‘Rice with 2 sides:’ How Covid-19 dine-in bans helped a Hong Kong working class staple gain popularity, online and offline

At a little after 5 p.m. on an ordinary Tuesday, people start to stop in front of an eatery wedged beneath an aging walk-up building in a working class Kowloon neighbourhood. By 6 p.m. – when the Covid-19-related ban on dine-in services begins – what started as a steady trickle has become a long line … Continue reading ‘Rice with 2 sides:’ How Covid-19 dine-in bans helped a Hong Kong working class staple gain popularity, online and offline