Once shaped by court rituals, China’s imperial cuisine lives on today
Chef Zhou Tong makes the minced pork pancake at Fangshan Restaurant inside Beihai Park in Beijing on July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) 2026-08-19T01:43:56Z BEIJING (AP) — It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi once dreamed of a pastry during the final decades of imperial China. T.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated world brief. The source report from AP says: Chef Zhou Tong makes the minced pork pancake at Fangshan Restaurant inside Beihai Park in Beijing on July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) 2026-08-19T01:43:56Z BEIJING (AP) — It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi once dreamed of a pastry during the final decades of imperial China. T.
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