How a Shunde chef is bringing the flavours of his hometown to Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant
Ho Wai-sing, executive chef of The Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant in Hong Kong, serves stunning menu of his hometown’s food throughout September
Shunde is an affluent district in the southeastern Chinese city of Foshan, in central Guangdong province, located in the Pearl River Delta.
Known as an industrial boomtown, it is famous for producing electronics and furniture, but Shunde also has a reputation for producing some of the best food in southern China, the area referred to as one of the cradles of Cantonese cuisine.
Shunde originally made its name from agriculture, fishing and silk farming.
The area’s cuisine therefore features lots of fresh ingredients that are still found there, such as vegetables, seafood, meat and rice.
Some Shunde dishes also include milk and other dairy products obtained from the native water buffalo from the area, which is rare in Chinese cuisine; some famous dishes include fried milk and brined sheet cheese, which is something like feta.
