When panic buying at a Hong Kong bakery chain led to a 3-day run on cakes, as thousands cashed in vouchers

When panic buying at a Hong Kong bakery chain led to a 3-day run on cakes, as thousands cashed in vouchers

When panic buying at a Hong Kong bakery chain led to a 3-day run on cakes, as thousands cashed in vouchers “Hongkong’s first known ‘cake run’ was pronounced over yesterday,” reported the South China Morning Post on May 22, 1984. “The Maria’s cake shop chain was relieved to find business as usual yesterday and no … Read more

Most read of 2023: tasting the first Chinese durian, drinking in Korea’s whisky trend, tributes to MasterChef Australia host – top food and drink stories

Most read of 2023: tasting the first Chinese durian, drinking in Korea’s whisky trend, tributes to MasterChef Australia host – top food and drink stories

From taste testing China’s much anticipated first home-grown durian to how a family who left Guangzhou, southern China, for Vancouver in 1981, built a fruit and vegetable empire in Canada, we look back at the food and drink stories most read by Post readers in 2023. 1. A taste of China’s home-grown durian China’s much-anticipated … Read more