Germany-born Julian Wipper is the general manager of the New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel in the city’s Tsim Sha Tsui East neighbourhood. He spoke to Andrew Sun. Food always played an important role in my family. I recall my grandmother cooking for the entire family while I helped in the kitchen. Even today, I…
A 100-year-old grandmother-turned food blogger in Shanghai has trended on social media thanks to her enthusiasm for eating a range of foods. The centenarian’s culinary likes include strong flavoured foods normally shunned by elderly people. The lifestyle of Zhong Wenyu, who turned 100 in September, is far different from that of many senior citizens who…
A museum in Beijing has launched a creepy-crawly coffee brew which has ground-down cockroaches sprinkled on the surface of the drink. Aside from the insect powders, the caffeine pick-me-up is laced with dried yellow mealworms. Drinkers say it has a “burnt and slightly sour” flavour, the news outlet The Cover reported. The insect-topped coffee brew…
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order eliminating tariffs on a wide range of commodities, including beef, coffee and several tropical fruits, including bananas, in an effort to ease consumer frustration over high prices. The move follows off-year elections earlier this month in which voters cited economic concerns as their top priority, contributing…
Those who want to lose weight, gain weight or just eat for better health need look no farther than The Blend Protein & Energy Bar. Wanting to improve her health, owner Key Gibson began using and selling products by Herbalife Nutrition in 2020. “I had wanted to lose weight and nothing I tried seem to…
The first Gregory’s Coffee opened in 2006 on Manhattan’s Park Avenue. Nineteen years later, the family-owned business has expanded to over 54 locations around the U.S. as well as a roastery in Queens, New York, that handles coffee beans from Brazil, Rwanda, Nicaragua and other major global producers. For Gregory Zamfotis, founder of the New…
Image credit: @urbancoffeeroaster/ Instagram For a city infamously known for being unaffordable, the coffee is no exception. If your productivity depends on a daily cup of coffee, a morning brew can quickly turn into an expensive habit. Unless, of course, you learn the tips and tricks to be your own barista. And for that,…
Starbucks is joining the protein craze with a new line of lattes and cold foams, part of what the company says is a strategy to modernize its menu. The Seattle-based coffee chain said Tuesday that starting Sept. 29 it will add protein cold foams and protein lattes to its menu. The cold foam, which customers…
New Yorkers have a new logo in town as Luckin Coffee, a popular Chinese coffee chain, announces its debut in the United States. The Starbucks rival opened its first two stores in New York City on Monday, as the Xiamen-based coffee purveyor sets out to expand its market and garner favor with U.S. customers. The…
Coffee, and whether or not it’s good for you, has been a research focus for decades. A regular cup or two has been linked to better heart health, a longer life, and most recently, a study led by a Harvard researcher, Dr. Sara Mahdavi found that drinking coffee may even aid healthy aging in women….