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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.

1 day ago
Food premium

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. ...

6 days ago
Food premium

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. ...

3 weeks ago

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Top Paris restaurant probed over 'anti-Arab discrimination'

French authorities launched an investigation Friday into accusations that a top Parisian restaurant, favored by celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Rihanna, systematically sought to decline reservations from Arab, African or veil-wearing customers.

7 years ago
Food

Why dates are the best food to break your fast

Although loaded with natural sugars, dates will not spike your blood sugar levels because of their low glycemic index. 

7 years ago
Food

A royal reception feast for 600: langoustines, quail eggs and rhubarb tartlets

Guests of Prince Harry and his new wife Meghan were set to tuck into dishes including Scottish langoustines, grilled asparagus and rhubarb crumble tartlets at a lunchtime reception for the newlyweds.

7 years ago
Food

Beer is not beneficial, German court rules

Beer cannot be marketed as beneficial, a German top court ruled on Thursday after a consumer rights group sued a brewery on the basis that its advertisement falsely suggested the beer had health benefits.

7 years ago
Food

Starbucks restrooms are now open to all

Visitors to Starbucks can use the store’s bathrooms whether or not they’ve placed an order as the ubiquitous coffee chain looks to make amends.

7 years ago
Food

The rise of Lawu coffee among Java's single origins

A young man was busy checking the temperature of a coffee roasting machine. His name was Aprei Kurniawan, a coffee farmer from Jabung hamlet on the slopes of Mount Lawu, Magetan regency, East Java.

7 years ago
Food

Salad leaders weigh in on chopped versus not-chopped controversy

Earlier this week tensions flared after one of New York’s office-lunch standards, Just Salad, joined fellow roughage slingers Fresh & Co. and Tender Greens in ending the option to chop its salads.

7 years ago
Food

Three places to enjoy fiery hot ‘ayam geprek’

The popularity of ayam geprek (battered fried chicken with sambal) rose last year, giving lovers of spicy food new mealtime alternatives.

7 years ago
Food

Spicy noodle 'Miedes' festival held in Yogyakarta

Festival Makan Miedes (Miedes Eating Festival) was recently held in Yogyakarta's Pundong district to promote the region's signature spicy noodles.

7 years ago
Food

What 'Es Kepal' Milo shows us about consumers and marketing in Indonesia

The 'Es Kepal' Milo frenzy is just the tip of the iceberg of the growing online conversation around food in Indonesia.

7 years ago
Food

Washington cupcake shop offers taste of royal wedding

Georgetown Cupcake, which has already garnered national media attention for its gourmet treats, is busy baking up a “royal wedding dozen” that includes two of lemon elderflower modeled on the cake at Harry and Markle’s May 19 celebration. To complete the wedding theme, the cupcake is frosted to look like an English rose.

7 years ago
Food

XploRasa fest pampers street food lovers

Culinary festivals are hubs of happiness and filled tummies. Indeed, their ubiquity in the country makes it clear how much of a guaranteed success these events are likely to be.

7 years ago
Food

Menus with calorie counts now a must in US

An Obama-era rule requiring thousands of US restaurants, stores and movie theaters to post nutritional information for items on their menus kicked in Monday, reminding Americans they are what they eat.

7 years ago
Food

Two Big Macs a day for 46 years: American man is loving it

Donald Gorske had eaten his 30,000th Big Mac, breaking his own world record for most Big Macs consumed.

7 years ago
Food

Save room for dessert: British royal wedding cake slices to be sold

As Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle inches closer, public hunger for all things royal will get its dessert as decades-old slices of cake from British royal weddings - including those of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, and Prince William and Kate Middleton - go up for auction.

7 years ago
Food

Deliveroo and Uber Eats list restaurants with low health scores

Deliveroo and Uber Eats are two of the most widely recognized food-delivery businesses in Europe, sharing a mission of connecting hungry customers with top-notch restaurants in the region’s biggest cities.

7 years ago
Food

Beyond poke: Nine restaurant reservations you need in Honolulu

Here are the top three reservations you need for your next trip—plus a half-dozen more, from local breakfasts to no-frills poke to a food hall that actually merits a visi—to ensure whatever beach bod you had when you arrived, has a healthy glow when you fly back home.

7 years ago
Food

Swedish meatballs are 'actually Turkish', says Sweden

The meatballs, made popular worldwide by Scandinavian furniture store IKEA, have been revealed to originate from another country.

7 years ago
Food

Wood you like a drink? Japan team invents 'wood alcohol'

Discerning drinkers may soon be able to branch out after Japanese researchers said Tuesday they have invented a way of producing an alcoholic drink made from wood.

7 years ago
Food

Indonesian flavors spice up Moscow

The Indonesian Embassy in Moscow and Grabli Restaurant are hosting the Indonesian Culinary Festival at eight Grabli branches from April 27 to May 18.

7 years ago
Food

North Korean cold noodles a hit as ties with South warm up

Long lines formed on Friday outside restaurants in South Korea’s capital serving Pyongyang-style cold noodles after the dish took on a starring role at a historic summit between the North and South Korean leaders.

7 years ago
Food

Everything you need to know about savoring tequila

Made from blue agave, a plant found in Mexico, tequila is typically served with a squeeze of lime and salt. Find out how to enjoy the popular drink.

7 years ago
Food

North Korean cold noodles a hit as historic summit warms up ties with South

Long lines formed on Friday outside restaurants in South Korea’s capital serving Pyongyang-style cold noodles after the dish took on a starring role at a historic summit between the North and South Korean leaders.

7 years ago
Food

Parmesan producers hail 'gratest' ever year

Cheese is serious business for Italians, and perhaps its most famous, Parmigiano Reggiano, had its best ever year in 2017, producing a record-busting 147,000 tonnes and generating 2.2 billion euros ($2.7 billion) in sales.

7 years ago
Food

In search of Indonesia's best-quality coffee

Drinking coffee has become part of a hip, urban lifestyle in Indonesia, but this public appetite still requires a quality boost.

7 years ago
Food

Introducing Indonesian coffee through ‘Ngopi Sore’ in Washington DC

The Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC invited coffee shop owners, baristas, coffee brewers, importer and coffee enthusiasts to a sharing session about coffee.

7 years ago
Food

An Ottolenghi guide to eating in Israel, the new food hotspot

Despite the specter of confrontation as Iran entrenches itself near Israel's border with Syria, Israelis are partying like they're on top of the world. And with good reason. Tourism is booming—the number of visitors last year soared 22 percent to a record and is rising even more quickly in 2018.

7 years ago
Food

The best (and worst) wines of the 2017 vintage from Bordeaux

A terrible growing season resulted in a small—though, in some cases, truly special—collection of wines.

7 years ago
Food

Tracing the path of dim sum with Gran Melia Jakarta

Among the many types of Chinese cuisine, dim sum is arguably one of the most popular.

7 years ago
Food

Chicago restaurant staff get $2,000 tip

What is a reasonable tip at a restaurant? 

7 years ago
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