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【Video】Warren Stuart | Godfather of skateboarding – Persistence and community (Part 1)

Video, Culture, Hobbies, Personal, Sports

Feb 19, 2022

【Video】Warren Stuart | Godfather of skateboarding – Persistence and community (Part 1)

Video, Culture, Hobbies, Personal, Sports

Feb 19, 2022

Warren Stuart is a Hongkonger who helped shape the skateboarding community in Hong Kong. In Part I, he recounts his earliest memories of the sport, and explains Hong Kong’s skateboarding scene. He also offers advice for amateur skateboarders.

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Video, Culture, Hobbies, Personal, Sports

Feb 19, 2022

Gary Yau | Hong Kong Road Signs and Prison Gothic Font Preservation

Culture, History, Personal

Dec 20, 2021

Gary Yau | Hong Kong Road Signs and Prison Gothic Font Preservation

Culture, History, Personal

Dec 20, 2021

Gary Yau, a Hongkonger in his 20s, created the “Road Research Society” in 2016. He has spent several years cataloguing the remaining 500-600 road signs featuring Hong Kong’s unique bilingual “Prison Gothic” font and have reproduced this font in published books and online posts that share information regarding roadways.

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Culture, History, Personal

Dec 20, 2021

Michelle Cheung | Paragon Tea Room—Tea for the open-minded

Career, Arts, Culture, Food, Identity

Dec 10, 2021

Michelle Cheung | Paragon Tea Room—Tea for the open-minded

Career, Arts, Culture, Food, Identity

Dec 10, 2021

Michelle Cheung is a prolific young business owner who is making waves in the Vancouver cafe scene. Her current endeavour: Paragon Tea Room, has just celebrated its 2nd anniversary, boasts a modest 4.8 stars on Google, and attracts guests from all over the Greater Vancouver area. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she never planned to have a career in Canada, but now that she’s cultivating a gateway for Vancouver to connect with Eastern tea traditions, she hopes she can make Hong Kong proud someday. Read on to discover her ambitions for Paragon and beyond.

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Career, Arts, Culture, Food, Identity

Dec 10, 2021

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Yam's HK Kitchen, Easy, Baking, Dishes, Fish, Japanese

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Easy, Stir-Fry, Shrimp, Cashew

Simple Shrimp, Cashew, and Vegetables Stir-Fry

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Easy, Stir-Fry, Shrimp, Cashew

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Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Turkey, Spicy, Buns, Medium, Tuna, Baking

Fluffy Stuffed Tuna Buns & Curried Turkey Buns

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Turkey, Spicy, Buns, Medium, Tuna, Baking

This bun is emblematic of the hybrid food culture in Hong Kong because the filling is essentially a Western tuna salad, made by simply tossing canned tuna with mayo. As a result, ingredients in this recipe can all be easily found at any grocery stores abroad.

Because we had ground turkey left in the fridge, we improvised and made a curried turkey filling as well. The curried turkey version is inspired by samosas, originally from South Asia but are commonly found in local Hong Kong bakeries. Hong Kong has a sizable South Asian community because of the city’s colonial history.

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Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Turkey, Spicy, Buns, Medium, Tuna, Baking

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Easy, Stir-Fry, Turkey, Spicy

Eggplant and Ground Meat Stir-fry

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Easy, Stir-Fry, Turkey, Spicy

This dish and variations of it is very common in Chinese home kitchens. Not only is it flavourful, it is also extremely easy to make. While I used ground turkey in this recipe because that’s what I had in the fridge, but the more traditional way is to use ground pork.

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Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Easy, Stir-Fry, Turkey, Spicy

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Sauce, Beef, Steam, Difficult

Juicy Chinese Beef Dumplings with Homemade Wrappers

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Sauce, Beef, Steam, Difficult

Dumpling-making is usually a familial activity among Chinese people. During Lunar New Year, families usually get together to make dumplings from scratch and eat it at the beginning of a new year to symbolize wealth.

Depending on regions and family traditions, the dumplings may take different shapes. They can be steamed, boiled, or pan-fried.

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Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Sauce, Beef, Steam, Difficult

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Easy, Sauce, Beef, Stir-Fry

Chinese-American Beef and Broccoli Stir-fry

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Easy, Sauce, Beef, Stir-Fry

I was a very picky eater as a kid. Every night, my mother would try all her might to coax me into finishing my dinner--or at least a small bowl of rice and vegetables. The only time I would gladly comply was when she made soy sauce chicken. The sauce rendered the rice so flavorful that I couldn’t resist it.

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Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Easy, Chicken, Sauce, Instant Pot

Tender Instant Pot Soy Sauce Chicken

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Easy, Chicken, Sauce, Instant Pot

I was a very picky eater as a kid. Every night, my mother would try all her might to coax me into finishing my dinner--or at least a small bowl of rice and vegetables. The only time I would gladly comply was when she made soy sauce chicken. The sauce rendered the rice so flavorful that I couldn’t resist it.

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Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Easy, Chicken, Sauce, Instant Pot

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Difficult, Steam, Pork, Pan-Fry, Buns, Dim Sum

Flavourful Steamed Laap Cheung Rolls

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Dishes, Difficult, Steam, Pork, Pan-Fry, Buns, Dim Sum

I am obsessed with Chinese sausage (laap cheung). I am also obsessed with making steamed buns. This recipe combines both of them for a flavorful, classic dim sum dish. This recipe is adapted from The Woks of Life.

Steamed laap cheung rolls is a classic dim sum dish that has become increasingly rare in restaurants. You can think of it as a more classic Chinese style of the Hong Kong hot dog b...

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Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Stir-Fry, Dishes, Easy

Tomato and Egg Stir-fry with a Twist

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Stir-Fry, Dishes, Easy

Like most Hongkongers, I am keenly familiar with the tomato and egg stir-fry. It’s a simple, cheap, and healthy dish that I have grown up eating. I never gave this humble dish much thought until my American partner Asher exclaimed how much he enjoyed this combination. Before meeting me, he had never had this dish.

I had some Chinese sausages in my fridge one night, and I decided to add that...

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Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Stir-Fry, Dishes, Easy

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Pork, Dishes, Pan-Fry, Medium

Fragrant Spiced Salt Pork Chops

Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Pork, Dishes, Pan-Fry, Medium

I was inspired to make this dish after getting a pack of thin pork chop on sale at the supermarket. It’s easy to overcook pork chop that thin. A quick pan-fry is the way to go. This is a quick Hong Kong classic that is both easy and flavorful. It goes well with a bowl of white rice.

My white American partner Asher had never had this dish before, nor had he tasted spiced salt....

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Yam's HK Kitchen, Chinese, Pork, Dishes, Pan-Fry, Medium

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