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Jenny Lau
Jenny Lau
SCMP Contributor
Jenny Lau is a London-based writer and the creator of Celestial Peach, a platform for stories about food in the Chinese diaspora and the people and cultures behind it.

With recipes from soy sauce brownies to fried rice arancini, books about Chinese cooking offer flavours of the Asian diaspora while exploring the “third-culture” identity of their authors.

Family dinners can be a minefield for the non-Chinese partner in a relationship. Should you wish to ingratiate yourself with your potential (or actual) in-laws, read this advice carefully …

Emmett Chow, who disappointed his parents when he decided to become a chef, communes with his ChowFans on Instagram, perfecting his chilli crisp recipe and dreaming about his Hong Kong trip.

A testament to the Chinese love of clever wordplay, Chinese restaurants in Britain often have witty or pun-tastic Chinese names that are like encoded in-jokes for the diaspora.

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Chinese epicures are moving away from ‘loud luxury’ ingredients such as abalone, shark fin and bird’s nest, and choosing sophistication over ostentation, while still dining auspiciously.

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