From how Filipinos feel about China to the film that saved Hong Kong cinema, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All … Read more
It also revived the fortunes of Cantonese-language films in Hong Kong, which audiences had abandoned in the late 1960s in favour of the slick Mandarin-language productions made by Shaw Brothers, which also co-produced Chor’s film. “The film broke the Hong Kong box-office record of the time,” Chor recalled in the Hong Kong Film Archive’s Oral … Read more
Google has added Cantonese to its Google Translate service, as part of its largest-ever expansion that saw 110 new languages being supported, aided by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology. From Thursday, users of the app and browser versions of the Google tool can translate between 243 languages, including Cantonese, a Chinese dialect widely spoken in … Read more
The restaurant is offering a free plate of char siu on selected days in June if diners bring their parents and have them recite the phrase – “saang gau caa siu hou gwo saang nei” in Cantonese – in front of staff. In a promotional video on the restaurant’s social media platforms, a stern mother … Read more
David Leung is head of branding, research and development at Maxim’s as well as a photographer and artist whose new solo exhibit See Food NOT See Food is at Harbour City’s Gallery by the Harbour until June 16. He spoke to Andrew Sun. From a young age, I was nurtured by the comforting and authentic … Read more
Sun-dried golden oysters are a popular and auspicious ingredient in Cantonese cuisine during Lunar New Year, as the pronunciation of “dried oyster” is similar to “good fortune” in Chinese. One of the best places to get golden oysters is Lau Fau Shan in Hong Kong. The area has been famous for oyster farming for 700 … Read more
It gave preferential treatment for a foreign production that portrayed Hong Kong in a not-so-flattering light. Whatever point Wang meant to make by including images of the protests doesn’t matter, though. Any mention of black-clad protesters and yellow umbrellas would usually elicit a rash response from the government and its supporters, but the reaction to … Read more
Cioppino at Sotto Mare in North Beach in San Francisco on Jan. 19, 2023. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE It’s been a year of ups and downs for Eat Like a Tourist, the column where I bravely dine at San Francisco’s most touristy restaurants to see if they’re actually good. Union Square’s Cheesecake Factory may have been a disappointing … Read more
The Dumpling Report began in 2022 spotlighting a residential neighborhood’s mom-and-pop dim sum takeout spot. It was an intentional choice to begin the column with a non-flashy, everyday eatery that locals frequent at an affordable price, and show how the owners of places like these both maintain and create the culture of the Bay Area. … Read more
The wonton soup at Hon’s Wun-Tun House is the perfect cold weather food. Farley Elliott/SFGATE Hon’s Wun-Tun House is a Chinatown legend. The small space has been in operation on Kearny Street since 1972 — an ancient restaurant age that very few others (save for the century-plus Sam Wo around the corner) can claim. It doesn’t … Read more
