Written as the Master's final project in June 2025 I love to fill every second, and a May bank holiday’s Sunday is not an exception. I plan to spend one hour interviewing the owners of Gegend, a Chinese tearoom in Shoreditch, and go to Paddington afterwards. I finish my breakfast as I walk to Gegend – perfect, every second is well-spent. Opened last November, Gegend serves traditional Chinese tea like ‘Silver Needle’ and ‘Long Jing’. Although they sound unfamiliar to most British people, they...

Written as the Master's final project in June 2025 (Noodle Inn in London with a huge queue outside) “I don’t know what kind of Chinese noodles it is…we just saw it on Instagram. I like Chinese food - wonton noodles, prawn noodles – I like noodles.” Lisa, a 20-year-old from Birmingham, said while queuing for Noodle Inn, one of the most viral Chinese restaurants in London. With a massive queue occupying the whole street, Noodle Inn does not sell the Cantonese noodles that Lisa and most British...

Originally published in The Slice Tower Hamlets on 20 October 2025 Limborough Food Hub has allowed 18 Bangladeshi women to create and share recipes passed down through centuries, using garden-grown ingredients. Tucked in a residential estate in Poplar, Limborough Food Hub warms the neighbourhood with turmeric and fried onion. It is a garden run by 18 Bangladeshi women volunteers. As a community cooking space, immigrants and asylum seekers can cook their home food here on a Monday, while...