India, Nov. 11 -- A heartwarming story from northeastern China has captured widespread attention after a father travelled nearly 900 kilometres and changed his entire life so his daughter could enjoy food that reminded her of home. According to a report in South China Morning Post, the daughter, Li Bingdi, is a second-year student at Jilin Normal University in Siping, Jilin province. For almost a year, Li had complained that her university canteen food was unhygienic and lacked the familiar "taste of home", as reported by Dahe News and cited by SCMP.

Moved by her concerns, her father resigned from his job at a barbecue restaurant in Tianjin, far to the south. He then travelled to southern China to learn cooking skills, including preparin...