Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau 2024: the new entrants, gainers and losers, and what chefs said at the awards ceremony

Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau 2024: the new entrants, gainers and losers, and what chefs said at the awards ceremony

The Huaiyang Garden’s chef Jack Xiao went on stage at Macau’s Grand Lisboa hotel on Thursday to accept the award – and said he had been anxious when the restaurant wasn’t among those announced as having one Michelin star. The interior of Huaiyang Garden, Macau. Photo: Huaiyang Garden “My boss told me we have lost … Read more

The rural farmers supplying Hong Kong ‘Demon Chef’ Alvin Leung’s farm-to-table restaurant Cafe Bau

The rural farmers supplying Hong Kong ‘Demon Chef’ Alvin Leung’s farm-to-table restaurant Cafe Bau

“I wanted to tell people that there were more parts like this in Hong Kong probably 50 years ago. I would say up to the 1970s, there was still a lot of farmland. At its peak, this place used to have around 1,000 residents who farmed,” says Cafe Bau’s executive chef, Alvin Leung, gesturing into … Read more

Keep bananas fresh for 10 days by ditching the fruit bowl

Keep bananas fresh for 10 days by ditching the fruit bowl

There’s a short window during which bananas are perfectly yellow and ripe, making them hard to buy in bulk. The brightly coloured fruit is either under-ripe – when it’s green and firm, or overly mushy inside with brown skin. While it’s true that this is the case no matter how bananas are stored, it’s easy … Read more

Mary Berry’s easy chicken curry recipe has an unusual ingredient to make it tastier

Mary Berry’s easy chicken curry recipe has an unusual ingredient to make it tastier

Curry is a classic dish that many households make weekly, but there is one strange ingredient that can elevate this tasty dinner and make it better. Mary Berry has shared that adding grapes to a chicken curry is an old-fashioned trick to help add a sweet and tangy flavour to savoury dishes. Mary wrote: “Grapes … Read more

Corned beef and ‘tender’ cabbage made in less than two hours for St. Patty’s

Corned beef and ‘tender’ cabbage made in less than two hours for St. Patty’s

Corned beef and cabbage is just about as Irish as it gets, making it the perfect dish to serve and eat for St. Patrick’s Day. However, it can be a lengthy cooking process, which is why using an Instant Pot is a great alternative cooking method. With this device, you can have your dish prepped … Read more

LEON collaborates with Mindful Chef and announces six new meals

LEON collaborates with Mindful Chef and announces six new meals

LEON’s Honey Halloumi with Herbed Rice First up is a rainbow rice bowl with a sticky-honey halloumi. The dish is served with LEON’s NEW Herbed Wholegrain Microwave Rice as well as some roasted veggies and a caper salad. LEON’s Chicken, Coconut & Lime Curry This chicken curry features fragrant lemongrass, lime juice and coconut cream. … Read more

Here’s why you should plant seed potatoes on The Ides of March

Here’s why you should plant seed potatoes on The Ides of March

Seed potatoes are potatoes bought for the purpose of propagating. They must have an eye, from which the new potato grows. When planting, the eye should be facing up. Place the seed potatoes in a trench that is a few inches deep and cover with soil. As the plant grows, continually mound up soil on … Read more

Is there too much wine? Why some winemakers are ripping up vines and ‘don’t see a future in the wine industry’

Is there too much wine? Why some winemakers are ripping up vines and ‘don’t see a future in the wine industry’

He lives in Riverland, a region in South Australia that produces about a third of the nation’s crush. Since 2020, a convergence of Covid-fuelled cost increases and Chinese tariffs has pushed up supply and depressed prices in the country. Grape grower Tony Townsend’s vineyard in Riverland, South Australia. Townsend destroyed half of his vineyard last … Read more

Nigella Lawson’s tarragon salmon is the ‘best-ever’ and cooks in under 10 minutes

Nigella Lawson’s tarragon salmon is the ‘best-ever’ and cooks in under 10 minutes

Finding something to cook in the middle of the week can be difficult, especially if you’re short on time. One recipe that’s always a crowd-pleaser is salmon. Served with a delicious, creamy sauce, home cooks will be onto a winner. This recipe from Nigella Lawson includes a creamy, garlic, tarragon sauce and succulent salmon. Nigella … Read more