Doctors serve up Christmas cheer in cooking challenge for Operation Santa Claus
Annual event raises more than HK$750,000 for needy
While cooking may be routine for many, some doctors at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital find it more difficult than treating patients and conducting surgery.
This was why four doctors and one nurse were sponsored by colleagues to demonstrate their rarely shown culinary skills in a competition at the hospital’s Christmas party in order to raise funds for Operation Santa Claus, the annual charity appeal organised by the South China Morning Post and RTHK.
“I haven’t cooked for years,” deputy medical superintendent Dr Tsao Yen-chow said while frying fresh lettuce with hazelnuts.
He recalled that the last time he cooked was some 20 years ago.
Dr Tsao’s wife, Marion Tsao Goh Mei-ling, also a doctor at the hospital, said her husband practised making the dish at home the day before the competition because he was taking it seriously.