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"Chopsticks & Beyond", a brand cooking activity of China Radio International's English Service, is held in Beijing on Jan 23, 2016. Chefs from Thailand, India and China showed the audience how to make spicy Thai, Indian and Sichuan dishes. [Photo/cri.cn]

The winners were decided by a panel of professional judges. Yin Ying was voted as Champion who won a free vacation coupon to Thailand by cooking the best creative Indian dosa. She said it's the best beginning of the whole New Year.

There were also fun games with a spicy twist, aiming to challenge the palates of all those taking part.

Bangornrat Shinaprayoon, Director of Tourism Authority of Thailand Beijing Office considered the event as a best way to introduce the culture of food. She said food is always an interesting way to draw attention from people from different countries, since when we travel, we always have some experience tasting the local food.