HONG KONG STORIES(XXI) HUMAN．SPIRIT．KITCHENS

During any major festival, the kitchen in this centuries-old clan hall, blackened from years of wood-burning, is filled with the smell of fermented beancurd.

 

Here in Yuen Long’s Tong Fong Village, in this decrepit-looking kitchen of no more than fo...

This kitchen never gets too hot as raw is the preferred way of eating.

 

This is the Ocean Park kitchen, which serves guests from all over the world - the guests being thousands of animals.

 

The trainers are mainly in charge of food. Even though the...

Traditionally, Chinese chefs always start out as apprentices, helping with cleaning and other chores. Whether or not he or she can pick up the spatula, learn to cook well and even be promoted to head chef is determined by natural talents, and more impo...

Each plate of food is weighed to guarantee equal distribution; you never see the face of the person who distributes the food; 4 different menus subtly cater to inmates of different nationalities and religions- this is the little known world of cooking...

Grace’s kitchen is like no other- it is available for rent! The kitchen is equipped with modern amenities, such as a coffee machine, a steamer, an oven, as well as all kinds of sauces and condiments. Renters can invite all their friends over for a cook...

Every day at 8:30am, in a kitchen inside a Siu Sai Wan factory building, a chef, Brother Yung, and his 4 to 5 helpers will be busy preparing 600 free lunchboxes that will be given to the needy through recipient social service organizations. This kitche...

When we think of hospital meals, bland and unappetising food comes to mind. Little known to the public though, is that hospitals have been making big improvements in recent years, hoping to provide meals that are not only healthy, but meals that also t...

Hot oil, sharp blades and burning flames- a kitchen might seem like a dangerous place for people who are visually impaired. However, does being blind exclude you from cooking? With their hearing, sense of smell, sense of taste and their hands, visually...

Taiwanese author Jewel Tsai moved to Hong Kong after marriage. In the past 15 years, she fell in love with southern Lingnan cuisine, especially with Hong Kong ingredients that she had never encountered before.

Jewel Tsai’s kitchen is a world of the se...