Cheng Chi uses good local ingredients, and signs annual contracts with traders in the production area — paying more than in previous years — in exchange for a steady, safe supply of red shallots across the whole year. That is how we guarantee there is enough, and that it is reliable. Prices on our shallot products will be adjusted accordingly, but what we can promise is that there will be nothing like the extraordinary prices of 2016, when shallots ran short.