Absolutely embarrassing that The Brazen Head has 16th place in this list of ‘the most legendary restaurants in the world’. I had lunch there once when I was on jury duty and the Irish stew was flavourless, watery muck. [c/o Kottke.org] #link
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Real-life locations, or approximations thereof, crop up in a lot of slice-of-life anime (and the manga it’s often adapted from), which is no small part of why the genre appeals to me. #link
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A few quibbles with this piece: I think Shenzhen, Harbin and Qingdao are as familiar place names as Shanghai and Beijing in the west these days. But I’ve thought about the general notion a lot this year: cities around the world, cities with millions of people, that I’ve never heard of before. You don’t need to think about the cosmos to make yourself feel small. #link
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