NEW DELHI (AFP) ― Stephen H.B. Twining, the 10th-generation descendant of the Twinings tea-making family, is an unimpeachable brand ambassador. It is early afternoon and he is already on his 12th cup of the day.“My usual daily intake is about 15 cups, so I’m a little ahead of myself, but tea drinking is a huge passion with me,” he says, sipping a light infusion of green tea in New Delhi.Twining, director of the British company which opened the first tea shop in London over 300 years ago, was in

LONDON (AFP) ― Denmark’s Noma restaurant has been named the best in the world for a third year running in an international survey that also gave top rankings to establishments in Spain, Brazil and Italy.The Copenhagen restaurant, serving Nordic specialities in a quayside warehouse, topped the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list compiled for a 10th year by more than 800 international experts for Britain’s Restaurant magazine.The magazine called Noma’s chef Rene Redzepi “the standard bearer for the N

Around 870,000 images of New York City and its operations have been made available online to the public for the first time, retracing 160 years of the Big Apple’s history.The new site, www.nyc.gov/records, was so popular that it was unavailable on Wednesday, a day after its official launch.Among the 25 collections put online is a series of color photographs of each building in the city, taken in t

The Seoul Global Center is running a special Foreigners’ Flea Market to mark Children’s Day in front of the Seoul Museum of History on Saturday.The museum will put on extra traditional workshops and cultural events for children, families and adults. The market will run 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Participation is free but requires registration which can be done online at global.seoul.go.kr. As usual, stalls must be staffed by at least one expat.(paulkerry@heraldm.com)

Seoul Global Center is taking applications for use of its free incubation offices in Gangnam and Yeouido until Friday.The offices in COEX and Yeouido’s International Finance Center are offered free for six months to international entrepreneurs or investors who plan to start a business in Seoul.Applications are open to foreign residents with visas eligible to start businesses who plan to register the proposed business during the incubation period.Applications require a business plan, resume, appl

Busan Global Center will run an online counseling session on May 20 at the square by the main entrance of Renecite in Sasang-gu from 2-6 p.m.The sessions offer advice on useful daily information, labor issues, law, business, student affairs and other areas.The onsite sessions are an additional service for those who cannot attend the regular sessions at the BGC office in Yeonje-gu that run Monday to Saturday from 9:30-6:30 p.m. and are available in seven languages. To contact the counseling servi

The Seoul Friendship Fair will run Saturday and Sunday, featuring participation from more than 60 countries.Now in its 17th year, the festival will feature performances by groups from 10 of Seoul’s overseas sister cities.Teams from other countries will run booths and stalls featuring food and other cultural items. Additional events will include costume shows and a painting contest.The event will run on Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. on Seoul Plaza and Mugyo-dong Stre

Seorae Global Village Center is running a series of classes on how to make “bojagi,” a type of Korean wrapping cloth.The traditional pouch or cloth is often used to wrap gifts in Korea.The four classes will run 1:30-3:30 p.m. each week starting Thursday and continuing May 10,17 and 24.The class costs 20,000 won and takes place at the center’s building in Seocho-gu.To register contact seorae@sba.seoul.kr or (02) 2155-8915~6 (paulkerry@heraldm.com)