Go to any Western-style diner in Hong Kong, and you’ll be served a dish called Russian soup. It’s a Chinese take on borscht, and how it ended up in Hong Kong is a story of politics, migration, and cultural adaptation.
We let a couple of Eastern Europeans try out the dish, and tell you how it all came to be.
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0:00 What is Hong Kong borscht?
0:50 How it’s made
1:45 How did borscht end up in Hong Kong?
3:40 How immigrants created their own style of Western cuisine in Hong Kong
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