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The Standard
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Standard
China tries to shift appetite for extreme eating shows
Participants compete in a zongzi-eating competition held at a shopping mall in Wuhan, Hubei province to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. (Reuters)
South China Morning Post
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Extravagant Chinese TV host Li Xiang mingles with royalty, spends US$10,000 on food
A popular Chinese television host has sparked fresh online controversy after it was revealed that the sticky rice dumplings she ate during the Dragon Boat Festival cost 1,000 yuan (US$140) each. Li Xiang, 49, who was born in Hunan province, central China, first rose to fame in 1997 as the host of the hit variety show Happy Camp. In the 2000s, she won the Most Popular Host award three times and received the Golden Mic Award, the highest honour for television anchors and hosts in China. Li Xiang enjoys mixing with the rich and famous. Here she is chatting with Britain's Queen Camilla. Photo: Weibo As her popularity soared, Li diversified her career into acting, singing, real estate business and e-commerce. In 2019, the value of her monthly online sales exceeded 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million). She reportedly owns a 666-square-metre, 50 million yuan (US$7 million) villa in Beijing and has bought multiple properties in Changsha, the capital city of Hunan province. During this year's Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional holiday celebrated with boat races and the eating of sticky rice dumplings known as zongzi, Li posted photos on social media. Television celebrity Li reportedly owns a villa in Beijing worth US$7 million. Photo: Weibo They showed a luxurious meal with her daughter, Angela Wang Shiling, at a high-end restaurant, which featured zongzi elegantly arranged on delicate porcelain plates.
South China Morning Post
28-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- South China Morning Post
Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 30
It isn't Dragon Boat Festival without zongzi rice dumplings , and this year Yat Tung Heen is offering a vegan version. If that's not your thing, check out our other dining recommendations for the holiday weekend in Hong Kong. And for more fine dining, visit the 100 Top Tables Guide 2025 Friday, May 30 Yat Tung Heen's Rice Dumpling Gift Sets. Photo: Handout In celebration of Saturday's Dragon Boat Festival, Eaton HK's Michelin-starred Yat Tung Heen is offering a 2025 Rice Dumpling Gift Set. The traditional seasonal treats, which come in two versions, are crafted by chef Tam Tung. Advertisement Grab a deluxe whole abalone rice dumpling with conpoy or, for a plant-based alternative, try the OmniPork vegetarian rice dumpling – both available until Friday. Where: B2/F, Eaton HK, 380 Nathan Road, Jordan When: Until May 30 Price: HK$278 for the abalone dumpling, and HK$248 for the OmniPork dumpling. Saturday, May 31 Ruen crispy roast duck with tangy-sweet tamarind sauce. Photo: Handout
South China Morning Post
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
InfoSpark: How a dragon boat team rows with the flow together
Celebrated every year, the Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong features thrilling races where groups paddle in unison, showcasing their skills and teamwork. Colourful dragon boats, adorned with intricate designs, race against each other along the city's picturesque waterways. Besides the races, the festival is also famous for zongzi, glutinous rice dumplings filled with various ingredients both savoury and sweet.
South China Morning Post
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong chefs share creative ways to cook sticky rice dumplings for Dragon Boat Festival
Tuen Ng Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, is one of the biggest annual celebrations in Hong Kong. It takes place on May 31 this year. As well as dragon boat races, sticky rice dumplings, or zongzi, are a big feature of the festival. Sticky rice dumplings can be sweet and sprinkled with sugar or savoury and dipped in soy sauce. But either way, they are traditionally steamed. We asked chefs in Hong Kong, and one in Macau, for creative suggestions for other ways to prepare them. Jayson Tang, executive chef of Man Ho Chinese Restaurant in JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, suggests drizzling deep-fried or air-fried sticky rice dumplings in golden syrup. Photo: Jonathan Wong Jayson Tang of one-Michelin-star Man Ho Chinese Restaurant in Hong Kong's Admiralty neighbourhood suggests deep-frying or air-frying meat and salted egg yolk sticky rice dumplings , then drizzling them with golden syrup.
