https://www.scmp.com/rss/525536/feed Sophie Steiner is a food and beverage, travel, and lifestyle journalist and photographer, based in Shanghai for the last 10+ years. She loves exploring culinary culture, from local to luxe, across Asia and beyond. Her works have been featured in publications like Travel + Leisure, World's 50 Best, Condé Nast Traveler, Business Insider, Michelin, and LUXE City Guides. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Sophie Steiner Sophie Steiner Driven by an affluent and youthful population, Shenzhen – aka China’s Silicon Valley – has witnessed a boom over the past decade in high-end contemporary restaurants, offering everything from sophisticated modern Chinese gastronomy to Western fine dining. No longer famous for fake handbags and electronics, Shenzhen is making a name for itself as Asia’s newest culinary hotspot. This transformation has deep roots. After Shenzhen was declared a special economic zone in 1980, the city experienced an... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/100-top-tables/article/3354537/how-shenzhen-becoming-asias-newest-culinary-hotspot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/100-top-tables/article/3354537/how-shenzhen-becoming-asias-newest-culinary-hotspot?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 May 2026 09:49:30 +0000