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Spicy Chinese food popular in Myanmar

STORY: Spicy Chinese food popular in Myanmar DATELINE: May 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:00 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a restaurant in Yangon's Chinatown 2. various of customers enjoying spicy dishes STORYLINE: Spicy and numbing Chinese dishes are the latest Chinese food craze hitting Myanmar, local restaurant owners said. "Mala" flavor, a famous Chinese sauce or seasoning, is made from Sichuan peppercorn, chili, herbs and spices. A kaleidoscope of "mala" dishes is a growing trend in the commercial city of Yangon and elsewhere in Myanmar, restaurant owners said. "I opened the mala restaurant about eight months ago as I see an increasing number of people consuming mala food," said Nay Yi Win. Nearly 100 customers, mostly non-Chinese people, come and eat mala food at her restaurant in Yangon daily, she said, adding that most of her customers are females. "All the mala restaurants here have consumers," Nan Nwe Oo, owner of Nan Ni mala skewer restaurant in Yangon's Chinat

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Food companies in China's Tianjin going global

STORY: Food companies in China's Tianjin going global DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cityscape in Tianjin, China 2. various of food production 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GONG RUI, Workshop director, Tianjin Limin Condiment Co., Ltd. 4. various of condiment 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHENG PENG, President, Tianjin Limin Condiment Co., Ltd. 6. various of condiment 7. various of a milk processing plant 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SUN SHUANGYU, Production director of the company 9. various of milk processing equipment 10. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZOU YANG, President, Tianjin Haihe Dairy Co., Ltd. 11. various of posters 12. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): WAN SHOUPENG, Head of Tianjin Food Group 13. various of consumers STORYLINE: Food companies in north China's Tianjin have realized high-quality development and provided better products by embracing global markets and utilizing overseas resources. A local seasoning supplier has seen a surge in forei

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'Furikake' seasoning mix Grand Prix held

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Visitors at this year's "furikake" seasoning mix Grand Prix in Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, sample various types of the seasoning on Oct. 26, 2014, with Sawada Foods Co.'s squid kelp seasoning winning the first place. "Furikake" seasoning mix for rice is said have been originated in the prefecture.

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Smiling top finishers of 'furikake' Grand Prix

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Daichi Sawada of Sawada Foods Co. (3rd from R), winner of this year's "furikake" seasoning mix for rice Grand Prix, and officials of other seasoning companies finishing high in the competition pose for a photo in Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 26, 2014.

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Japan promotes 'yuzu' citron in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A chef demonstrates how to cook dishes using "yuzu" juice from Kochi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, during a promotion event in New York on Oct. 8, 2014. Kochi is Japan's biggest producer of yuzu, a citrus fruit whose juice is commonly used in Japanese cuisine as a seasoning and its aromatic zest as garnish.

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Halal soy sauce for Muslim market

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014 in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, shows bottles of the alcohol-free soy sauce-like seasoning named "Fukumurasaki."

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Halal soy sauce for Muslim market

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014 in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, shows Takashi Utagawa, specially appointed professor of applied microbiology at the Fukui Prefectural University, holding a bottle of the alcohol-free soy sauce-like seasoning named "Fukumurasaki."

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Time-honored "koji" store thriving on magical ingredient

OITA, Japan - Photo shows Kojiya Honten, a producer and retailer of "koji" fermented seasoning made from rice malt, at sundown on a street in Saiki, Oita Prefecture. The street is home to a number of long-established stores. Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2012. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Ajinomoto Chairman Egashira dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Egashira (file photo), chairman of Ajinomoto Co., Japan's largest seasoning maker, died of pancreatic cancer at a Tokyo hospital on April 7, his family said April 9. He was 70.

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30 people due to undergo training to become seasoning meisters

TOKYO, Japan - A course for vegetable sommeliers, launched by the Japan Vegetable & Fruit Meister Association in 2001, is becoming popular.

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Ajinomoto to ally with Yamaki to bolster food operations

TOKYO, Japan - Ajinomoto Co. President Norio Yamaguchi (L) and Yamaki Co. President Hisashi Kido appear at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1 where Yamaguchi announced a capital and business alliance with Yamaki, a Japanese processed food maker, to enhance its food operations. Ajinomoto, Japan's largest seasoning maker, plans to acquire a 33.4 percent stake in Yamaki, based in the city of Iyo, Ehime Prefecture, by the end of March 2007.

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Tokyo Stadium to be renamed Ajinomoto Stadium from next March

TOKYO, Japan - Ajinomoto Co. President Kunio Egashira (L), Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (C) and Tokyo Stadium President Shozo Toi hold up an ''Ajinomoto Stadium'' sign during a ceremony at Tokyo Metropolitan City Hall on Nov. 29. The seasoning maker obtained naming rights to Tokyo Stadium, a soccer field in Chofu run by a public-private third-sector entity, for five years for 1.2 billion yen.

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Dulong people embrace Amomum Tsao-ko harvest in China's Yunnan

STORY: Dulong people embrace Amomum Tsao-ko harvest in China's Yunnan DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dulongjiang Township 2. various of the harvest of Amomum Tsao-ko 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): BU XIANGJUN, Villager in Dulongjiang Township 4. various of Nujiang Prefecture STORYLINE: In December, Dulongjiang Township in China's Yunnan Province has ushered in a harvest season for the Amomum Tsao-ko. The plant is a ginger-like Chinese herb that grows at high altitudes and is used as a seasoning spice. Dulongjiang is home to the Dulong people, an ethnic minority group that long endured poverty and poor access to the outside world. Through many years of arduous poverty alleviation efforts, the Dulong people were lifted out of poverty as a whole group in 2018 and villagers have been enjoying a better life. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): BU XIANGJUN, Villager in Dulongjiang Township "Our village has changed significantly. Nowadays, every family ca

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NOODLES MAKING CLASS-CHILDREN (CN)

(220528) -- CHONGQING, May 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A chef introduces the seasoning for noodles to students during class at Chongguang elementary school in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 26, 2022. Chongguang elementary school introduced the food production skills into the class, combined with elaborating on the local characteristics of traditional food culture and traditional Chinese culture of seasons, to enrich the students' life with the knowledge on the local tradition. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NOODLES MAKING CLASS-CHILDREN (CN)

(220528) -- CHONGQING, May 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students learn to make seasoning for noodles during class at Chongguang elementary school in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 26, 2022. Chongguang elementary school introduced the food production skills into the class, combined with elaborating on the local characteristics of traditional food culture and traditional Chinese culture of seasons, to enrich the students' life with the knowledge on the local tradition. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NOODLES MAKING CLASS-CHILDREN (CN)

(220528) -- CHONGQING, May 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students learn to make seasoning for noodles during class at Chongguang elementary school in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 26, 2022. Chongguang elementary school introduced the food production skills into the class, combined with elaborating on the local characteristics of traditional food culture and traditional Chinese culture of seasons, to enrich the students' life with the knowledge on the local tradition. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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Kikkoman's logo

Keywords : Kikkoman, kikkoman, soy sauce, seasoning, company, sign, logo, logo mark = January 10, 2019, at the Tokyo headquarters in Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Kikkoman's logo

Keywords : Kikkoman, kikkoman, soy sauce, seasoning, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = January 10, 2019, at the Tokyo headquarters in Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Kikkoman's logo

Keywords : Kikkoman, kikkoman, soy sauce, seasoning, company, sign, logo, logo mark = January 10, 2019, at the Tokyo headquarters in Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Ajinomoto to ally with Yamaki to bolster food operations

TOKYO, Japan - Ajinomoto Co. President Norio Yamaguchi (L) and Yamaki Co. President Hisashi Kido appear at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1 where Yamaguchi announced a capital and business alliance with Yamaki, a Japanese processed food maker, to enhance its food operations. Ajinomoto, Japan's largest seasoning maker, plans to acquire a 33.4 percent stake in Yamaki, based in the city of Iyo, Ehime Prefecture, by the end of March 2007. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Stadium to be renamed Ajinomoto Stadium from next March

TOKYO, Japan - Ajinomoto Co. President Kunio Egashira (L), Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (C) and Tokyo Stadium President Shozo Toi hold up an ''Ajinomoto Stadium'' sign during a ceremony at Tokyo Metropolitan City Hall on Nov. 29. The seasoning maker obtained naming rights to Tokyo Stadium, a soccer field in Chofu run by a public-private third-sector entity, for five years for 1.2 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Ajinomoto names new president

Photo taken Feb. 11, 2015, shows Ajinomoto Co.'s Corporate Vice President Takaaki Nishii, 55. Japan's biggest seasoning maker said March 6 that it will promote Nishii to president and chief executive officer in June, replacing Masatoshi Ito, 67, who will become chairman of the board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dish from popular comic series served for cartoonists

A dish containing tomatoes, citrus maxima, red sea bream and jelly is served during a gathering of comic artists and manga buffs in Kochi, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2015. The meal was based on a recipe proposed by Yoshimi Kurata in his "Aji Ichimonme" (A Pinch of Seasoning) series of cooking stories. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cartoonists eat meals from recipes in cooking-themed comics

Meals based on recipes proposed in cooking-themed comic stories are served at a gathering of cartoonists and manga buffs in Kochi, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2015. On the far left is Yoshimi Kurata, author of the "Aji Ichimonme" (A Pinch of Seasoning) series of cooking stories. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ajinomoto relaunches sales of locally packaged seasoning in Myanmar

Takaaki Nishii, president and chief executive officer of Japanese seasoning and food maker Ajinomoto Co., speaks at a completion ceremony for a packaging plant of its local subsidiary Myanmar Ajinomoto Foods Co. at the Thilawa Special Economic Zone on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar's commercial capital, on Sept. 19, 2017. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Furikake" rice seasoning from Kobe defends title

Winners are honored at an award ceremony for a national competition for "furikake" rice seasonings on Nov. 15, 2015, in the southwestern Japanese city of Kumamoto. Among 23 entries, Kobe-based Sawada Foods Co.'s furikake made of squid and kelp won the grand prize for the second year in a row. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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30 people due to undergo training to become seasoning meisters

TOKYO, Japan - A course for vegetable sommeliers, launched by the Japan Vegetable & Fruit Meister Association in 2001, is becoming popular. (Kyodo)

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Ajinomoto Chairman Egashira dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Egashira (file photo), chairman of Ajinomoto Co., Japan's largest seasoning maker, died of pancreatic cancer at a Tokyo hospital on April 7, his family said April 9. He was 70. (Kyodo)

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Smiling top finishers of 'furikake' Grand Prix

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Daichi Sawada of Sawada Foods Co. (3rd from R), winner of this year's "furikake" seasoning mix for rice Grand Prix, and officials of other seasoning companies finishing high in the competition pose for a photo in Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 26, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japan promotes 'yuzu' citron in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A chef demonstrates how to cook dishes using "yuzu" juice from Kochi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, during a promotion event in New York on Oct. 8, 2014. Kochi is Japan's biggest producer of yuzu, a citrus fruit whose juice is commonly used in Japanese cuisine as a seasoning and its aromatic zest as garnish. (Kyodo)

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Export fair for Japanese foods opens in Chiba

A halal version of a "miso" traditional Japanese seasoning is displayed at an export fair for Japanese foods, which opened at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba east of Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo