World Top 50 Restaurants 2012

1. Noma - Denmark
2. El Celler de C an Roca - Spain
3. Mugaritz - Spain
4. D.O.M - Brazil
5. Osteria Francescana - Italy
6. Per Se - NY
7. Alinea - Chicago
8. Arzak - Spain
9. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal - London
10. Eleven Madison Park - NY


Some notable APAC restaurants ...
26. Iggy's - Singapore
27. Narisawa - Tokyo
28. Nihonryori RyuGin - Tokyo
29. Quay - Sydney
39. Waku Ghin - Singapore
44. Amber - Hong Kong
50. Nahm - Bangkok

World Best Airport 2012

Source:Skytrax

1. Incheon International Airport
2. Singapore Changi Airport

3. Hong Kong International Airport

4. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

5. Beijing Capital International Airport
6. Munich Airport

7. Zurich Airport

8. Kuala Lumpur International Airport
9. Vancouver International Airport

10. Central Japan International Airport

Interesting to see 6/10 of the best airports in 2012 fall in the Asia region! Sydney airport is currently ranked at 20th in 2012 compared to 40th in 2011. Will they EVER going to reach the top 10 list? Big ?

Buzzing of Social Media

Source: obtained from Linkedin - posted by ?? Thought it is pretty interesting to see how social media has becoming part of our daily life, and not everyone is aware that we are being exposed to lots of apps today. Nonetheless, it will continue to grow!

World Best Airport Awards - 2011

1	Hong Kong International Airport
2	Singapore Changi Airport
3	Incheon International Airport
4	Munich Airport
5	Beijing Capital International Airport
6	Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
7	Zurich Airport
8	Auckland International Airport
9	Kuala Lumpur International Airport
10	Copenhagen Airport

World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards (2010)

Would love to visit all of them :P'. Just gotta name top 10 and looks like Spain has lots of good food *yum*

1. Noma - Denmark
2. El Bulli - Spain
3. The Fat Duck - UK
4. El Celler de Can Roca - Spain
5. Mugaritz - Spain
6. Osteria Francescana - Italy
7. Alinea - USA
8. Daniel - USA
9. Arzak - Spain
10. Per Se - USA

To note some of top Australian's ...
27. Quay ... Peter Gilmore
38: Tetsuya's - Tetsuya himself
67. Marque (winner of breakthrough award 2010)
73. Attica ... Ben Shewry

Hong Kong has been pretty busy on the chart too ...

53. L'Atelier Joel Robouchon (http://www.joel-robuchon.com/) French
59. Lung King Heen 龍景軒 (http://www.fourseasons.com/hongkong/dining/lung_king_heen/)
65. Bo Innovation - Chinese
90. Amber
96. Cepage by Les Amis

2010 World's Top 10 Airlines

Skytrax 2010 Airline award is finally out and the winner goes to:

1. Asiana Airlines (3rd in 2009)
2. Singapore Airlines
3. Qatar Airways (4th in 2009)
4. Cathay Pacific (1st in 2009)
5. Air New Zealand (8th in 2009)
6. Etihad Airways (7th in 2009)
7. Qantas Airways (6th in 2009)
8. Emirates (5th in 2009)
9. Thai Airways (10th in 2009)
10. Malaysia Airlines (9th in 2009)

CX is probably the least impressive carrier to have dropped from first to fourth place!

Airline of the Year: Asiana Airlines
Best Low-Cost Airline Worldwide: Air Asia
Best Economy Class: Malaysia Airlines
Best Premium Economy Class: Qantas (?? - Sure?)
Best Business Class: Qatar Airways
Best First Class: Etihad Airways

Quick home cooked pasta

I have modified Curtis Stone's recipe a little and came up with this simple pasta dish tossed with olive oil & adding some fresh produce like cherry tomato, asparagus and tuna. It tasted fantastic and definitely come under $10 budget meal ;)