Chef’s Pencil publishes report on the effects of the virus pandemic on Chinese and Italian restaurants and foods based on Google Trends. FMTNews FMTLifestyle
The Covid-19 outbreak has severely affected the Chinese food industry worldwide.
According to culinary website Chef’s Pencil, Google Trends has shown that Chinese food, once the undisputed ethnic food champion in Canada, the USA, the UK and Ireland, has lost much of its allure.This means far fewer people are searching for Chinese restaurants, Chinese takeaways or for Chinese foods that can be bought in grocery shops.Interest in some countries has plummeted dramatically, with Spain showing a 73% drop in interest for Dim Sum while Japan had the most drastic drop of 96%.
There has also been some instances of xenophobia, with certain Japanese restaurants refusing to serve foreign customers.Italian food has also taken a beating in terms of interest in it, as the Covid-19 crisis worsens there. Interest in Thai food will have to be monitored as Thailand does have more Covid-19 cases than Mexico and it’s too early to tell whether it too will fall off the menu.Why are people giving up their favourite foods? Probably, a fear that restaurant employees have visited the affected countries and brought the virus back with them.Racist attacks on Chinese people have been increasingly reported worldwide.
That’s when irrationality rises; and the less official information people get, the more irrational they become.
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