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Trend vs. tradition: Matcha’s revival takes hold in Indonesia

Matcha is enjoying a renewed boom in Indonesia in 2025, driven by social media trends, specialty cafés and matcha-infused treats. As the powdered green tea goes mainstream, purists continue to defend its cultural roots through chado, the Japanese tea ceremony.

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South Korean pastries and desserts find a sweet spot in Indonesia

In an enthusiastic and curious market for Korean culture, South Korean chefs are finding fertile ground for K-style pastries and desserts by keeping pace with trends and infusing them with a distinctly Korean sensibility. ...

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Six decades on: Sizzle, craft, repeat at Ruth’s Chris

Turning 60, the steakhouse launches an anniversary menu in Asia that reflects its New Orleans lineage and long-standing commitment to consistency. ...

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Singapore hawker culture to be nominated for UNESCO listing

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Enjoy these special dishes to celebrate Indonesia's independence

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Americans are spending like crazy at restaurants

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Detective Conan and his pals settle down in Bangkok

A favorite among Thai manga readers for more than 20 years, the popular Japanese characters from the Detective Conan series have finally arrived in Bangkok and taken up residence at Siam Center.

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Liberica coffee from Kendal, Central Java, has been turning the heads of coffee fans for its jackfruit aroma and rarity.
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Liberica coffee from Kendal, much sought after

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Sacre bleu! Blue wine makes a splash in southern France

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More people are sleeping in McDonald's in Hong Kong, study suggests

Researchers found that not all people sleeping in McDonald’s overnight in Hong Kong were homeless or unemployed.

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Markobar welcomes Independence Day with board game packaging

Named Markobar Race, the new packaging is shaped like a board game and is equipped with pawns and dice.

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‘Aruna and Her Palate’, Cinema 21 team up to launch fried rice

Now people can taste the fried rice that is central to the film's main characters.

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'Kampoeng Legenda' culinary festival to welcome Independence Day

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Let them eat potatoes! Robuchon's recipe for the perfect mash

Mashed potatoes were to Joel Robuchon, the star French chef who died on Monday at 73, what a madeleine sponge cake dunked in tea was to novelist Marcel Proust: a powerful, sensuous reminder of his youth.

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McDonald’s apologizes after serving woman cleaning solution instead of coffee

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Shoppers walk past a Marks & Spencer shop on Oxford Street in central London on June 19, 2018. The Marks & Spencer sandwich may no longer appear on Parisian shelves without a post-Brexit trade deal, the supermarket's chairman warned in an interview published Friday.
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Brexit threatens Marks & Spencer sandwiches in France: chairman

Brexit poses a serious threat to those who lunch.

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Participants grill skewers of octopus satay at Sunday's Octopus Satay Festival in Kaur, Bengkulu. The festival has made a national record as the largest octopus culinary festival.
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Bengkulu octopus festival sets national record

An octopus culinary festival in Bengkulu has made waves as the first and largest of its kind in the nation.

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Plant-based food sales rose 20 percent over the past year, to more than $3.3 billion, according to new retail data from Nielsen and the Plant Based Foods Association.
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Plant-based foods no longer just for vegans with 20 percent sales gain

Plant-based food sales rose 20 percent over the past year, to more than $3.3 billion, according to new retail data from Nielsen and the Plant Based Foods Association.

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Lemonilo to provide healthy options in ropang, cafes

Healthy instant noodles from Lemonilo are now available in casual eateries.

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Researchers in Taiwan have developed a method that transforms waste coffee grounds into a novel replacement for the graphite normally used in lithium ion batteries.
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Coffee waste could help power future batteries

Researchers in Taiwan have developed a method that transforms waste coffee grounds into a novel replacement for the graphite normally used in lithium ion batteries.

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Six foods you should not wash before cooking

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Ferrero Rocher’s Nutella now has company, with the arrival of its new competitor from Switzerland.
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Chocolate company Lindt launches chocolate hazelnut spread

Ferrero Rocher’s Nutella now has company, with the arrival of its new competitor from Switzerland.

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Soto Mie Bogor. Spicy beef noodle soup from Bogor, West Java.
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Five must-visit ‘soto’ restaurants in Jakarta

Wherever you go in Jakarta, chances are you will come across somewhere selling soto.

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Singapore’s Michelin star restaurant winners of 2018 announced

Not a single restaurant in Singapore received three Michelin stars in the 2018 ratings released Wednesday, soon after the city lost its only restaurant with the top honor.

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Pastry creations by Le Meurice's pastry chef Cedric Grolet are pictured at the luxury five-star Le Meurice Hotel in Paris on October 25, 2017.
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Superstar pastry chef's 'food porn' has Instagram drooling

The young Frenchman Cedric Grolet, named the top patissier on the planet last month by "The World's 50 Best Restaurants" list, is an Instagram superstar.

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Michelin guide set to reveal more dining highlights in Thailand

The Michelin guide to Thailand’s best restaurants will go beyond Bangkok to the southern tourism hot-spots of Phuket and Phang Nga by year’s end, part of the country’s efforts to keep attracting visitors.

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Markobar’s Pondok Indah outlet South Jakarta
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Gibran’s Markobar to expand to the Philippines

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Festival Kopi Nusantara celebrates nation's rich coffee culture, history

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