https://www.scmp.com/rss/324059/feed Apple Mandy is a freelance food and wellness writer based in New York City. She has written for various publications, including CNN Travel, LUXE City Guides, Time Out Hong Kong and Rogue among others. Before moving to NYC, she lived in Hong Kong for 10 years and worked at media companies, including the South China Morning Post. She also lived in Shanghai, where she started her food-writing career interviewing culinary stars including British author and cook Fuchsia Dunlop and French chef Alain... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com What food reminds you of your childhood? “I spent a lot of time with my grandparents in Chengdu [Sichuan province]. I remember smelling coal-roasted sweet potatoes and eating chicken gizzard. My family then moved to Macau, where I had tofu fa [tofu custard], ginger egg custard and curry fishballs. I would spend all my pocket money buying them on the streets. “When I was five years old, I returned to Chengdu and I discovered pomegranate. The first time I saw it I thought it was odd looking... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3104520/why-chef-simone-tong-chose-serve-yunnan-food-new?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3104520/why-chef-simone-tong-chose-serve-yunnan-food-new?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Oct 2020 07:15:08 +0000 Tell us about the time you started losing your vision. “I first noticed something strange happening with my vision when I was 20 years old. I was in college and noticed my right eye went blurry. I thought it was my contact lens so I changed it, but my vision was still the same. I went to an optometrist and after running some tests, he said it was something neurological. Over the next eight years, I gradually began losing my vision in both eyes. It was devastating.” What did you fear the most?... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3098860/blind-masterchef-winner-christine-ha-gordon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3098860/blind-masterchef-winner-christine-ha-gordon?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Aug 2020 07:15:09 +0000 When did your food journey begin? “I cooked a lot at home when I was a kid. When I was 16, I opened a pop-up restaurant in an abandoned newspaper factory in Chai Wan. A friend of a friend had a space and he was kind enough to lease it to me for free. It had a wine cellar and a semi-professional kitchen. It came about because my dad and I were thinking of what to do for my last summer in Hong Kong before I went to college [in the United States] and the idea of a pop-up restaurant came up. I had... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3090547/changing-americas-idea-chinese-food-its-not-all?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3090547/changing-americas-idea-chinese-food-its-not-all?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Jun 2020 11:45:05 +0000 Over the past decade, a lot of buildings were developed in Hong Kong. Most of them, according to William Lim, managing director of CL3, a Hong Kong architecture and design firm, were built with an appealing exterior design. However, they weren’t focusing much on the end-users. Times have changed; end-users are becoming more selective of space so architects and developers are thinking more about what buildings or designs to pursue. “Buildings should have their own personality and they have to be... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2072623/hong-kong-needs-green-buildings-spruce-environment?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2072623/hong-kong-needs-green-buildings-spruce-environment?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Feb 2017 07:45:15 +0000