https://www.scmp.com/rss/327497/feed Victoria Ho co-founded Goldthread. She was previously the Asia bureau editor at Mashable, and was a correspondent for publications such as the Business Times, TechCrunch and ZDNet. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Tea cocktails seem to be everywhere these days. Some bars do tea infusions, while others use brewed tea in their recipes to lace their concoctions with the drink’s delicate fragrance. But with bars around the world closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, it might be hard to go out and try these cocktails. So why not make some at home? Some bars, such as Tell Camellia in Hong Kong, make their own tea-infused spirits by brewing the leaves in alcohol and then distilling them with a... https://www.scmp.com/food/2-easy-recipes-tea-infused-gin/article/3098351?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/2-easy-recipes-tea-infused-gin/article/3098351?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:04:41 +0000 After Costco’s first store in China was overrun by crazed shoppers on opening day, it was clearly not taking chances again. Last week, the American bulk retailer opened an outlet in Shanghai, its first in China. But the staff was quickly overwhelmed by a frenzy of shoppers who came and tussled over the deals. On social media, people were seen tugging at cuts of pork and pushing each other to get to household items. It was so chaotic that local police forced the store to shut down early that... https://www.scmp.com/travel/costco-shanghai-opening/article/3025643?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/travel/costco-shanghai-opening/article/3025643?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Sep 2019 09:33:50 +0000 In the same twisted way we enjoy fries with ice cream, or peanut butter with grilled meat, somehow the research department behind the new wasabi and hot wing Oreo flavors probably thought this was genius. Last week, Mondelez International announced two new flavors for the popular black-and-white cookie: Japanese wasabi and hot chicken wings—exclusive to China, only. We immediately ordered a batch on Taobao (China’s Amazon), in time for a live taste test on camera with Ravi Hiranand, from our... https://www.scmp.com/culture/tasting-oreo-wasabi-and-hot-wing-flavors/article/2163091?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/tasting-oreo-wasabi-and-hot-wing-flavors/article/2163091?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:15:30 +0000 Everyone’s been bamboozled by The Orient. You. Us. Most fast food restaurants. Source: Some Oriental chicken commercial complete with singing Chinese chicken (1992) From Brooklyn to Singapore, we’ve watched and read about Chinese food, culture, and history through the lens of people who (sometimes) know of The Orient but don’t always get it. Even those in our most trusted English-language media have described something as mainstream as bubble tea, as “blobs” from the Far East (the new... https://www.scmp.com/welcome-goldthread-news-orient/article/2151371?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/welcome-goldthread-news-orient/article/2151371?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Jun 2018 02:30:30 +0000