Dear MEL Topic Readers,
'Fake' meat on the menu as China reopens
restaurants
China is slowly reopening business and consumer
activities after the outbreak of the COVID-19. As airlines are trying to lure fliers
with heavy price discounts (Vol.2936 on Apr.25), restaurants are introducing
new menus to attract customers. One relatively new item to Chinese is meat
substitutes. Unlike Westerners, Chinese people traditionally eat more vegetable-rich
meals to live a healthy life. However, as more people become overweight and/or
health-conscious, the demand for non-meat food seems to be on the rise
especially after the novel virus outbreak. Now, Starbucks and KFC are adding
plant-based food menus to revive their businesses. As more people become
worried about the safety of wet markets, where fresh meat, fish, and other produce
are sold, marketers are hoping to make such manufactured food items as popular
as in the USA.
Well, if there are over 3,000 Starbucks and
nearly 6,000 KFC restaurants across the country, many Chinese people will find
meat-free sandwiches and nuggets quite soon.
Enjoy reading the article and think which
dumplings you want to have, traditional ones, or artificial ones.
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