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· Celine Pun
Toronto’s ban on single-use plastics could cripple some Asian businesses, say restaurant owners
On July 7, Canada released regulations prohibiting single-use plastics and suggesting alternatives to reduce the environmental impact and wildlife harm of plastic pollution. The new measures also aim to shift Canada from a linear to a circular economy, in which the products will…
· Jane Nam
Scammers apologetically blackmail Vietnamese restaurant with 1-star reviews for gift cards
Chicago Vietnamese restaurant Sochi Saigonese, named on Michelin’s 2022 Bib Gourmand list, is the latest target of scammers threatening one-star reviews unless given a gift card. According to an employee who posted to a private Facegroup group for members of the Chicago…
· Michelle De Pacina
Twitter post about restaurant’s mathematical pizza miscalculation goes mega-viral
Twitter user @cretiredroy told the internet to take math seriously in his tweet on Wednesday about how two 5-inch pizzas are not greater than or equal to a 9-inch pizza order. After seeing his viral tweet – which has over 195,000 likes and 39,000 retweets so far – some users…
· Jane Nam
Los Angeles restaurant offers free Vietnamese food in exchange for Sriracha amid chili shortage
Los Angeles-based Vietnamese restaurant Bé Ù is offering some of their menu items for free in exchange for unopened bottles of Sriracha. Customers will have the option of “free banh mi, popcorn chicken, or order of summer rolls” if they bring in a 28 ounce bottle; half off will…
· Carl Samson
Restaurant customer charged for threatening Queens judge who granted ‘Duck Sauce Killer’ bail
A man accused of threatening the judge who released alleged “Duck Sauce Killer” Glenn Hirsch on a $500,000 bail is reportedly facing criminal charges. Chunhua Hu, 49, allegedly made the threat before the 51-year-old murder suspect arrived for his bail hearing at the Queens…
· Jane Nam
Fate of Hong Kong’s Jumbo Floating Restaurant takes mysterious turn as owners insist it didn’t ‘sink’
Owners of Hong Kong’s Jumbo Floating Restaurant have denied claims that the iconic craft sank in the South China Sea. The restaurant owner initially released a statement on Monday that seemed to suggest that the craft had sank, stating that the towing of the restaurant…
· Bryan Ke
Hong Kong’s iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant sinks while at sea
Jumbo Floating Restaurant, Hong Kong’s iconic landmark, capsized in the South China Sea on Sunday, days after it was towed from Aberdeen Harbor. “As the water depth at the scene is over 1,000 meters, (it makes it) extremely difficult to carry out salvage works,” Aberdeen…
· William Yuk
How a Buddhist monk won one of the cooking world’s most prestigious awards without a restaurant or customers
Jeong Kwan, this year’s recipient of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Icon Award, has captivated the culinary world without a single Michelin star, restaurant or customer to her name. At the age of 17, Kwan went to a temple and began her path to monkhood. There, she mastered the art…
· Michelle De Pacina
Chinese restaurant waiters captured on video wrestling a dine-and-dasher in Adelaide’s Chinatown
Three men and a woman were captured on video trying to detain a diner who allegedly refused to pay his bill worth hundreds of dollars in a Chinatown restaurant in Adelaide, Australia, on Wednesday. The 33-year-old man has been charged with theft. He is expected to appear in…
· Editorial Staff
Woman filmed spewing racist slurs at Orlando restaurant’s Asian staff after refund disagreement
Seafood restaurant King Cajun Crawfish took to social media to expose a woman who hurled racist abuse at its Asian staff on Monday afternoon. The woman’s tirade allegedly started after she finished her meal and demanded a refund, claiming the shrimp were spoiled. In a cell phone…
· Celine Pun
Watch: Hong Kong residents bid farewell to Jumbo Floating Restaurant as it is towed to secret location
The Jumbo Floating Restaurant offered Chinese banquet-style fine dining and was known for their Cantonese cuisine and seafood dishes. The venue boasted more than 45,000 square feet over three floors and had the capacity to accommodate 2,300 diners. During the start of the…
· Carl Samson
Credit Suisse director fired after NYC Koreatown restaurant attack that left worker bloodied
Roman Cambell, a director at Credit Suisse, has reportedly been fired after attacking restaurant workers at Shanghai Mong in New York City’s Koreatown on June 4. Security footage shows the moment Cambell purportedly tried to snatch the restaurant owner’s phone and began to…
· Jane Nam
Miami reporter defends restaurant sanitation investigative segment against accusation it targets Asian businesses
Miami-based news station WPLG defended its restaurant sanitation investigative segment against accusations of racism. One of the news anchors called the claims of “Dirty Dining” targeting Asian restaurants “outrageous,” noting that the show was based on the state’s inspection…
· Bryan Ke
Iconic Hong Kong landmark Jumbo Floating Restaurant is sinking — and no one may save it
Hong Kongers are seeking help for the iconic landmark Jumbo Floating Restaurant days after its kitchen barge sank on May 31. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor declared in a statement released in late May that the local government has no intention to invest in…
· Carl Samson
Customer kicked out for not wearing pants smashes windows, doors of Chinese restaurant in Queens
A man booted out of 4 Choices & A Soup on Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing, Queens, retaliated by smashing glass windows and doors at the restaurant on Saturday. The man was reportedly kicked out earlier in the day for not wearing pants and had since returned several times.…
· Rebecca Moon
Oldest Chinese restaurant in Japan shuts down after 138 years
An iconic Chinese restaurant located in Yokohama Chinatown in Japan is closing down after 138 years of business due to struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic. The restaurant’s main branch began filing for bankruptcy on Thursday and has collected a total debt exceeding 300…
· Celine Pun
Los Angeles’ ban on gas stoves could spell the end for many Korean BBQ, Chinese restaurants
Last Friday, the Los Angeles County City Council passed a motion placing a ban on most residential and commercial gas appliances in an effort to combat climate change by reducing carbon emissions. To become carbon neutral, restaurants must invest in swapping their gas equipment…
· Rebecca Moon
‘We’re not letting no one shut us down’: Filipino restaurant in Oakland reopens after fatal shooting of co-owner
After the fatal shooting of restaurateur Artgel “Jun” Anabo last week, his restaurant has since reopened. Anabo, 39, was killed while standing outside his restaurant in Oakland, California, with his 11-year-old son on the night of May 18. The Filipino restaurant, Lucky Three…
· Michelle De Pacina
Oakland Filipino restaurant co-owner is fatally shot in front of his 11-year-old son
Artgel “Jun” Anabo, the co-owner of a Filipino restaurant in Oakland, California, was fatally shot in front of his 11-year-old son on Wednesday night. Officers responded to the Lucky Three Seven restaurant and found Anabo suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to a…
· Michelle De Pacina
Hawaiian restaurant in Texas sells out after TikTok about UT Austin ‘kicking out’ its owners goes viral
Austin-area Hawaiian BBQ restaurant Poke Bay will be closing its doors after five years of business following the University of Texas at Austin’s purchase of land on Guadalupe Street to expand the school’s campus. The decision leaves restaurant owners Paul and Priscilla Song…