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Business
Restaurant in Japan offers lifetime ramen pass for $2000
Uramusashiya, a ramen restaurant chain in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, is offering lifetime passes for 300,000 yen ($1,995). About the passes: T...
Michelle De Pacina
Bay Area
Beloved Oakland Vietnamese restaurant to close after nearly 40 years due to crime
A beloved Vietnamese restaurant in Oakland, California, is closing its doors due to the rise in crime in the city over the past few years. A...
Bryan Ke
Fresno Thai restaurant to reopen under new name after racist dog meat rumors
A Thai restaurant in Fresno, California, that fell victim to a barrage of abuse — including death threats — over a racist rumor that it was ...
Carl Samson
Food
This premium $170 bowl of pho has wagyu beef, foie gras and more
A restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is selling a premium bowl of pho with wagyu beef, foie gras and more for 4 million Vietnamese don...
Isa Peralta
San Francisco crowned best US city for Filipino food
San Francisco is the best city for Filipino food in the U.S., according to a new report. Best cities for Filipino food: The latest Price of ...
Japan’s newest billionaire is a college dropout who built a global udon noodle empire
In his words, it was an “emotional experience of food” that led him to pursue his own noodle venture ...
Ryan General
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,...
Japanese sushi chain drops $480,000 suit against 17-year-old over licking prank
The operator of Japanese sushi restaurant chain Sushiro has reportedly dropped its lawsuit against a high school student who contaminated fo...
China
Man in China arrested for attempting to extort restaurant by putting cockroach in his food
A man was arrested for trying to extort a restaurant in Beijing by spitting a cockroach onto his food. What happened: The incident reportedl...
This Malaysian restaurant is serving pizza in a bowl of ramen
A Malaysian restaurant is making waves online for its head-scratching new offering: “pizza ramen.” About the dish: On Wednesday, Menya Shi S...
Environmental
Lab-grown chicken makes US debut at Michelin-starred restaurant in San Francisco
“I can’t wait for more people to get their first bite – it’s a magical moment that inspires an exciting world of new possi...
Singaporean cleaner receives Rolex for working with company for 10 years
A Singaporean woman is making headlines after being rewarded with a Rolex for a decade of service as a cleaner. How she started: Tan Ai Tee...
BBQ restaurant explosion in China kills 31, prompts national safety campaigns
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered safety campaigns across China to rectify any risks and “hidden dangers” after a recent barbecue res...
Japanese restaurant in Taiwan to serve durian tonkotsu ramen
A Japanese restaurant in Taiwan will be serving a limited-edition durian ramen. Durian lovers: The Shan He Tang Lamian restaurant in Kaohsiu...
25-year-old Vietnamese TikTok chef opens her first restaurant in Los Angeles
Vietnamese TikTok chef Tue Nguyen, 25, is set to make her official restaurant debut in Los Angeles. The upcoming restaurant: Nguyen’s resta...
Iris Jung
Film & TV
Netflix pop-up restaurant in LA to be helmed by Ming Tsai, Ann Kim and Nadiya Hussain
Chefs Ming Tsai, Ann Kim and Nadiya Hussain are a few of the culinary stars set to headline Netflix’s upcoming pop-up restaurant in Los Ange...
Daniel Anderson
Asian Americans win 8 out of 12 best chef 2023 James Beard Awards
The 2023 James Beard Awards, which have been dubbed the Oscars of the culinary world, recognized many Asian American chefs, restaurants and ...
Here’s what you’ll find in the world’s most expensive pho for $5,000
If you’ve got $5,000 to spare, consider shelling it out on the world’s most expensive bowl of pho. In 2011, the House of An restaurant group...
Crime
Missouri Chinese restaurant owner killed in double shooting
A man was fatally shot in what family members believe was a botched robbery at his own restaurant in St. Louis on Tuesday night. The shootin...
Racist rumors on Yelp force Thai restaurant in Fresno to shut down
A family-owned California restaurant was forced to temporarily shut down after a racist rumor spread on social media that it was “mayb...
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...
Taipei restaurant introduces ramen dish topped with giant isopod
A restaurant in Taiwan is serving a ramen dish topped with a giant isopod. The owner of The Ramen Boy restaurant located at the Liaoning St...
Bangkok restaurant’s 50-year-old soup goes viral
A video of a Bangkok restaurant has gone viral on Instagram for its special soup that has been continuously simmering for almost 50 years. U...
NYC restaurant named ‘Thai Food Near Me’ goes viral
A Thai restaurant in New York City has gone viral on Twitter for its clever branding. When looking for a bite to eat, it is common for sma...
Seattle teriyaki restaurant reopened by family in memory of owner killed during robbery
A teriyaki restaurant in Seattle has reopened over two months after its owner was shot and killed during an armed robbery. Hansoo Kim, the f...
Tokyo ramen restaurant bans customers from watching videos on their phones
Debu-chan, a ramen restaurant in Tokyo’s “ramen battlefield,” recently implemented a new rule banning customers from watching videos on thei...
Ines Shin
2 diners in Japan arrested for dipping their chopsticks into restaurant’s communal container
Police in Japan have arrested two men accused of contaminating a communal container of pickled ginger at a popular beef bowl restaurant chai...
2 arrested and charged for burglarizing Chinese restaurant in South Carolina
Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with a burglary that left a Chinese restaurant in South Carolina ransacked over the wee...
New video shows mob of masked teens in elevator after trashing Queens Chinese restaurant
New York police have released a new surveillance video of the mob of masked individuals who ransacked a Chinese restaurant in Queens on Marc...
This Malaysian restaurant puts croissants on ramen and people are losing it
Several Instagram users were left in stitches after the owner of Ramen Bar Shi Shi Do, a ramen spot in Malaysia, announced its newest dish: ...
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...
Los Angeles Chinatown restaurant asks for help after being hit with $13,000 gas bill
A Chinatown restaurant in Los Angeles is asking for support after they received a gas bill exceeding $13,000. In an interview with NBC4, Jud...
Thief wanted for stealing cash, iPads from New York Asian restaurant
Police in Whitesboro, New York, are looking for an individual accused of breaking into and stealing from a local Asian restaurant earlier th...
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...
2 dead, 1 critically injured in Philadelphia Chinese takeout shooting
Two people were killed and another person was critically injured during a shooting inside a Chinese takeout restaurant in the neighborhood o...
Jack Ma spotted in Thailand just before Ant Group announced he would give up control
Before you read: Founder Jack Ma to give up control of fintech giant Ant Group Jack Ma resigns from influential China business group months ...