Fuchsia Dunlop
@fuchsiadunlop.bsky.social
Cook and food-writer specialising in Chinese cuisine. Latest book 'Invitation to a Banquet'. China food tours https://wildchina.com/?s=Fuchsia%20&tab=tours
Exciting Hunan food adventures at Fiery Flavours in London’s Surrey Quays! More details on my Instagram page
May 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Exciting Hunan food adventures at Fiery Flavours in London’s Surrey Quays! More details on my Instagram page
My second Scribehound Food piece is now online. It’s on my favourite subject: texture in Chinese food, and specifically on the challenges of writing about slithery foods in an appetising way in English! Link here: shorturl.at/NnVdR
May 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
My second Scribehound Food piece is now online. It’s on my favourite subject: texture in Chinese food, and specifically on the challenges of writing about slithery foods in an appetising way in English! Link here: shorturl.at/NnVdR
My second Scribehound Food piece is published today. It’s on my favourite subject: texture and mouthfeel in Chinese food, and specifically on the challenges of writing about slithery foods in an appetising way in English! shorturl.at/NnVdR
May 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
My second Scribehound Food piece is published today. It’s on my favourite subject: texture and mouthfeel in Chinese food, and specifically on the challenges of writing about slithery foods in an appetising way in English! shorturl.at/NnVdR
The complexities of translating Chinese food names! Interesting piece on CNN (with contributions from me) amp.cnn.com/cnn/travel/c...
Why translating Chinese food names into English is ‘an impossible task’ | CNN
Foreign travelers visiting China will inevitably encounter amusing translations on English restaurant menus during their journeys. So why is it so darn tricky to translate Chinese dish names into Engl...
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April 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The complexities of translating Chinese food names! Interesting piece on CNN (with contributions from me) amp.cnn.com/cnn/travel/c...
Dim sum at Royal China Club 😍😋
April 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Dim sum at Royal China Club 😍😋
Excellent piece on the rise of Asian supermarkets in the U.K. www.thegrocer.co.uk/analysis-and...
What’s fuelling the rise of Asian supermarkets in the UK?
Demand for Asian cuisine in the UK seems to know no bounds. Retailers including Oseyo and Longdan are embarking on ambitious expansion plans
www.thegrocer.co.uk
April 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Excellent piece on the rise of Asian supermarkets in the U.K. www.thegrocer.co.uk/analysis-and...
Playing around with the idea of Chinese steamed eggs for Easter breakfast! Somehow I managed to let the wok boil dry and the eggs ended up flavoured with smoked bamboo: unintended but marvellously delicious! Anyway, Easter or springtime greetings from my kitchen in London.🐣🐣🐣
April 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Playing around with the idea of Chinese steamed eggs for Easter breakfast! Somehow I managed to let the wok boil dry and the eggs ended up flavoured with smoked bamboo: unintended but marvellously delicious! Anyway, Easter or springtime greetings from my kitchen in London.🐣🐣🐣
Lovely dim sum at Gouqi in London
April 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Lovely dim sum at Gouqi in London
Fun evening listening to Dame Prue Leith talking to Jimi Famurewa at the opening event of the British Library Food Season!
April 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Fun evening listening to Dame Prue Leith talking to Jimi Famurewa at the opening event of the British Library Food Season!
A heartening (and interesting) story about fishmongers! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The rise of the digital fishmonger: how Covid helped customers buy fresh from the boat
Britain’s traditional retailers were in decline for years. Then the pandemic changed how we buy food and boosted the fishing industry
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A heartening (and interesting) story about fishmongers! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A sugar painter at work in a village in Yunnan, painting a toffee dragonfly for me. My first piece for Scribehound Food, released today, is about the theatrics of Chinese food, on the streets and at the table. shorturl.at/NnVdR
April 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A sugar painter at work in a village in Yunnan, painting a toffee dragonfly for me. My first piece for Scribehound Food, released today, is about the theatrics of Chinese food, on the streets and at the table. shorturl.at/NnVdR
Kitchen colours. #chinesefood #chinesecooking
April 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Kitchen colours. #chinesefood #chinesecooking
Breakfast noodles! Spicily Sichuanese with fried egg, pak choy and olive vegetable 😋 #chinesefood #sichuanfood #noodles #breakfast
April 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Breakfast noodles! Spicily Sichuanese with fried egg, pak choy and olive vegetable 😋 #chinesefood #sichuanfood #noodles #breakfast
The prelude to a scrumptious Sichuanese dinner at Taste of Chongqing in London’s Woburn Place 😋
April 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The prelude to a scrumptious Sichuanese dinner at Taste of Chongqing in London’s Woburn Place 😋
Another U.K. fish to avoid because of careless, profligate fishing. *sigh* www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mackerel stocks near breaking point because of overfishing, say experts
Northeast Atlantic mackerel populations depleted, and Good Fish Guide says shoppers should look for other options
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Another U.K. fish to avoid because of careless, profligate fishing. *sigh* www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sometimes, the byproducts of recipe testing are heavenly! And, as the Famous Five always said, food tastes so much better out of doors 😋🌞 #chinesefood #noodles
April 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Sometimes, the byproducts of recipe testing are heavenly! And, as the Famous Five always said, food tastes so much better out of doors 😋🌞 #chinesefood #noodles
That’s stage of recipe testing when the table is covered in lovely food but I don’t feel like eating anything!
April 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
That’s stage of recipe testing when the table is covered in lovely food but I don’t feel like eating anything!
The first tiny green shoots have appeared on the Sichuan pepper tree, recently arrived in its new home! It must be spring! 🌞🌞🌞🎉🎉🎉🍃🍃🍃
March 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The first tiny green shoots have appeared on the Sichuan pepper tree, recently arrived in its new home! It must be spring! 🌞🌞🌞🎉🎉🎉🍃🍃🍃
Perfect breakfast, English edition and Chinese edition! Marmite and butter on toast vs. soy sauce (Yuan’s imperial soy sauce from Hong Kong, no less). Which do you prefer? 😋😋😋
March 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Perfect breakfast, English edition and Chinese edition! Marmite and butter on toast vs. soy sauce (Yuan’s imperial soy sauce from Hong Kong, no less). Which do you prefer? 😋😋😋
Just a reminder that @scribehoundfood will be launching at the beginning of April. My first piece is about the theatre of Chinese dining, including dramatic cutting with a giant dragon knife… shorturl.at/NnVdR
March 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Just a reminder that @scribehoundfood will be launching at the beginning of April. My first piece is about the theatre of Chinese dining, including dramatic cutting with a giant dragon knife… shorturl.at/NnVdR
A very good radio listen, this! On BBC Sounds…
There are so many bonkers aspects to the story of defector Thae Yong-Ho - NK’s Ealing embassy, trying to close a London barbers that made fun of KJU’s haircut - but there’s also the tragic & brave stories of those who now live in London’s “Little Pyongyang”, New Malden. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
March 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A very good radio listen, this! On BBC Sounds…
Reposted by Fuchsia Dunlop
Cumin beef with egg fried rice. Cribbing off the brilliant @fuchsiadunlop.bsky.social for the beef and J. Kenji López-Alt for the rice. Really great mouthfeel and depth of flavour from the cumin and chilli flakes. 🍽️🍜
March 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Cumin beef with egg fried rice. Cribbing off the brilliant @fuchsiadunlop.bsky.social for the beef and J. Kenji López-Alt for the rice. Really great mouthfeel and depth of flavour from the cumin and chilli flakes. 🍽️🍜
Reposted by Fuchsia Dunlop
The SOAS China in Context podcast - Writing Shanghai - a Tribute to Lynn Pan -
soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/epis...
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Writing Shanghai, Writing China — A Tribute to Lynn Pan - China In Context
In this episode we look at the life and work of Lynn Pan, one of the most imaginative of writers in English about modern China and particularly Shanghai, who died last year, and was commemorated at a ...
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March 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The SOAS China in Context podcast - Writing Shanghai - a Tribute to Lynn Pan -
soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/epis...
soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/epis...
Reposted by Fuchsia Dunlop
I’m going to be writing (and recording!) a monthly column as part of the new Scribehound Food collective of food writers, alongside some of my great friends and hugely admired colleagues! For more info please link here bit.ly/4iguqcO (see also my Instagram/Facebook)
March 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I’m going to be writing (and recording!) a monthly column as part of the new Scribehound Food collective of food writers, alongside some of my great friends and hugely admired colleagues! For more info please link here bit.ly/4iguqcO (see also my Instagram/Facebook)
I’m going to be writing (and recording!) a monthly column as part of the new Scribehound Food collective of food writers, alongside some of my great friends and hugely admired colleagues! For more info please link here bit.ly/4iguqcO (see also my Instagram/Facebook)
March 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I’m going to be writing (and recording!) a monthly column as part of the new Scribehound Food collective of food writers, alongside some of my great friends and hugely admired colleagues! For more info please link here bit.ly/4iguqcO (see also my Instagram/Facebook)