Tasting Chinese Food Around the World - The Tyee

In his memoir and travelogue Have You Eaten Yet? (which takes its title from a common Chinese greeting), Cheuk Kwan visited Chinese restaurants on five continents, including stops in Madagascar and above the Arctic Circle in Norway. An inquisitive, knowledgeable guide, Kwan seeks to understand the nature of diasporic Chinese identity and the role that food, assimilation and racism plays in it. Read in the context of COVID-19 and anti-Asian violence, Kwan’s travels inspire envy while the stories of immigrant struggles he relates feel doubly poignant. ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS & MORE FROM TYEE AND …