Eat Drink Asia
Eat Drink Asia is an award-winning podcast by the South China Morning Post that deep dives into the forgotten history of some of Asia's most popular dishes that have gone global. Discover the human story behind some of Asia's most loved foods, drinks and condiments with SCMP journalists, as they speak with chefs, restaurateurs and food experts from across the region.
Latest Episode
The complex flavours of the ‘happiest country’ on Earth (05.11.2024)
Previous Episodes
- The world of Hong Kong noodles
- Hong Kong bakeries 101
- The art of modernising dim sum
- How overtourism created Bali’s most popular street food, babi guling
- The Lunar New Year food turning parts of China into a desert wasteland
- A centuries-old Lunar New Year treat in Hong Kong
- The evolution of sweet and sour pork
- How KFC became a Christmas tradition in Japan
- How instant coffee became the hottest Korea-wave export
- The dim sum dishes facing ‘extinction’ in Hong Kong
- Sara Lee pound cake, a staple for the Asian diaspora, crumbles after 50 years
- Century egg: misunderstood snack a Chinese favourite for 500 years
- Understanding 'wok hei', the breath of the wok
- The story of dumplings: how a traditional Chinese medicine cure went global
- The great Hainanese chicken rice debate: Singapore vs Malaysia
- Japanese tempura, its Portugese origins and how it became high culinary art
- How tofu made its way to the West
- Hong Kong egg tarts and their medieval English origins
- Xiaolongbao: how soup dumplings went global
- The story behind Oscar-winning film Parasite’s ram-don noodles
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