Virtual Culinary Bonanza : Hong Kong 
The annual culinary competition hosted by Hong Kong Tourism Board took position on the net this yr owing to the pandemic. Above 500 dining establishments participated in the competition, including Michelin-starred institutions that served up menus at fifty percent the selling price. The festival’s ‘Gourmet at Home’ menu experienced recipes curated by prime-rated places to eat. Patrons also had the possibility to link with Hong Kong’s major chefs, restaurants and marketplace leaders by way of digital pairings, workshops and lessons.
Green on the Go : United States of America
We’ve acquired a total new motive to fall in really like with America’s favorite quick foods chain. McDonald’s is all established to give plant-centered burgers, rooster substitutes and breakfast sandwiches. The new line of meat alternatives—called McPlant—will be introduced in 2021. The purpose of the new meat-totally free menu is to cater to the ever-growing vegan customer base. This go has also been pushed by concerns in excess of results on health, the setting and animal welfare. The trials of the new menu ended up carried out in collaboration with Outside of Meat.
Zing of the Hing : Himachal Pradesh
A smelly acrid spice beloved by Indians, hing or asafoetida has a exclusive place in the desi kitchen. Soon after expending thousands and thousands of bucks on importing this spice, India is finally developing its 1st batch of indigenuous hing. The institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technological know-how in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh lately declared that they had planted 800 saplings of Ferula asafoetida in the chilly desert of lahaul and Spiti. Typically made use of to incorporate umami to an array of savoury dishes, hing’s pungent-flavoured odour mellows to a additional leek-and-garlic-like flavour, when cooked correctly. Did you know that hing was when named the ‘devil’s dung’?