesia's best dishes
Shanghai's 6 best new cocktail bars
Don't sweat it: 5 cool oases for the Tokyo summer

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 03:58 AM PDT

Independent high-end Thai restaurants don't get the credit they deserve in Bangkok, a city best known for its cheap, delicious street eats.

Of course, for a special splurge, five-star hotels like the Dusit Thani and the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok give guests a chance to indulge in top Thai fare made with high-quality ingredients just an elevator ride from their room.

More on CNNGo: Bangkok's top 20 executive chefs talk street food

Full body suits expose Singapore's thin skin

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 02:20 AM PDT

Don a full body spandex suit in Singapore and you could earn the attention of the boys in blue. A proper shirt and trousers blue, mind you.

This possible new oddity in Singapore's straight-laced justice system was discovered last month when two youths clad in a face concealing head-to-toe spandex suits decided to model the new togs at two local shopping malls.

According to a report by MyPaper, the pair were spotted and photographed by concerned citizens who submitted the images to citizen-journalism website Stomp.

Inside Chungking Mansions with expert Gordon Mathews

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 11:00 PM PDT

I am at Chungking Mansions, a high-rise warren in Tsim Sha Tsui known to contain the cheapest guest houses in Hong Kong, and immortalized as a den of lawlessness in Kar Wai Wong's 1994 movie "Chungking Express." With me is Gordon Mathews, a professor of anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the author of the recently published book, "Ghetto at the Center of the World: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong."

Post-quake Japan finally says yes to eating, drinking and making very merry

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:59 PM PDT

With individuals showing "restraint" and everything from firework displays to school trips canceled en masse, things haven't been quite the same with the Japanese economy since the earthquake and tsunami of March 11.

On top of the human tragedy, the disasters have been hurting the national bottom line for months. That's why the news announced today that restaurants and bars are finally rebounding has been greeted as something of a minor miracle.

Saving Australia's most endangered species

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 08:06 PM PDT

Plans to save some of the rarest animals in the world

Indonesia's best dishes, inside Chungking Mansions, Mumbai's original superheroes

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:48 PM PDT

上海最爽的酒吧“欢乐时光”，一周七天爽到翻

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT

夏日里热浪滚滚，很多地方都纷纷推出了酒水饮品特惠。我们帮你好好地做了一番深入调查，排出了一份下班后"出动"的时间表，这样你就可以去轻松享受上海一些最爽的优惠了。

无论是老"据点"还是新酒吧，廉价酒吧还是高档俱乐部，是体育酒吧还是潮人云集的派对场所，尽管去上海酒吧圈里最好的地方好好享受吧，享受美酒，享受折扣。

礼拜一

地点： 棉花酒吧
优惠： 酒水饮品买一送一，周一至周五下午4点到晚上8点，两家分店通行。

棉花酒吧2003年就开业了，现在已经是上海高档酒吧界的"中坚力量"之一，而且还越来越火爆。那里的员工像你的朋友一样友好，精心调制的酒水很美味，翻建的老上海别墅别有一番风情。所以，从这里开始你的"一周欢乐时光"是个靠谱的选择。在三十五度的高温里，去享受这家酒吧的露天清凉和调酒师专供的"碎冰莫吉托"吧。

40 of Indonesia's best dishes

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT

After CNNGo readers voted rendang the most delicious food in the world, we thought it was time to give Indonesia's culinary credentials some time in the limelight.

Here we run through a mouth-watering array of broth-soaked noodles, fiery curries, banana-wrapped fish and vegetable salads with sweet peanut dressing. Most of the recommended restaurants are in Jakarta, a magnet for Indonesians from all over the archipelago, who naturally brought their cuisine with them.

Shanghai's 6 best new cocktail bars

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 02:57 PM PDT

With nightlife aspirations of world-beating proportions, Shanghai can no longer rest on its "spectacular Bund view" laurels.

Mixologists from China and around the world are now plying their trade in Shanghai's cocktail bars, and according to industry insiders, recently relaxed alcohol import restrictions have seen more liquors and spirits available than ever before.

The following six bars all opened their doors in 2011 and demonstrate the best of Shanghai's blooming cocktail culture.

Don't sweat it: 5 cool oases for the Tokyo summer

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT

You know how when a Tokyo local comments that the weather is a touch "atsui," what they really mean is that the capital feels like it's been relocated to a desert (possibly one near the sun), all hope has been erased for a decent night's sleep and they would gladly pack up and move to the Arctic -- this afternoon?

Well, there's more than a little that can be done about that -- here are five favorite quick stop-offs for a cool afternoon or full day out of the sun and, mostly, well into the air conditioning.