CALIFORNIA: McDonald’s Corp’s 16,000 U.S. and Canadian restaurants will serve only eggs laid by cage-free chickens within 10 years, the company said on Wednesday.

A restaurant servant is so expert in playing flute that his audience are left spellbound. Rashid Hameed arranges us to meet this folk-rooted artist.

KARACHI: The Coordination Committee of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) condemned the rangers raid at party MNA Ali Raza Abidi’s restaurant located in Clifton area of Karachi and ‘unjustifiable’ arrest of his cousin. In its press statement, the Rabita Committee asserted Ali Raza forcefully raised his voice against the injustices and the arrests of party activists….

KARACHI: The paramilitary force raided a restaurant that belonged to Ali Raza Abidi, an MNA of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) late Thursday night and arrested five people including the manager of the eatery. The paratroopers raided the restaurant located in Karachi area of Clifton and arrested Ali Raza Abidi’s cousin Hassan Raza. Three others were also…

WASHINGTON: A Washington man shocked the staff of a neighborhood restaurant earlier this week by leaving a $2,000 for a meal of beer and gumbo he shared with a friend, the proprietor said Wednesday. The man, described by Blue 44's owner Chris Nardelli as a gumbo-loving regular who lives nearby, left the tip on a…

KUNSHAN: It's more teatime than Terminator — a restaurant in China is electrifying customers by using more than a dozen robots to cook and deliver food. Mechanical staff greet customers, deliver dishes to tables and even stir-fry meat and vegetables at the eatery in Kunshan, which opened last week. “My daughter asked me to invent…

NEW YORK: Luxury jeweler Fabergé filed a copyright lawsuit on Thursday against a New York City restaurant for what it called a “shameless” appropriation of Fabergé's name and distinctive storefront facade of repeated gold and purple diamonds. The restaurant, which opened last fall in the heavily Russian neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay, “is an effort to…

KABUL: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a popular Lebanese restaurant frequented by foreigners in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday and bursts of intense gunfire ensued.Islamist militant Taliban insurgents immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the Wazir Akbar Khan district, which hosts many embassies and restaurants catering for expatriates, and said there…

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc struck a deal with online restaurant booking service OpenTable Inc that will allow users to reserve tables at restaurants via a Facebook app, as the world's No. 1 social network continues to expand its mobile services.In an announcement on its website, Facebook said the feature would be available on its mobile…

LOS ANGELES: Calories: 1,320. Trans fats: 33 grams. Sodium: 3,700 milligrams. All that pushed Long John Silver's “Big Catch” limited-time only fish platter to win the “Worst Restaurant Meal in America” distinction Tuesday by a U.S. nutrition advocacy group.The artery-clogging trans fat tally alone is “astonishing” in the limited-time only dish of fried fish, cornmeal…

Staff ReportKANDHKOT: At least two people were killed and another man was injured when some unidentified miscreants opened indiscriminate firing on a restaurant near the bypass early this morning, SAMAA reports Friday.The gunmen riding motorcycles ambushed a restaurant located near Kandhkot Bypass, killing Akbar Sabzoi and Jamal Sabsoi on the spot and injuring another.The incident…

Staff Report KANDHKOT: At least two people were killed when some unidentified miscreants opened indiscriminate firing on a restaurant near the bypass early this morning, SAMAA reports Friday. Come back soon for details.

TYRE: An explosion tore through a restaurant in the southern Lebanese town of Tyre at dawn Wednesday, just a few metres from a hotel that was bombed last month, a security source told AFP. The explosion, which happened at around 5:00 am local time (0300 GMT), was caused by a two kilogram (4.4 pound) bomb…

BEIJING: Black bean sauce noodles and other delicacies served at one Beijing eatery are being snapped up by customers eager to order the dishes eaten by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on a recent visit, a meal dubbed “noodle diplomacy.”Biden and his entourage ordered five bowls of black bean sauce noodles, 10 steamed buns, smashed…

Mohammed Mohsin from Karachi reveals how dacoits robbed people in a restaurant of their cash, mobile phones and other valuables in a broad daylight.

Staff ReportKARACHI: Some rioters Monday entered a restaurant belonging to Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader and went on rampage there near Bilawal Chowrangi in the metropolis.The restaurant belonged to Sardar Raheem, a PML-N leader. Following the rioting at the restaurant, PML-N workers gathered at PML-N office here and staged a violent protest and blocked traffic…

CANBERRA: Danish restaurant Noma in Copenhagen was crowned the world's best restaurant in an annual list, toppling famed Spanish restaurant elBulli from the No. 1 slot after four consecutive years. The S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants, produced by Britain's Restaurant Magazine, were unveiled in London after voting by a panel of 806 chefs, restaurateurs,…

PUNE: A bomb ripped through a restaurant popular with tourists in the western Indian city of Pune late Saturday, killing nine people and casting a shadow over the resumption of Indo-Pakistan peace talks. At least one foreigner — believed to be a Taiwanese national — was among the dead, according to Pune Police Commissioner Satyapal…

MALLORCA: Two small bombs blamed on Basque separatist group ETA exploded on Sunday in Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, causing no injuries, the government said. Police defused a third device found nearby. The blasts occurred just over a week after ETA killed two police officers in Mallorca in…

ISLAMABAD: Members of the Adventure Foundation of Pakistan, have requested the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to evict the encroachers so that sports and outdoor activities could be held at the site. Various individuals and youth organizations are unable to avail camp facilities in the federal capital as the place has been converted into a hotel…

NEW YORK: Actor Robert De Niro's Nobu restaurant chain will settle a lawsuit over tips with waiters and staff at three of his New York establishments for $2.5 million, according to court papers filed on Friday. The settlement comes after two waiters sued in 2007 on behalf of hundreds of workers at three of the…