Writer and TV Host Chua Lam
Writer and TV host Chua Lam is one of Hong Kong’s foremost authorities on food and travel, but is perhaps better-known as one of the “Three Musketeers of TV” for his ribald programs in the 80s and 90s. He talks to June Ng about promiscuous eating and promiscuous loving.
When I was young, I was always melancholy. I only learned to relax after working for several years. Life will be hard if you always feel sad.
But a happy life won’t come to you easily. Without hard work from Monday to Saturday, Sunday would not be as beautiful.
No one has the innate ability to distinguish good food from bad. It’s all about comparison and exposure. Eat more, then you’ll learn.
Expensive food doesn’t necessarily mean good food. The problem here is that people see something’s price but not its true value.
I used to work in the movie industry. From my experience, beauty can only last when it comes with brains and a good sense of humor.
There are two aspects of health—mental and physical—and they affect each other. If you’re too worried about what you eat, you’ll screw up your mental health and this will in turn affect your physical health.