The Malaysian Insider :: Food
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| Star-studded anti-hunger campaign tops rising food-related Google searches Posted: 30 Jan 2013 04:26 PM PST  Among the most popular food-related searches on Google this week? Super Bowl recipe ideas. – Picture courtesy of ©e2dan/shutterstock.com LONDON, Jan 31 – In this week's top trending food-related Google searches, a star-studded campaign to end world hunger and unequal food distribution was the most popular search term, notably among Googlers in the UK. According to Google Trends, as of yesterday, the search term "enough food if" experienced a change in growth greater than 5,000 per cent over the last seven days. That's because an online movement, powered by a bevy of celebrities like actor Cameron Diaz, Orlando Bloom, One Direction, and American business magnate Bill Gates, has gained momentum over the week. Calling the food system "broken," Enoughfoodif.org calls on world leaders to fix the problem of unequal food distribution with four basic principles: aid, land, tax, transparency. "The world produces enough food for everyone, but more than two million children die every year because they can't get enough to eat," the group says. The campaign is being launched ahead of the G8 summit in June, when Northern Ireland will host the leaders of the most powerful countries in the world. Meanwhile, other top rising food-related search terms on Google over the last week included Australia Day food ideas which was celebrated January 26 and Super Bowl recipe ideas for the big day, February 3. Here were the top trending food searches on Google over the last week: 1. Enough food if Breakout 2. Australia Day food +250 per cent 3. Superbowl food ideas +200 per cent 4. Food fraud +180 per cent 5. Super bowl +150 per cent 6. Superbowl food +140 per cent 7. Super bowl food +130 per cent 8. Best cat food +50 per cent 9. Best food processor +50 per cent 10. Restaurants near me +50 per cent. – AFP-Relaxnews |
| First Barbie-themed restaurant opens in Taiwan Posted: 30 Jan 2013 03:47 PM PST  A waitress holds up a menu during the opening ceremony of a Barbie-themed restaurant in Taipei on January 30, 2013. – AFP pix TAIPEI, Jan 31 – With hot pink sofas, high heels-shaped tables and chairs decorated with tutus, the first Barbie-themed restaurant opened in Taiwan yesterday catering to fans of the iconic doll. US toymaker Mattel has licensed Taiwan's restaurant group Sinlaku to operate the Barbie Cafe and hopes that the new establishment in a bustling shopping district in the capital Taipei will help promote Barbie as a fashion brand. "We picked Taiwan because theme restaurants are very popular and successful here. We are very confident that the Barbie Cafe can promote our brand image," said Iggy Yip, a senior manager in Mattel's consumer products division in Greater China. Besides dolls, Mattel retails garments, accessories and furniture in Taiwan and some select products will be available in the cafe, she said. Yip is hopeful that the restaurant will also attract Barbie fans from China, Hong Kong and Japan, which are among the biggest sources of tourists to Taiwan. Jessica Ho, an office worker in Taipei who has a five-year-old daughter, gave her thumbs-up to the Barbie Cafe. "My child and I both love Barbie and this lovely and cute place is like a dream come true for us. I will take her here to celebrate her next birthday," she said. Taiwan has a long history with Barbie as it used to be a manufacturing centre for the dolls until Mattel relocated its production lines to China and elsewhere to lower costs in the late 1980s.  With hot pink sofas, high heels-shaped tables and chairs decorated with tutus, the first Barbie-themed restaurant opened catering to fans of the iconic doll. |
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