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Chinese food trends

Chinese food trends
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Chinese food trends. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
Mainland Chinese F&B chains expand into Hong Kong amid changing trends
Hong Kong society

Video | Hong Kong’s new food trend: mainland Chinese chains

Video | Sour plum soup with a herbal twist goes viral in China

Food and agriculture

Video | Chinese river crabs used to help grow rice

Video | Blind baristas craft coffee at cafe in China

Visually impaired baristas enthral coffee lovers at Shanghai cafe
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Japan

Video | Spicy Sichuan cuisine catches on in Tokyo restaurants

Video | Overabundance of crayfish in China

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Food and agriculture

Convenience chain Lawson to sell heat-and-eat boxes featuring Beyond Meat

2,300 Lawson stores in four regions will sell heat-and-eat lunchboxes featuring Beyond Beef and Beyond Pork, in the company’s latest move to capture a growing appetite for meat among Chinese consumers.

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A Lawson store in the Yangpu district of Shanghai, pictured in 2018. Photo: Imaginechina via AFP
Disney

Delicacies Destiny: first Disney+ Chinese drama fails to engage

Disney+’s first original Chinese-language series, Delicacies Destiny is the story of an ambitious woman who becomes head chef of the Chinese Imperial Palace. The food looks amazing, but the rest is unpalatable.

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Pinduoduo

Beyond Meat opens store on Pinduoduo as Chinese demand for vegan food soars

The American company increases its online sales presence, continuing its expansion into the rapidly growing Chinese market for plant-based proteins.

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China food security

China’s young bargain hunters eye value in booming soon-to-expire food

China’s soon-to-expire food industry is expected to grow from a market size of 31.8 billion yuan (US$5 billion) in 2021 to 40.1 billion in 2025 after Beijing launched its Clean Plate campaign in August 2020 in a bid to improve food security.

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The soon-to-expire food industry in China is expected to grow from a market size of 31.8 billion yuan (US$5 billion) in 2021 to 40.1 billion in 2025, according to a report released last week by iiMedia Research Consulting. Photo: EPA-EFE
China society

Food on the floor, filthy uniforms: China’s biggest meat producer exposed

A TV reporter got a job at a meat factory and documented staff not washing hands, using filthy water to ‘clean’ with and packing meat that had dropped on the floor in China’s latest food scandal.

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Food was picked up off the floor and packaged. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

How Indonesian-Chinese food in the ‘flavour lab’ of Jakarta survived Covid

From bakmi ayam to laksa bogor and mi belitung, vendors of these Indonesian-Chinese dishes haven’t had it easy in keeping a tradition, that harks back centuries to Jakarta’s maritime past, alive.

Lunar New Year

The Hongkonger connecting strangers in Dubai, one halal Chinese dumpling at a time

The Chinese-Vietnamese-German sees an affinity between Dubai and Hong Kong as fellow humble fishing villages that have grown into regional power houses.

Consumers

Lunar New Year demand drives China’s US$80 billion ‘prefabricated’ food market

Sales of meal kits and ready-to-eat packs have gained in popularity and variety amid the pandemic, turning the business into a US$80 billion market by 2023.

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Peking roast duck, a popular Chinese dish, can be purchased online in ready-to-consume packs. Photo: Shutterstock Images
China Trends

Changing tastes of China’s middle class drive demand for fine meat

China’s growing middle class and greater consumer awareness about the origins of food have driven up demand for higher quality meat, such as imported Iberian and Serrano ham.

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China’s growing middle class has driven demand for higher quality meat such as pork varieties from the Iberian Peninsula. Photo: AP
China food security

Finger-lickin’ wastefulness? China consumer group slams KFC over Dimoo frenzy

Promotion with Pop Mart ends early after scalpers and collectors buy up all of the promotional KFC meals to complete a valuable six-figure set, and KFC is accused of violating China’s anti-food-waste law.

Good Eating

The teapot from hell? Why the classic Chinese design needs a rethink – fast

The spout leaks everywhere, the handle crushes the fingers and the lid falls off all the time ... so why are we still using it in dim sum restaurants the world over?

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Food and Drinks

End of the brine: Shenzhen cooking test cancelled over popularity

A “cooking test” in Shenzhen for Chaoshan brine recipes was suspended after it went viral amid rumours it was easy to pass.

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A test for cooking a traditional brine, sometimes used to cook goose, was cancelled in Shenzhen.Photo: Pak Loh Chiu Chow
Lunar: Newsletter

Gender-based violence, boycott of 'sissy' idols and churros

Goldthread

Ciba: a chewy, sticky Chinese rice cake

Typically found in southern China, ciba is often eaten as a dessert. Few places still make it by hand, but this man in Dafang has been doing it the traditional way for over a decade.

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China society

A meal for US$1? Haidilao money saving tips trend online but draw criticism

Customers are sharing their hacks for spending as little as possible at hotpot restaurant chain Haidilao while taking advantage of free food and services, but not everyone is impressed.

Haidilao, a popular chain of Sichuan-style hotpot restaurants founded in 1994, has about 130 outlets across China. Photo: Getty Images
China economy

Vegetarian lunch scandal rocks kindergarten

A well intentioned plant-based menu for children has created a furore in China, prompting authorities to intervene.

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Kindergarten children at Deyin School in Chengdu, China, where a scandal has engulfed the lunch menu. Photo: Weibo
Food and Drinks

Mouthing Off | Trending now: the rise of broccolini – could it be the new kale?

Vegetables are as subject to trends as anything else. Kale has been a must-have healthy option for years, but a rising star, broccolini, is taking its place as the new king of the trendy veggies. 

Lunar New Year

Sustainable seafood: can lab-made fish maw replace the real thing?

Hong Kong’s Avant Meats is developing a lab-grown maw: how does it taste, and can the home-grown brand compete with the likes of Singapore’s Eat Just?

Wine and Spirits

Why will China drink – and make – more gin in 2021?

Chinese cocktail enthusiasts can’t stop sipping on regional craft gin brands – whether Porcelain Shanghai Dry Gin, the first distiller to use Mongolian juniper berries, or the blood red Dragon’s Blood

Porcelain gins have already won two medals at the important San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Photo: Porcelain Gin
Food

Video | Sugar rings: a sweet Lunar New Year treat

Sugar rings: Hong Kong pastry chef’s grandmother inspiration for Lunar New Year treat
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Animals

Video | Alpacas in Chinese restaurant

United States

Video | Hong Kong chef brings modern Chinese food to America

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