https://www.scmp.com/rss/327468/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In 2011, 25-year-old Vicky Cheng arrived in Hong Kong with no job and no plans. With the excuse of renewing his Hong Kong ID card, the young chef – who grew up in Canada and had trained at Toronto’s Auberge du Pommier restaurant and under Daniel Boulud at his eponymous New York eatery – had returned to his city of birth. He was quickly snatched up by the Liberty group, where he helmed three restaurants. Fast forward 4½ years, and Cheng opened VEA, in Central, serving cuisine that marries French... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/2165040/michelin-star-hong-kong-chefs-secrets-be-flexible?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/2165040/michelin-star-hong-kong-chefs-secrets-be-flexible?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:30:00 +0000 Max Levy is a walking encyclopaedia of ingredients, and one of the most underrated talents in Hong Kong’s culinary scene. The American chef left his hometown of New Orleans at  age 17 and has worked at some of the best sushi restaurants in Japan, New York and elsewhere.  After living in Beijing, where he ran the Okra 1949 restaurant (now closed) for more than four years, Levy moved to Hong Kong in 2015 to set up the two-storey Okra Bar and Okra Kitchen – the former an omakase concept and the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/2161013/how-american-became-top-sushi-chef-and-his?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/2161013/how-american-became-top-sushi-chef-and-his?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:00:15 +0000 Being a corporate lawyer while running pop-up dining events in Hong Kong, Asia and beyond cannot have been easy, but that is what Mina Park did for three years until she quit her full-time job at the end of 2016 to focus on her culinary pursuits. The Korean-American founder of Sook, a private kitchen and pop-up dining concept, did not see this career change coming. But, since her first event at PMQ’s Night Market, in 2014, Park has been involved in many noteworthy collaborations: with Judy Joo... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/2155784/korean-american-chef-mina-park-why-dumplings-are?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/2155784/korean-american-chef-mina-park-why-dumplings-are?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:47:35 +0000 “Are you steaming fish with this? It’s also great with short ribs,” says Chau Wing-cheong, the third-generation owner of Tai Ma Sauce, offering cooking tips to a customer as he scoops dark brown dollops of salty soybean paste from a large glass jar. His wife, Lai Chi-wan, is busy serving one customer while apologising to another for the wait. Their son, Brian Chau Ka-wai, has just returned to the busy shop after doing his morning delivery run. Homegrown Hong Kong: the wholesome story of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/2155112/secrets-us35-soy-sauce-sun-dried-and-double?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/2155112/secrets-us35-soy-sauce-sun-dried-and-double?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Jul 2018 07:03:20 +0000 The hollow rattling and grinding of machinery intensifies as I walk down the corridor in a Kwai Chung industrial building towards the entrance of Tai Wai Beer. Standing near the doorway, with his sleeves rolled up and sweat dripping down his forehead, is co-founder Henry Wu Hang-fu, working the drill of a malt mill. “It’s all very DIY, isn’t it,” Wu says as he invites me into what is possibly Hong Kong’s smallest brewery. “It’s just been [my wife] Wendy [Tai Lok-sze] and me. Two people. Four... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/2150909/made-hong-kong-tea-infused-craft-beers-citys?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/2150909/made-hong-kong-tea-infused-craft-beers-citys?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Jun 2018 09:02:20 +0000