Hainan coconut chicken hotpot, Chongqing noodles, Ningbo fine dining, Sichuan grass jelly drinks, barbecue chains. Hong Kong’s culinary directory has been expanding when it comes to mainland Chinese brands, not least with the recent opening of milk tea specialist Chagee at K11 Art Mall in the city’s Tsim Sha Tsui neighbourhood. The brand’s success began … Read more
Canadian drinks brand Bobba was recently called out for pitching its “healthier” and “better” version of bubble tea. Nothing wrong with that, except its owners, who presented their pitch on television, were not Chinese. They were subsequently accused of cultural appropriation. My key takeaway from this is: how something looks is more important than what … Read more
Olivia Chen and Pauline Ang, friends and business partners in boba milk tea brand Twrl, have tried three times to get on Shark Tank, a US reality show where up-and-coming entrepreneurs try to woo big-name backers. Now, in a plot twist they could not have imagined, the San Francisco-based women have a chance to pitch … Read more
Chinese-Canadian actor Simu Liu, best known for playing the Marvel character Shang Chi, has just shown that not all superheroes wear capes. Liu recently appeared on the Canadian reality show Dragon’s Den, a competition where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to investors known as the Dragons (there is a similar show called Shark Tank). For Sebastien … Read more
