Ingredients

French Mustard 330 grams

Dijon Mustard 330 grams

Olive Oil 330 grams

Dill- Chopped 90 grams

Salt- To taste

Pepper- To taste

Method

Whisk French mustard and Dijon mustard in a bowl until combined.

Gradually incorporate the olive oil, mix in the chopped dill. Season.

Place in a sealable container and refrigerate accordingly.

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The commonwealth of Australia is one of the world’s oldest landmasses. It has been populated by people since about 60,000 years ago, even before the first European settlers set foot on it. With only 21.3 million in population, Australia has 60% of the population on the mainland for which Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide are included.

Tourism in Australia has been very consistent mainly due to the beauty and diversity of the continent. In fact 69% of the GDP of Australia can be attributed to education, financial services, and tourism.

As a testament to the Australian government’s commitment to tourism, you can look at their Hollywood campaign. The campaign started with a commercial where a bikini-clad woman was shouting, “Where the bloody hell are you?” This campaign was amusing to some people, but to some countries the commercial was even banned from being shown on air.

The next wave of the campaign for the Australian tourism expansion is the movie Australia, starring big time Hollywood names like Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. This movie will apparently be some kind of big movie and elaborate ad campaign to feature all the beautiful places and majestic beaches of the country. This is just a success waiting to happen, if we can count on the track record of ads in Hollywood.

The problem of Australia as of right now is the shortage of rooms and hotels. Shortage of rooms can lead to more expensive room rates and other fees attributed to the use of amenities, and even food and beverages rates. This is bad news since Australia has about 4 million visitors during the nine months up to September 2008.

Because of this effort, Perth and Mackay are still having shortages in hotel rooms. It is projected that Mackay needs 1,000 more rooms in the next decade. This is the extent to which the tourism in the country has really reached. Studies showed that lack of accommodations is the only downfall that the area has. Hopeful, the Australian tourism research will improve and zero in on the area to help it maximize the accommodations for tourists.

For the area of Perth, experts contend that accommodations have been at an all time low. Perth is said to be one of the hardest places in the world to find accommodations. In 2007, the room accommodation in Perth reached about 85%. This number is more than tourist hot spots like Singapore, Dubai, and London. With a low accommodation rate comes high room rates. It was said that you can get a room in Perth for about $400 a night.

As regards the shortage of rooms, the Accor group is trying to address some of these concerns. Even with this trying time of economic downturn, they are still hiring a lot personnel from Human Resources, Finance people, Engineers, Kitchen Personnel, Housekeeping, and a lot more.

It is incredible how Australia is still keeping up its tourism regardless of the economic recession the world is experiencing. The only thing that the country needs to address is the accommodations. If the Australian tourism research is right, then the country needs more than a couple of thousand more rooms in order to accommodate tourists in the next decade. This problem looks minuscule compared to a country without tourism at all, but to the contrary, this problem is just as gigantic to conquer.

Next in the series, we will see how the Sydney Olympics affected tourism in Australia and how well is the country still doing post Olympics.

Please Note: This is the “Part 5” in a series of articles focusing on the “Expansion of the Hospitality Industry”. Over the weeks that follow you can expect to find further parts published in relation to the expansion.

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As tea went to Europe, the world will soon know the beverage much better. England has tried and transplanted tea into India and soon it will reach new worlds and new heights in popularity. Since tea went on to conquer the palate of the British people, it also spread all throughout the British colonies including colonies in America.

It was Peter Stuyvesant who first brought tea in 1650 to New York, then known as New Amsterdam. According to historians, settlers here are tea drinker and it was found out that the people here consumed more tea than all of England.

Boston became aware of tea only on 1670. New York then had commercialized the beverage and even put fountains outside to facilitate the “tea craze” as it is dubbed now. Soon, tea spread to the whole of Boston and Philadelphia, cities that will soon become center for rebellion against the mother country.

By 1750 tea has become a staple for trade between the colonies and England. Because of heavy taxes, enterprising American sailors started smuggling tea to the New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Some people also adopted the herbal tea from Native Americans. This really irritated the East India Company as they saw their profits plummet. This led them to pressure parliament to do something about the situation.

Since the British had just finished the French and India war, they decided that the cost of the war should be shouldered by the colonists. The parliament’s Charles Townshend presented a tax for a lot of things that had to do with free speech. Newspapers were taxed, taverns (a place for free speech) were taxed and even marriage licenses, and docking licenses were taxed. When they decided to tax tea, that was the last straw for the colonists.

The colonists boycotted the English tea and imported tea from the Dutch, this worried the East India Company more as they saw their profits dip a bit more. The John Company and the East India Company merged for stability. Lord North, Lord of the Treasury granted the Tea Act of 1773. This act allowed the traders from the companies to deal directly with the colonists. Lord North actually thought to appeal to the aristocratic women to buy from them. This backfired as the women swore not to buy tea coming from them until their free rights were restored.

Here was when the Sons of Liberty from Boston came into the picture. In 1773 50 members of the political party, some dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded 3 merchant ships and plunked into the ocean almost 10,000 sterling worth of Darjeeling into the sea. Patriots like Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock were said to be present during this raid.

In retaliation, England closed off the Boston harbor and sent in troops to guard Boston. The colonial leaders had a meeting and the American Revolution was declared.

This was how tea got into the mix between two powers during that time. One aims to enslave and one was fighting for freedom and free trade.

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Ingredients

Corn Flour 400 grams

Plain Flour 130 grams

Egg 4 Each

Water- Iced

Method

Mix corn flour, plain flour, egg and iced water. Use as required.

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