The kiosk supports a range of digital payment options, including local and international e-wallets. Credit: Everyware Limited / PR Newswire. Restaurant tech company Everyware has introduced Caterlord Checkout, a self-service payment kiosk for restaurants in Hong Kong. According to the company, the new system is intended to expedite bill settlement, ease pressure on staff and…
The Hong Kong government is considering allowing a maximum of two dogs per diner into restaurants licenced under a new pet-friendly policy, with the permits possibly being granted only to larger premises at the outset. A day after authorities told lawmakers they had no intention to set limits on the number of dogs allowed into…
This comes after China’s competition regulator opened a formal probe into the intensifying rivalry among food delivery services last month. Credit: YIUCHEUNG / Shutterstock.com. Leading restaurant and beverage operators in China are reportedly increasing prices and scaling back subsidies on food delivery platforms, signalling an end to aggressive discounts and price wars, Bloomberg reported. The…
Hong Kong’s environment minister has said that the city’s first batch of dog-friendly restaurants is expected to be approved by the middle of 2026, marking a significant shift in local dining regulations to bolster the “pet economy”. Appearing before the Legislative Council’s food safety and environmental hygiene panel on Thursday, Secretary for Environment and Ecology…
Hong Kong immigration authorities have broken up an operation in which two local restaurant owners hired illegal foreign workers at their food factory to supply products to their eatery and culinary fairs in the city. Pau Hiu-fung from the Immigration Department’s foreign domestic helpers investigation section said on Tuesday that two owners of a local…
A woman has been arrested for brandishing a cleaver at restaurant staff and police officers after a dispute over a “trivial matter” at a beef noodle shop in Hong Kong. Police said they received a report at around 12.15am on Saturday that a female customer at a Sheung Shui restaurant was in an emotional state,…
A young mom is speaking out after she says she was asked to leave a Blue Ridge restaurant while breastfeeding her baby. The interaction, which she partially captured on video, has been circulating online and gaining a lot of attention. In that cell phone video, recorded last month by Aris Kopiec, you hear her ask…
This article was originally published on December 2, 2000 By Felix Chan Warning for MPF-dodging bosses Employers were warned on Friday (December 1, 2000), the day the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) was launched, that they could not escape paying their fair share. Only about 135,000 employers, 54 per cent of those required to do so,…
Chef Kwame Onwuachi of Tatiana at Lincoln Center in New York is a part of Motorola’s recent “Icons for Icons” campaign. Motorola When I push open the kitchen doors, I want to see a dining room full of diners, especially Brown and Black diners, who looking at their plates feel seen, celebrated, and recognized. And…
A restaurant in China which lets its staff play popular characters from a famed martial arts novel to interact with customers has trended on mainland social media. Xiangyang Courtyard in Xiangyang, Hubei province, central China, which opened in September, features martial arts performances, the Jimu News reported. It is decorated in the style of classic…