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In travel news this week: the world’s most expensive rice, trouble at Rome’s Trevi Fountain, plus how the hotel bathroom door situation has gotten out of hand.
Kinmemai Premium has been certified by Guinness World Records as the most expensive rice on the planet, but what is it that makes it so special?
Only 1,000 boxes of the Japanese grains are made each year, selling for around $73 each. Top-class, award-winning rice varieties are selected for flavor and texture, before their enzyme levels are tested for vitality and “life…