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Hospitality is a notoriously stressful profession, and for chefs and restaurant managers operating at the highest levels of excellence, the pressure to perform perfectly can be intense. For couples who work together in a restaurant, they must do this while also negotiating the everyday bothers of life and endeavouring to keep the spark of romance alive. Despite the challenges, t...


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There is a famous Cantonese phrase that refers to a Lunar New Year faux pas. Loeng so jiu, which translates to “showing up with two bunches of bananas”, means visiting someone’s house empty-handed. Hosts tend to shower their guests with hospitality during the festive season, so it is good etiquette to arrive bearing gifts in return. But what to buy? If in doubt, food and drink g...


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Rosemary is one of those ingredients that can easily overwhelm a dish. It’s strong and fragrant, with a distinctive pine flavour that can be refreshing and pleasant if used judiciously, but bitter if overused. The needlelike leaves on tough stalks are popular in Mediterranean cuisines. As a fresh herb, rosemary stores well: you can wrap the base of the stalks in a damp paper tow...


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Hong Kong’s food culture has been an amalgamation of global cuisine since its development in the late 19th century as a colonised free port. Take the city’s cha chaan tengs (local Hong Kong-style diners), which sprang up in the mid-20th century, as an example: while partially inspired by southern Chinese dishes, their menus feature decidedly Western elements such as milk tea, ma...


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Chinese consumers placed over 120 million orders on Alibaba Cloud’s flagship artificial intelligence app Qwen within six days, signalling growing acceptance of AI-powered shopping as the company joined other mainland Chinese tech giants in a multibillion-yuan holiday campaign. Nearly half the orders came from residents in counties and hinterland areas, with around 1.56 million p...


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