Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Friday, May 20, 2011

Appreciation for Catalan pork meat in China

From http://www.expansion.com/2011/05/18/catalunya/1305741502.html (in Spanish)

Catalan food products based on pork meat have received a great appreciation in the Sial 2011 fair, in Shanghai, as reported by the General Director of Food, Quality and Food Industries of the Catalan government, Domènec Vila. Catalonia exported 14,000 plus tons of pork meat to China in 2010, which amounted 11 million euros in sales, and the present goal is to reinforce exports in the forthcoming years thanks to an increased collaboration with ICEX (Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade).

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Catalan government promotes food products in China

From http://www.expansion.com/2011/05/17/catalunya/1305653455.html (in Spanish)

Top officers from the Department of Agriculture of the Catalan government are visiting China with the intention to promote Catalan food products there, specially in the Shanghai area. This delegation is led by Domènec Vila, General Director of Food, Quality and Food Industries, who travels together with twelve representatives from Catalan food companies. They all will also attend the Sial 2011 fair that is held in Shanghai from May 18th to 20th. Sial 2011 is the largest and fastest growing food and beverage show in China, with more than 1,500 exhibitors from more than 80 countries and regions, and with more than 35,000 visitors expected.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Catalan chef Mercè Brunés invited to cook in Hong Kong

From http://www.catalannewsagency.com/news/life-style/tagamanent-hong-kong-explain-catalan-cuisine (in English)

Catalan chef Mercè Brunés, from restaurant El Folló (Tagamanent, Barcelona), has been invited to cook in Hong Kong to promote Catalan cuisine. Mercè Brunés's cooking was discovered by Chinese gastronomy and travel journalist Annie Leong, who convinced her to travel to Hong Kong. Mercè Brunés will record five recipes for Sing Tao News and she hopes that after their broadcast Catalan cuisine will be less unknown by Chinese people. The selected dishes that will be cooked are duck with pears, vegetable omelette, paella with seafood and meat, cod with spinach and chickpeas, Catalan tomato bread, Romesco sauce and Catalan custard.