Taiwan

Cat Cafes Migrate To UK

London is poised for the opening of its very first cat cafe in the coming months. Modeled on the cat cafes in Tokyo and Taipei, Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium is a coffee shop with a wait staff that includes a clowder of cats. See Also: --The Grumpy Cat Tattoo (It Was Only a Matter of Time) --Virginia ... More >>

Recreational Shrimping, Waffle Dicks In a Box and Other Taiwanese Night Market Finds From Eddie Huang (NSFW)

New York City restaurateur Eddie Huang found a stand that serves cream filled penis waffles when he traveled to Taiwan's fabled Shilin Night Market for Vice. Apparently the stand advertises that they're great for parties and as gifts to "scare" your friends. See Also: --Ten Favorite Chinese Restau ... More >>

Goldwater Library Proposal Prematurely Celebrated? Proponents Have Millions to Raise and Don't Own Goldwater Documents, Archives

Phoenix has been blasted by The Republic because it believes the city wrecked its chances to house a Barry Goldwater Library. There's been considerable angst over the city not jumping on a project that bears the Goldwater name. "Phoenix's dropped ball is now in Mesa's hands, and Mesa deserves great ... More >>

Feed Your Dreams Winners Announced at a Damn Good Dinner from Justin Beckett and Crew

See Also: Chef Justin Beckett Launches Big Money "Feed Your Dreams" Contest Back in late June, chef and voice of the popular Beckett's Table restaurant, Justin Beckett, put a call out to the community asking for people to pitch their creative, sustainable, food-focused ideas for a chance at $17k in ... More >>

Eric Bachmann of Crooked Fingers Tried to Give Up Music

Hakata Ramen from Cherryblossom Noodle Cafe

​Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we're back - with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you'd like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 6: Hakata Ramen fr ... More >>

Boba: A User's Guide, Part One

David Sydiongco​The forecast is finally calling for some serious weather this weekend, Phoenix-style. We say bring it -- just give us a boba tea to wash that heat down. Wondered what this increasingly popular, bizarre beverage is all about? You've come to the right blog post.  Boba teas, a ... More >>

Critics Claim Supreme Master Ching Hai's Followers' Restaurants Featuring Tasty Vegan Fare Front For an Exploitive Movement.

Dirty Beaches @ The Trunk Space

Dirty Beaches Talks Film, Hip-Hop, Home, and Performance Art

​ Dirty Beaches is the work of Alex Zhang Hungtai, a 30-year-old born in Taiwan before spending time in Hawaii, San Francisco, New York, China, and, currently, Montreal. To call Dirty Beaches a band would be a misnomer. What Zhang Hungtai does is more akin to performance art, with live performance ... More >>

International Incident

Party Animal

Celebrate The Year of the Rabbit

Arizona Diamondbacks Could Open Next Season in Taiwan Against San Francisco Giants

talimetals.com The D-Backs could open next season in Taiwan​The Diamondbacks open up a four-game series tonight at home against the San Francisco Giants. The D-Backs are trying to win their fourth game in a row while the Giants are trying to stay in the playoff race. It's pretty much just ... More >>

Ask the Critic: Where Can I Find Boba Drinks?

​You have your neighborhood gelato shop and ice cream parlor, but boba drinks -- cold, sweet beverages filled with ice and chewy balls of tapioca -- are much harder to come by. I was living in New York City when the boba trend first hit. Also known as "bubble tea," the drink was popularized ... More >>

Rapper Pitbull Cancels Phoenix Show In Protest Over SB 1070

Pitbull, sinking his teeth into SB 1070Cuban-American rapper Armando "Pitbull" Perez is taking a bite out of Arizona over the state's "papers please" legislation by canceling a stop in Phoenix  at the Celebrity Theatre as part of his "Mr. Worldwide's Carnival" tour.The popular rapper, perhaps b ... More >>

Chinese Cultural Festival, Strong Brews and Looking for Love at The Vig in Today's Eater's Digest

An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. ​ The 20th Annual Phoenix Chinese Culture and Cuisine Festival is taking place this weekend at the Chinese Cultural Center located at 668 N. 44th Street in Phoenix. Festivities to include Dragon Dances, Martial Art ... More >>

Tempe Bakery Offers Pork Buns, Pies for Pennies

We grew up in New York, where ethnic bakeries were practically on every corner. When Mom showed up with a white bakery box in hand, wrapped neatly with a red-and-white striped string bow, we knew we were in for a treat. Creamy cannoli with chocolate chips. Raspberry jelly-laced rainbow layer co ... More >>

On the Reconquista and State Pride

Transnational Pastime

Phoenix Sister Cities are doin’ it for themselves at Hance Park

Arty Girl: Kurt Weiser at ASU Ceramics Research Center

Arty or not, we've all tried to draw or paint as children (at the very least). Many of us, after discovering how difficult it is to accurately recreate something as simple as an apple or a plant just give up and resort to stick figures for the rest of our lives.And, trust me, I can draw a mean stick ... More >>

Phoenix Chinese Week: Culture and Cuisine Festival

Charlie Gibson Proves It: Sarah Palin Is George W. Bush in Pumps.

Asian Café Express serves up Hong Kong-style five-spice beef and hot pots

Phoenix Art Museum brings Chinese ink drawing to the Valley with “A Tradition Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li Collection”

Tasty Freeze: Ray Karam

Postcards From the Edge

Hi, Mom! I'm crossing the border!

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Legends of the Fall

Cirque du Soleil tumbles toward ecstasy

Sino the Times

Ring in the Chinese New Year with a week long celebration

Spurs of the Moment

Art exhibit highlights best of the West

Covert Fuzz

Short-wave radio, with its fringe elements and bizarre discoveries, is a living, breathing organism

China Trove

Valley celebrates Chinese New Year on the lamb

Old News

Reissues dominated, but an international crop of films yielded some good harvest

Shocking Accusations

Is Scottsdale weapons manufacturer Taser International saving lives or supplying tools for torturers?

The Spy Who Came Out of the Closet

Gay activist spent 1,000 often harrowing hours aboard 'spy plane' at center of U.S.-China crisis

Mini Pearls

Trendy teas catching on in the Valley

Best Used Record Store -- Rock

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"Sites" Seeing

Art and the urban environment hold a lesson for the future

War Grime

Gritty Ride With the Devil reveals down 'n' dirty side of the battle of North vs. South

Smarter Hearts

Superchunk's Jon Wurster talks about the group's new album, rocking indie style in Taiwan and being name-checked by Bruce Cockburn

Pupil Haze

Yesteryear's Big Eye art is still raising eyebrows

Burns and ALEC

Second Helpings

AMERICAN REGION HAUL

WHOSE SOY NOW?

EASTERN SUNA NEW ASIAN-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER AIMS AT COMMUNITY WHILE COMPETING WITH THE EXISTING TIMES

THE THAI CONNECTION

PROSECUTORS WILL SAY NARCOTICS PLAYED NO ROLE IN THE TEMPLE MURDERS. THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS OTHERWISE.

A DRINK WITH JAM AND BREAD