Professional photographer and film producer Joyce Yung recently launched her book, Hong Kong in 100 Photos, published by Man Mo Media Limited. She spoke to Andrew Sun. I grew up enjoying my mom’s Chinese cooking, which always shines during festive celebrations. I adore her seafood dishes. I’m also a big fan of soup, pretty much … Read more
This summer, Hideaki Sato closed his fine-dining restaurant Ta Vie in Hong Kong, which received its third Michelin star in 2023, for several weeks, reopening it only at the beginning of September. While done primarily for renovations and redecoration following nine years of almost non-stop operation, another reason for the pause was for the chef … Read more
Chili Ma is the restaurant manager of LPM – La Petite Maison Hong Kong – which reopened in early September. She spoke to Andrew Sun. I grew up in Germany, where my parents opened a Chinese restaurant. I was surrounded by Chinese food from a young age. Dishes like Peking duck, kung pao chicken, and … Read more
Singaporean Barry Quek is the executive chef of Singapore-inspired modern European restaurant Whey, in Central, Hong Kong, and a pop-up/delivery side hustle called Uncle Quek. I was born and raised in Singapore, where I had a lot of hawker food like nasi lemak, laksa and chicken rice. But my mom has always been an amazing … Read more
As we edge closer to the final quarter of the year, there seems to be an uptick in restaurant openings in Hong Kong despite dismal reports about the food and drink scene and some recent high-profile closures. We remain hopeful, with this month’s batch of openings including a high-profile Michelin-star Japanese sushi restaurant, the expansion … Read more
And a few are better described as sandwich-adjacent, as was the case with the very first video he posted online – on TikTok in July 2021 – featuring his Chinese grandmother’s shrimp toast, a traditional Cantonese appetiser that he topped with a spicy Korean gochujang mayonnaise. Han’s Chinese grandmother’s shrimp toast recipe was the first … Read more
Laila Harilela is public relations director of the Harilela Hotels group, which includes The Hari and the Holiday Inn Golden Mile. I’m a real foodie who eats everything. I guess it comes from my father, really. When all my sisters went off to study and moved out after marrying, I was left and he would … Read more
