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...During the V&A’s recent Gabrielle Chanel exhibition, London-based caterer Rocket organised a series of corporate events inspired by the show....
...The weekly changing menu has included crispy “tuna” California rolls, carrot-wrapped “salmon” roses with vegan caviar and poke bowls loaded with tempura tofu, seasonal veggies and house mayo....
...Nicholas II of Russia, Edward VII and George V of Great Britain, Chulalongkorn of Siam and the Duc d’Orléans were among its early patrons....
...Thankfully, “the V&A this year is having a bumper year. It’s 16 per cent up year on year, which is a lot of visitors to be up”....
...A protest called “V-day” — V being for vaffanculo, the Italian equivalent of “fuck off” — drew 80,000 people to one event....
...Breakfast sushi at Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo An unmissable 6am ritual, following the tuna auction....
...19 The designer of the suit was the subject of an exhibition at the V&A in London in 2015, which proved the most popular in the museum’s history....
...Against the CPI’s interest in foods such as frozen chicken nuggets and canned tuna, the Stonehage index monitors demand for “consumables” such as foie gras, Beluga caviar and Cohiba Siglo V cigars, as well...
...The propeller aircraft from the mainland makes the short crossing of the giant billiard table of brushed blue that is the Westfjord, creased by the occasional V of a toy-sized fishing boat putt-puttering...
...That evening, we watched a regular Saturday evening football match: war amputees v polio victims....
...It is a paradox that the oily fish, tuna and salmon, just as much as mackerel, become horribly dry when overcooked....
...For example: “Several stamps were singled out for investment potential, including the 1929 George V Postal Union Congress £1 and the 1939 George VI …and their price rose astonishingly within two years....
...In fact, Charles V, the great Habsburg emperor, initiated a strategy of coastal “containment” that left imposing remains along much of the Salentine Peninsula: every six or eight miles, a stone tower commands...
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