Discussion keeps the world turning This is Roundtable It is springtime and spring greens have taken over.
Your friends are suddenly experts on what 's in season,
grocery runs feel like scavenger hunts, and vegetables are now the main event.
Why are we obsessing over these bitter leaves?
Is it about the taste, health, nostalgia, or maybe just the vibes?
Coming to you live from our studios in Beijing, this is Roundtable.
I'm Steve.
Thanks for sharing your time with us today.
And for the show, I'm with Yushin and Yushan.
First up.
Suddenly, everyone around you is talking about what's in season or what's just been picked.
But we're not talking about fashion.
We're talking vegetables, those things that have the poetic taste of the earth.
Your group chats are sounding like foraging communities,
and a trip to the grocery store feels like a trip into the forest itself.
Spring, of course, brings pollen and allergies, but it also brings something much nicer, spring greens.
Time of year that makes people so obsessed, is that the right word, with these fleeting,
sometimes slightly bitter, sometimes slightly sweet, but always oddly fragrant greens?
And how did something that used to grow so quietly in the wild turn into a full-blown lifestyle trend?
Is it flavor?