According to New York's Daily Intel, former governor Eliot Spitzer, his wife and three daughters will be traveling to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia for a 10-day vacation. A spokeswoman confirmed the trip (though not the countries they are visiting) said it was daughter Elyssa's idea, so we expect Eliot to avoid the red light districts.......

Kuta Satay House & Wine Bar: Taking its name from the tourist beach town in Bali, Kuta Satay House (pictured) is bringing its modern Southeast Asia menu to the Lower East Side. The main attraction here are the skewers, such as short ribs with asian pears and sesame barbeque sauce. Entrees emphasize seafood and steak, but there’s also a spicy duck curry and side dishes like garlic fries. 65 Rivington St, (212) 777-5882. Le Royale:......

September 3: Outstanding in the Field Join guest chef Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune for a five-course al fresco dinner featuring produce harvested from the surrounding fields and from farms in all five boroughs and paired with wines from Long Island's Lenz Winery. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Just Food, helping support family farmers and providing city folks in low-income neighborhoods with access to high-quality, locally grown and affordable food. The New York dinner,......

Photo by Lars Klove for The New York Times Gothamist was somewhat dismayed when we saw Kuma Inn in today's $25 and Under NYT column, as it has long been one of our just-under-the-radar favorites. Sure, we let our close friends know about it, but now we're worried that the publicity will make it much harder to stop by for the Chinese sausage with sticy rice, caramelized onions, and fiery hot sauce (in the......

Prudence, Slate's advice columnist, gets a letter from a woman whose husband has a thing for Asian women (the couple is Caucasian. Prudence tries to explain the appeal of Asian women: Their attraction for American men is nothing new; they can be exotic-looking, along with having the cultural stereotype of a docile, man-pleasing submissiveness. This, of course, is not necessarily the reality. Needless to say, Gothamist was laughing when we read this. Of course, it......

It's hard to believe, but according to this Times' article there is just too much shrimp out there. Too many shrimp farms in Southeast Asia, combined with increased competition from China and other countries has driven prices for wholesale shrimp so low that farmers are having to go back to farming salt. Now those must be some low prices. I'm no global economist, so I'm in no position to comment about the various forces reshaping......