https://www.scmp.com/rss/516378/feed Riva Hiranand is a freelance editor and writer covering food, travel and wellness, whose work has been featured in several publications in Asia. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Like many of us who grew up in Hong Kong, lemon tea has held an enduring appeal for me throughout my life. As a child, I would save up to buy Hi-C lemon tea from the vending machine, freeze boxes of them on hot days to enjoy as an icy treat, and stock my locker with them in high school when a vicious campaign replaced boxed drinks with healthier alternatives. This obsession came back to bite me during the summer holidays, when my doctor discovered the cause of my constant stomach and kidney... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3265990/hand-crushed-lemon-tea-takes-hong-kong-we-test-best-version?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3265990/hand-crushed-lemon-tea-takes-hong-kong-we-test-best-version?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Jun 2024 04:45:08 +0000 On a cold winter morning soon after opening, Sydney restaurant Hong Kong Bing Sutt is already filling up as I step inside to meet the owners, husband and wife team Jessica Chan Tin-wai and Kevin Cheung Chun-kwok. Cheung had always dreamed of becoming a chef; he spent his childhood and adolescence helping out at his family’s restaurants in Hong Kong. His parents ran a restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui and his grandmother owned a canteen in North Point. His parents, however, urged him not to become a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3242693/sydney-cafe-where-memories-old-hong-kong-live-through-milk-tea-loud-cantopop-and-bit-education-about?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3242693/sydney-cafe-where-memories-old-hong-kong-live-through-milk-tea-loud-cantopop-and-bit-education-about?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Nov 2023 05:15:07 +0000 Since moving to Sydney in 2022, I have made it my mission to explore the city, and one weekend I went to check out the markets in Burwood, a multicultural suburb in Sydney’s Inner West. On my way there, I swear I spot a red Hong Kong minibus … inside a cafe. I double back, and confirm that I’m not seeing things – there is indeed a red minibus in a restaurant called Kowloon Cafe. I ditch the plan to head to the markets and excitedly slide into a booth next to the minibus. The menu features all... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3232315/how-sydneys-hong-kong-style-cafes-provide-nostalgic-taste-and-feeling-home-city-migrants-australia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3232315/how-sydneys-hong-kong-style-cafes-provide-nostalgic-taste-and-feeling-home-city-migrants-australia?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Aug 2023 03:15:17 +0000