{"id":69684,"date":"2018-03-22T18:35:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T23:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=69684"},"modified":"2018-03-26T08:28:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T13:28:18","slug":"chihuo-chicago-builds-a-bridge-between-foodies-and-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chihuo-chicago-builds-a-bridge-between-foodies-and-restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"ChiHuo Chicago builds a bridge between foodies and restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Minghe Hu<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">ChiHuo means foodie in Mandarin, and a two-year-old online promoter of Chinese food called ChiHuo Chicago has a growing following in the Chinese community. It\u2019s one of nine such ventures around the country operated by Chinese parent ChiHuo.<\/p>\n<p>As a startup, ChiHuo Chicago has grown from a personal social medium to an online social influencer platform with 300,000 subscribers in Chicago. And its user base is expanding to English speakers. <\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"ChiHuo Chicago builds a bridge between foodies and restaurants\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/261372628?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Foodie Map of ChiHuo Chicago.(Minghe Hu\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Minghe Hu Medill Reports ChiHuo means foodie in Mandarin, and a two-year-old online promoter of Chinese food called ChiHuo Chicago has a growing following in the Chinese community. It\u2019s one of nine such ventures around the country operated by Chinese parent ChiHuo. 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