Food & Drink

How to make soy sauce prawns, a Cantonese restaurant classic

Quick and easy, this recipe uses butter and sugar to give the prawns a rich, attractive shine.

20 Mar 2020 - 2:59AM
Before she was world’s best female chef, Ana Ros was a skier, dancer

A childhood of competing in adrenaline-fuelled sporting events proved fundamental for the innovative, self-taught Slovenian chef.

18 Mar 2020 - 6:45AM
A Hong Kong food tour that takes you ‘off the eaten path’

Founder of Humid with a Chance of Fishballs, Virginia Chan, appears on the Netflix show Restaurants on the Edge and says her company aims to show guests another side of the city.

14 Mar 2020 - 5:00PM
How to make vegetarian tteokbokki, the Korean rice cake dish

Instead of fish cakes, use quail’s eggs or even tofu for this easy-to-make stir-fried meal.

13 Mar 2020 - 4:35AM
Spanish chef showcases quality native ingredients to Filipinos

Luis ‘Chele’ Gonzalez, chef-owner of Manila’s Gallery by Chele, has helped pioneer a Philippine movement that champions national produce over imported goods.

19 Mar 2020 - 12:27AM
Also Filipino: one man’s voyage into the cuisine of his homeland

In the cookbook, Angelo Comsti finds new recipes and regional variations on familiar dishes.

4 Mar 2020 - 6:15PM
Seven entrepreneurs recreate tastes from childhood for charity

All proceeds from the evening will go to Beyond Foundation, a Hong Kong charity that supports children with special needs.

2 Mar 2020 - 3:00PM
‘Hong Kong is another world’, Italian chef on her first trip to city

Recognition from Michelin ‘is so important for a little restaurant in the middle of nowhere’, says Antonia Klugmann.

29 Feb 2020 - 12:15PM
How to make fried rice with chicken and salted fish

Embrace the strong flavour of the Asian condiment – if you can get beyond the smell.

29 Feb 2020 - 3:48AM
How to make mole like a Mexican: there’s more to it than chilli

Bricia Lopez’s cookbook, Oaxaca, focuses on home-style dishes from the cradle of Mexican cuisine.

24 Feb 2020 - 8:00PM
Home-grown Asian herbs add a fresh twist to gin cocktails

Hong Kong bar Aqua Spirit is growing its own herbs to put a unique spin on Tanqueray’s gin range.

22 Feb 2020 - 5:30PM
Hot and spicy African chicken: how to make the Macanese favourite

The dish comes in many forms, but Susan Jung’s finger-lickin’ version is grilled and baked in a spicy marinade and served with a lightly reduced sauce.

21 Feb 2020 - 2:00PM
When Deng Xiaoping asked for fatty lamb, against doctor’s orders

Liu Guo-zhu, the master chef of Wynn Macau’s two-Michelin-star Golden Flower restaurant, where he specialises in Tan family cuisine, talks about cooking for China’s late paramount leader.

16 Feb 2020 - 11:38AM
How to make an easy vegetarian Korean noodle soup

The dish is a recreation of one featured on South Korean travel-reality show Kang’s Kitchen and can easily be made vegan by omitting the egg crepe.

13 Feb 2020 - 12:00PM
He wanted to be a doctor, instead he became a chef

The Venezuelan chef Ricardo Chaneton worked at Michelin-starred restaurants in Europe before coming to Hong Kong, where he recently opened his own restaurant, Mono, in Central.

12 Feb 2020 - 3:00PM
A gastronomic guide to 18th century Chinese cuisine

Recipes from the Garden of Contentment, a bilingual work, in Chinese and English, was a labour of love for the Chinese-Canadian translator, Sean J.S. Chen, a scientist who located the original 18th century text to ensure accuracy.

10 Feb 2020 - 8:00PM
Learn how to make sushi with a top Japanese chef

Kakure’s executive sushi chef Kazunari Araki will hold a three-hour masterclass focusing on nigiri, maki and prawn tartare.

9 Feb 2020 - 11:00AM
How to make cabbage kimchi, the delicious Korean staple

Traditionally made in winter to last until spring, these days, with ingredients available year-round, the fermented vegetables can be made anytime.

11 Feb 2020 - 1:57PM
There’s a lot more to Portuguese wine than port

Vinho verde, or ‘green wine’ refers to young wine and should be consumed within a year of its vintage.

6 Feb 2020 - 7:00PM