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South Korean celebrity chefs add their star power to fast food companies
Korean fast food companies are working with famous chefs, including Culinary Class War runner-up Edward Lee, to promote their products.
27 Jan 2025 - 4:15PM
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Dim sum to dessert soup, 5 of Guangzhou’s best restaurants
27 Jan 2025 - 12:47PM
Food and Drinks
A fan of home cooking’s go-to Hong Kong restaurants for dumplings and more
24 Jan 2025 - 11:15AM
Hong Kong society
McDonald’s Hong Kong says worker sacked for sharing sensitive information online
Activist artist Luke Ching had called for company to resume paying employees for mealtime breaks.
27 Jan 2025 - 10:14AM
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Luke Ching says he was informed on Sunday morning his contract had been terminated. Photo: Instagram/ @lukechinghk
SCMP Highlights
Southeast Asia scam hubs, China’s traditional crafts revival: 5 weekend reads
From gangs in Thailand and Myanmar targeting Chinese nationals to Lunar New Year flower sales, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
27 Jan 2025 - 12:00PM
Food and Drinks
How prosperity toss brings chaos to the Lunar New Year table
This salad, yusheng or lo hei in Chinese, is a must at Lunar New Year, the ingredients tossed for good luck. Where to eat it in Hong Kong.
26 Jan 2025 - 1:23PM
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What is turnip cake and why is it a Lunar New Year favourite?
Lo bak go – turnip cake or radish cake in English – is very popular during the Lunar New Year, but is enjoyed all year round in Hong Kong.
25 Jan 2025 - 1:25PM
The “Ocean Treasures Daikon Radish Cake” from Daishijie. Nowadays, many big brands and luxury hotels make their own versions of lo bak gou. Photo: Dashijie
Food and Drinks
Spanish chef on new Hong Kong restaurant that isn’t ‘another tapas bar’
Edgard Sanuy talks about bringing Basque grill cooking to Hong Kong at Aire, how being a family man helps him and focusing on his legacy.
23 Jan 2025 - 12:45PM
Food and Drinks
Why Netflix star chef Edward Lee hasn’t opened a restaurant in Korea
Korean-American Lee, a star of Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars and Chef & My Fridge, on a life-changing visit to South Korea with his mother.
23 Jan 2025 - 11:15AM
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Food and Drinks
British-Chinese author’s hopes for her A to Z of Chinese food
In An A to Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included), London writer Jenny Lau picks apart food clichés to explore what it means to be Chinese.
22 Jan 2025 - 6:15PM
Chinese culture
All about the ‘Little New Year’ festival that precedes Lunar New Year
A key part of the Chinese “xiao nian” festival a week before Lunar New Year concerns the Kitchen God, who is also celebrated in Vietnam.
22 Jan 2025 - 12:45PM
Zao Jun, the Kitchen God, in a painting from 1922. The pre-Lunar New Year festival “xiao nian”, or “little new year”, is also known as the Kitchen God Festival. Photo: Getty Images
Art
Weekend art getaway to Foshan, China – a 2-day itinerary for unique event
Just over an hour’s train ride from Hong Kong, Foshan is holding an art biennial that encourages people to explore its villages and islands.
22 Jan 2025 - 11:15AM
Food and Drinks
‘Little ninja’ ingredients give Western dishes a Japanese twist
A Japanese-American cooking instructor routinely adds items like sake, soy sauce and ginger to Western dishes to cater to Japanese tastes.
20 Jan 2025 - 12:45PM
What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 24-26
Stock up on festive food, shop for panda-themed jewellery, do an outdoor hatha yoga class and more this weekend in Hong Kong.
24 Jan 2025 - 6:23PM
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Wellness
Beyoncé and other celebs love it, but how healthy is lemon water?
Loved by the famous, used for millennia in Ayurvedic medicine, the health benefits of drinking lemon water examined.
21 Jan 2025 - 6:15PM
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Lemon water has been touted by celebrities from Beyoncé to Gisele Bündchen. It’s a great low-calorie way to hydrate and get a boost of vitamin C. Photo: Shutterstock
Food and Drinks
‘No ego in the room’ at women chefs’ showcase Yes Shef in Canada
Yes Shef, involving 30 female chefs, is organised by the Worth Association, founded to combat sexism in the hospitality industry.
21 Jan 2025 - 8:55AM
Food and Drinks
US$12 for chips? London’s high-end restaurants embrace a pub staple
Wagyu carpaccio. Mediterranean fare. Tapas. All served with chips. The humble fried potato dish has never been so elevated in the UK capital.
18 Jan 2025 - 5:15PM
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African cousin of sriracha, Tunisia’s harissa chilli paste, ‘a love story’
The Unesco-listed condiment seen as sriracha’s North African relative is growing in popularity, as is a festival devoted to it in Tunisia.
18 Jan 2025 - 3:45PM
A Tunisian harissa maker at work in her home. Photo: AP
Food and Drinks
From samurais’ rations to hotel cocktails, the story of Japan’s Hatcho miso
Made only from soybeans and fermented for two years using ancient techniques, Hatcho miso has a special place in the cuisine of Nagoya.
18 Jan 2025 - 12:43PM
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Food and Drinks
5 food mistakes you should avoid over the Lunar New Year holiday
The Lunar New Year holiday is a time to eat foods with auspicious meanings, but there are also some that the superstitious should avoid.
18 Jan 2025 - 8:08AM
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Wellness
Castor oil is a YouTube health and beauty favourite, but does it work?
Instagram and YouTube are full of praise for castor oil’s supposed health and wellness benefits, but a family doctor says to give it a miss.
17 Jan 2025 - 7:15PM
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Food and Drinks
Best restaurants for luxury Chinese New Year menus in Hong Kong
Celebrate in style with our list of some of the best restaurants for Chinese New Year lunch and dinner dining in Hong Kong.
17 Jan 2025 - 11:15AM
Duddell’s Chinese New Year Premium Poon Choi menu stars a poon choi chock full of luxury ingredients, from abalone to braised sea cucumber. Photo: Nicholas Wong/Sixteen Photography
Wellness
31 years after Europe, US FDA bans Red 3 food dye on cancer fears
Substance that gives confectionery, cakes and cherries bright red hue has long been banned in cosmetics, and in EU countries from most food.
16 Jan 2025 - 7:46PM
What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 17-19
From tasting tea to doing tai chi to an electronic music beat, five things to draw you out of your flat this weekend in Hong Kong.
17 Jan 2025 - 5:15PM
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Food and Drinks
Best Chinese New Year pudding discounts in Hong Kong to help your shopping
From early-bird offers to codes and gift bundles, here are 10 of the best deals we found for everything from turnip cakes to sweet treats.
19 Jan 2025 - 3:51PM
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