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Eat Drink Asia: All about that Spam

American icon became popular during the war and managed to stick around
Your junk email is named after the canned meat, by the way

Topic | Eat Drink Asia Podcast

Yang Yang , Alkira Reinfrank , Bernice Chan

Published: 10:12am, 27 Sep, 2019

Updated: 12:58pm, 27 Sep, 2019

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Yang Yang

Before joining the Post in 2019, Yang was a TV producer and editor for 2M Media Group in Washington, where she produced mini-documentaries and studio interviews.

Alkira Reinfrank

Alkira is a digital production editor and reporter with the South China Morning Post, where she also co-hosts the award-winning podcast Eat Drink Asia. Before moving to Hong Kong, Alkira worked as a multiplatform reporter with ABC News and WIN News in Australia. Alkira has appeared on BBC World News, BBC World Service, The Project (Australia), i24 News (Israel) and triple J Hack (Australia).

Bernice Chan

Bernice Chan is a senior writer on the Culture desk. She samples more than her share of dishes around Hong Kong and writes about people and issues that make an impact on the city.