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5 Christmas spices for festive baking, adding to mulled wine and more
’Tis the season for Christmas cakes and hot toddies. These spices go into making your favourite holiday foods and drinks. How to use them.
17 Dec 2024 - 12:45PM
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Meet a guardian of Macau’s East-West fusion food tradition
17 Dec 2024 - 7:15AM
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Shaoxing wine is for cooking, right? It’s on Michelin-star drink menus now
16 Dec 2024 - 9:54PM
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Steak or a sandwich for lunch? Britain’s PM, opposition leader at odds
Kemi Badenoch says sandwiches not ‘real food’ and she eats steak at her desk. Prime minister ‘happy with a sandwich lunch’, spokesman says.
14 Dec 2024 - 9:27AM
Keir Starmer is happy with a toasted cheese sandwich for lunch, while Kemi Badenoch claims to eat steak at her desk. Photo: Shutterstock
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Japan lures visitors to help brew sake and see how foods like miso are made
Japan’s central region, known for its fermented products, is drawing visitors to tour soy sauce and miso factories, and join in sake brewing.
15 Dec 2024 - 1:51PM
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US$52 a litre? Why is donkey milk, Cleopatra’s beauty secret, so expensive?
In Albania, donkey farms are expanding as demand for donkey milk grows – used in face cream, and to make one of world’s priciest cheeses.
14 Dec 2024 - 5:15PM
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Hong Kong chef Sebastian Lorenzi on his modern European and Asian cuisine
Lorenzi, of Té Bo restaurant in Quarry Bay, talks about his culinary journey from Grappa’s to working with Arcane’s Shane Osborn.
13 Dec 2024 - 7:15AM
Beef cheek with foie gras raviolo at Té Bo. Photo: Té Bo
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5 Hong Kong food and drink gifts you can give this Christmas
From Japanese winter desserts to a Hong Kong chef’s ‘sexy’ Panettone to sparkling tea, these gifts are sure to make loved ones’ mouths water.
12 Dec 2024 - 5:15PM
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Japanese bento box meals going global, starting in Switzerland
Travellers using Zurich Central Station will get a chance to try ekiben, or bento box meals, as their Japanese makers eye global expansion.
12 Dec 2024 - 4:15PM
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Women-only cafe in Germany a ‘place of retreat’, says teenage owner
18-year-old Sumeja Zumberi’s cafe Baresha offers women in Bremen, many from countries where sexes meet separately, a rare space of their own.
12 Dec 2024 - 12:45PM
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5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, Dec 13-15
Try truffle bread and a gong bath, see some selfie art, watch an award-winning, if tragic, film and more in Hong Kong this weekend.
13 Dec 2024 - 3:17PM
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“Dim Sum Squad” members Har Gow, Siu Mai, and Char Siu Bao are part of The Peak’s “It’s Different Up Here” campaign that celebrates all things Hong Kong. It is one of our pick of events in the city to check out between December 13 and 15. Photo: The Peak
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Yorkshire pudding, ‘exquisite’ dishes? Londoner finds it all in Hong Kong
Jeweller Chantel Shafie, who has been in Hong Kong over 20 years, shares where she eats classic British fare, traditional dim sum and more.
12 Dec 2024 - 11:15AM
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What and who to see on ‘special’ Kat O island in Hong Kong
Also known as Crooked Island, Kat O was a thriving fishing and farming community in the past. Now residents love its relaxed atmosphere.
12 Dec 2024 - 12:20PM
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New York Korean restaurant Jungsik’s third Michelin star a milestone
Jungsik the US’ first Korean restaurant with 3 Michelin stars, and the first place in New York in 12 years to be raised to guide’s top rank.
11 Dec 2024 - 1:45PM
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9 food trends that should go, according to food writers, chefs, food lovers
Digital menus, calorie counts, deconstructed dishes, focus on a single ingredient among the pet peeves of 2024 that need an expiration date.
11 Dec 2024 - 1:16PM
A Starbucks counter displays calorie information on doughnuts in New York. Photo: Getty Images
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What is Pei Pa Koa and why is Ariana Grande adding it to her ‘vocal box’?
The Chinese cough syrup, loved by singers like Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey, is also finding its way into cocktails around the world.
11 Dec 2024 - 12:20PM
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7 spots in Hong Kong for matcha drinks, ice cream, cake and more
From a pet-friendly cafe to Hong Kong’s first home-grown matcha brand, the seven best places to go to taste the beloved powdered green tea.
9 Dec 2024 - 5:15PM
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Hong Kong restaurant chain expands to ... Warsaw, Poland
Ask For Alonzo owner Bart Szyniec talks about opening a restaurant in his native Poland and aspiring to be ‘the Maxim’s of Western eateries’.
7 Dec 2024 - 1:15PM
Ask For Alonzo in Tai Hang. The Hong Kong restaurant chain is expanding to Warsaw, Poland. Photo: Instagram/@askforalonzo
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6 trendy Shanghai bistros for great meals, cosy interiors ... and an alpaca
These bistros are popular with Shanghai diners for their informal surroundings and reasonable prices. One of them has an unusual house pet.
9 Dec 2024 - 1:56PM
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Why a Japanese spirit has been made with Thai rice for 600 years
Unlike sake, Okinawan spirit awamori is distilled, making it much more potent. To this day it is made with unpolished Thai long-grain rice.
8 Dec 2024 - 2:19PM
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Hong Kong ‘haunted house’ hosts US$700-a-head Dangerous Dinner
Yu Yuen sat abandoned until designer Sacha Yasumoto chose it to hold an exclusive dinner. If it’s haunted the ghosts are harmless, she says.
10 Dec 2024 - 12:40PM
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18 Dec 2024 - 12:01AM
Tired of turkey? The best roast goose in Hong Kong for Christmas
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The secret to Bar Leone’s success, according to its owner Lorenzo Antinori
13 Dec 2024 - 6:00AM
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