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Food
Chinese food YouTuber shares ‘next chapter’ after James Beard wins
Fresh off prestigious James Beard Foundation Broadcast awards, popular YouTube Chinese food culinary channel Made With Lau shared exciting p...
Ryan General
Watch: Server confused by diners requesting ketchup with Chinese food orders
A Chinese food restaurant server took to TikTok to express her bewilderment at customers who request ketchup for their orders. Kate’s ketchu...
Korean cuisine ranks as cheapest cuisine to cook at home: UK study
A new U.K. report finds that Korean cuisine is the “most cost-effective” cuisine to cook at home on average for a single person or a family ...
Bryan Ke
Business
TV chef icon Martin Yan plans to reopen his M.Y. China restaurant in SF Chinatown
TV chef icon Martin Yan has plans to reopen his namesake M.Y. China restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown. M.Y. China’s new location: Yan,...
Michelle De Pacina
Culture
More than 1 in 10 US restaurants serve Asian food, new study finds
Some 12% of restaurants in the U.S. serve Asian food, and most of them are Chinese, Japanese or Thai, according to a new analysis from the P...
Carl Samson
TikTok embroiled in racism debate over UK slang for Chinese takeout
British food vloggers are going viral on TikTok for the way they refer to Chinese takeout. It all started when American TikTok user Soogia (...
Chandler Treon
Italian and Japanese food the most popular cuisines on Instagram, study says
Italian, Japanese, Indian, Korean and Mexican cuisines are the most popular cuisines on Instagram worldwide, according to a recent study. Pu...
Iris Jung
Oldest Chinese restaurant in US, oldest restaurant in Hawaii win James Beard America’s Classics awards
The James Beard Foundation announced two Asian-owned eateries as recipients of its 2023 America’s Classics Award on Thursday. This di...
Daniel Anderson
COVID-related stigma cost Asian restaurants in US $7.4 billion in lost revenue: study
A new study reveals that COVID-related stigma cost Asian American restaurants over $7.4 billion in lost revenue in 2020. As anti-Chinese sen...
Entertainment
‘What my family has created in moving here is worthy to be on national television’: Chef Kathy Fang’s family story stirs something new onscreen
“I didn’t think what we were doing at the restaurant was that fascinating to people,” chef and restaurateur Kathy Fang tells NextShark...
Crime
Chinese man accused of stabbing Nigerian ex-girlfriend to death gets Chinese food in prison
Geng Quanrong, 47, will be served Chinese food while in Nigerian custody for the murder of his ex-girlfiend, Ummukulsum “Ummita” Buhari, on...
Possible suspect in death of Chinese food delivery worker once raged about duck sauce, restaurant owner says
A man being investigated in connection with the fatal shooting of a Chinese food delivery worker in Queens on Saturday has had a series of “...
TikTok user explains why some Chinese restaurants are closed on Tuesdays
TikTok user Kim Chi has recently amassed thousands of views for answering the question, “Why are Chinese takeaways shut on Tuesday?” “A lo...
News
Lawyer attempted to discredit R. Kelly accuser in court by bringing up MSG in Chinese food
Singer R. Kelly’s defense lawyer reportedly tried to discredit one of his accusers in the singer’s ongoing sexual assault case by putting th...
Beloved Boston Chinatown Restaurant Closes Due to Pandemic
A long-standing restaurant in Boston’s Chinatown is closing its doors on Dec. 31 after losing business due to the pandemic, according ...
America’s Oldest Running Chinese Restaurant is 109 and Still Going Strong
The oldest and still-running Chinatown restaurant in the United States, which has survived the 1918 Pandemic and two World Wars, is not in N...
Man Threatens to Burn Down Chinese Restaurant Because His Chicken Fried Rice Had Gravy
A man threatened to burn a Chinese restaurant in Glasgow, Scotland “to the ground” after his chicken fried rice came with gravy. The unident...
White Woman Opens ‘Clean’ Chinese Restaurant to Replace ‘Oily’ and ‘Salty’ Cuisine
Lucky Lee’s, a restaurant in West Village, New York City, has been accused of racism and cultural appropriation hours after its openin...
‘Bizarre Foods’ Host Fired After Calling Chinese Restaurants in the Midwest ‘Horsesh*t’
Andrew Zimmern, a celebrity chef and host of “Bizarre Foods” on the Travel Channel, has reportedly been fired following calling Midwest Chin...
White People Eating Chinese Food Video is an Epic Face Palm
Asian food doesn’t really take much of an effort to appreciate and enjoy, but somehow, there are still some non-Asians who might need some l...
Is ‘Chop Suey’ Chinese or American Food?
It’s a popular belief that the iconic mixed vegetable and meat dish smothered in a starch-thickened sauce known as “chop suey” is actu...
Armed Thieves Try Robbing Chinese Food Delivery Driver, Immediately Regrets It
Three armed robbery suspects messed with the wrong Chinese food delivery driver, who opened fire at the group after he was ambushed while do...
Khier Casino
Lifestyle
Panda Express Unveils Mexican-Chinese Mashup With Orange Chicken Burrito
Panda Express has put a Mexican twist on its orange chicken by wrapping the menu item in a burrito. The outer shell is made entirely of a sc...
World
Bystanders Just Watch as Couple Brutally Attacks Chinese Food Delivery Man
A Chinese food delivery man was violently attacked by two still-unidentified suspects inside a building in the Bronx borough of New York ear...
Asia
Chinese Villagers Brutally Slaughter Endangered Sea Turtle For Food
An endangered giant sea turtle was brutally butchered and sold to villagers in China’s Guangdong Province. The leatherback reptile sol...
Seven Girls Poisoned After Eating at a Chinese Restaurant in India
What had been a joyful celebration turned disastrous when seven Indian girls found themselves hospitalized after eating at a Chinese restaur...
Maryland Chinese Restaurant Accused of Serving Dog Meat on Facebook
A woman from Maryland who ordered spare ribs from local Chinese restaurant China Palace thought she made a horrific discovery: instead of ri...
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