South China Morning Post - Food & Drink

Big JJ Seafood Hotpot opened in a quiet, dead-end lane off Lan Kwai Fong in Hong Kong’s Central neighbourhood in July 2020, garnering acclaim for elevating hotpot – a dining staple in the city – with premium ingredients, attentive service and a down-to-earth approach. After five and a half years, the local favourite has relocated to one of the most unlikely locations in Central ...

A small neighbourhood bakery in Paris is being overwhelmed with fans after its owner won the prestigious Grand Prix de la Baguette competition. “This is a non-negotiable must-try,” a fan enthused on Instagram. “The crunch is unreal!” Sithamparappillai Jegatheepan is the owner of the Fournil Didot bakery, in Paris’ 14th arrondissement. He submitted his baguette to run alongside 1...

At Vancouver’s Cofu Chinatown restaurant, Japanese chef Akiko Gulkison and her sous chef prepare delectable dishes: miso-glazed aubergine with snow fungus wrapped with nori and rice, radicchio cured in between sheets of kombu, and steamed soy milk custard seasoned with reduced sake and Japanese plum. They are part of an 18-course omakase vegan menu Gulkison created, to showcase ...

Nanjing, a bustling metropolis in eastern China that serves as the capital of Jiangsu province, has embraced eclectic influences across its long history, from foundations laid during the Six Dynasties (220-589) to the intellectual cosmopolitanism of China’s Republic era (1912-1949). Its culinary scene is infused with the Halal flavours of its Hui Muslim residents and imperial in...

The summer of 2016 was unseasonably hot, especially at the Fu Shin Street Wet Market in Tai Po, in Hong Kong’s New Territories, where Chest’N Nuts & Dried Foods had called home for the last three years. In this area with relatively low foot traffic, the shop’s offerings of traditional confectionery, preserved and dried fruit, and freshly roasted chestnuts were not pulling in eno...