Article by Millie Yip Our Slow Food Hong Kong members and guests all enjoyed a wonderful evening dining on delicious Hong Kong- and Chiu Chow-style dishes and specialties at Kai Kee Noodle on January 22, 2024. Although it was a cold evening, our members and guests tried various dishes suchContinue Reading
Article by Terrence Annamunthodo We gathered to celebrate Terra Madre, the anniversary of Slow Food, in true local Hong Kong style. Tung Po Kitchen is one of the well-known dai pai dong restaurants. Dai pai dongs are a kind of open air food stall known for street food. Dai pai dongs offer dishes with robustContinue Reading
Article by Jane Meijnen Slow Food Hong Kong visited Macau on 23 September 2023 for a day trip extravaganza organized by Ida Chow and Annabel Jackson, with a wine tasting intermission led by Sommelier Maggie Mak, in between the exploration of a Portuguese inspired food tour. The collective adventurists wereContinue Reading
Article and photos by Jane Meijnen Our adventure on 7 April 2023 was an eco-tour with The Conservancy Association, established in1968, to the rice paddies in Long Valley. Not only was it a rare opportunity to learn about traditional rice farming being practiced in Hong Kong, more importantly we were exposedContinue Reading
Article by Angus Forsyth Attending at Dacha Restaurant on Hollywood Road for the Slow Food Ukrainian Easter dinner on 13 April 2023. There were regular members of Slow Food Hong Kong and some new faces. The dinner was on the upper floor of the restaurant. Approximately 20 people were comingContinue Reading
A culinary tour of Slow Food Presidia Products** in conjunction with Dante Alighieri Society at Casa Certa and Casa Del Pane (IG@casadelpanehk) was experienced with the greater Italian culture community aficionados on Wednesday, 16 November. The event was a part of the Italia GastronoMia Festival. A delicious array of artisanalContinue Reading
Article and photos by Diane Espley The November Slow Food Hong Kong Happy Hour get-together on Monday, 7 November 2022, was small, intimate, and very convivial event! It was organised by Walter Kern at the lovely Kee Wah Tearoom in Wan Chai, in the beautiful Grade III Historic Building, withContinue Reading
On 17 September 2022, a cozy group of Slow Food Hong Kong members and friends gathered in the studio of Chef Samantha Tam of Heimao Foods to learn to make Chinese pastries. Samantha, who studied pâtisserie at Le Cordon Bleu and is a founding member of Slow Food Cooks’ AllianceContinue Reading
Article and photos by Michele Wisla “There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere.” – Annie Leonard As we started off for our afternoon tour and workshop on 28 May 2022 at Urban Mushroom, a company & farm creating sustainable local produceContinue Reading
Article by Elizabeth Zhang I recently started Michael Pollan’s “Omnivore’s Dilemma” and in the early chapters, he discusses purchasing a steer (named simply No. 534), to follow this one animal from birth to slaughter, in order to better understand the modern food production chain in the US. To borrow aContinue Reading