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Irish pubs these days are almost as common as pizzerias the world over, so when Vladimir V. Luchina wanted to come up with a more original theme for a bar in Yekaterinburg, a Russian city in the Urals, he hit on the idea of a Scottish pub. Gordon's, which opened 18 months ago, is now one of the hottest places in town, particularly on weekend nights when local rock 'n' roll groups with names like the Spoilers play. Luchina has tried hard to make Gordon's look straight from the Highlands. Barmen wear kilts, a set of bagpipes adorns...
...place draws a crowd of an emerging new generation of middle-class Russians. "The people who come are those who have achieved something in life," boasts Yuri Lazarov, the staff director. Sometimes the bar seems to try a little too hard. The menu includes "very wild boar" and "extraction of the huntsman" (roast pork and potatoes with a cherry cognac sauce), all unlikely to feature in a pub in Scotland. And unlike in the mother country itself, there's no restriction on smoking. Still, with a little imagination and a lot of whisky, you could almost be at yer auntie...
Irish pubs these days are almost as common as pizzerias the world over, so when Vladimir V. Luchina wanted to come up with a more original theme for a bar in Yekaterinburg, a Russian city in the Urals, he hit on the idea of a Scottish pub. Gordon's, which opened 18 months ago, is now one [an error occurred while processing this directive] of the hottest places in town, particularly on weekend nights when local rock 'n' roll groups with names like the Spoilers play. Luchina has tried hard to make Gordon's look straight from the Highlands. Barmen...
...Shanghainese restaurant called Chun (Spring) on Jinxian Road in the historic [an error occurred while processing this directive] French Concession. Two ordering musts: the braised fatty pork and the glutinous rice balls in a sweet wine broth. To finish the evening, check out modern Shanghai at a hot new bar called Mimosa, located on the south bank of Suzhou Creek. HAN FENG, Shanghai and New York City?based fashion designer Lounge on an opium bed at Face Bar, a renovated 1930s-era villa in central Shanghai, where a favorite tipple is the Chinese Whisper - a Midori and Cointreau cocktail. Stroll...
...that only companies that are [at least] 90% American-owned can bid," he says. "We don't allow that for anything else, not even defense." The Secret Service insists that money must be produced and printed within the U.S. to maintain security, but the GAO found no reason to bar foreign companies from making currency if they do so on U.S. soil. "Then, there's the four-year contract," Kolbe continues. "What company, with the capitalization costs it takes to get into this business, can take on such a financial burden...