TikTok star Emma Chung on the secret to great fried rice, why packet sauces are a scam and how Chinese cooking can be easy for everyone

Chung’s mission? To prove that cooking Chinese food at home is easier – and more rewarding – than ordering in - (Emma Chung)

It was Shanghainese spring onion oil noodles that catapulted Emma Chung to TikTok success four years ago.

“It’s a fragrant oil that you make by frying spring onions and mixing them with noodles; it’s really easy! It’s five ingredients in the whole dish,” says the now Hong Kong-based chef and content creator. “I just casually posted, not even telling anyone.”