Terra Madre Day 2016
By Ida Chow This year, we held our Terra Madre Day (10 December) lunch at Osteria Felice. 15 members and guests enjoyed an Italian meal of pizza and pasta, harking back to the birthplace of Slow Food. Then we had the pleasure of hearing Adele Wong talk about her new book, Hong Kong Food & Culture from Dim Sum to…Continue Reading
Future Proteins: Taste and Learn about Edible Insects
On 29 October 2016, Slow Food Hong Kong in collaboration with LIVIN farms ran a taste-and-learn session on edible insects. Participants learnt about how insects may become the new wave of food solution as an alternative protein source. Check out the video of the event featured on Bloomberg!Continue Reading
Eat Local: Kong Yeah x Slow Food HK Vegetarian Dinner
By: Elizabeth Zhang When you don’t know where food comes from, it’s just a commodity. -Rick Bayless On Monday July 25th, Kong Yeah in collaboration with Slow Food HK, hosted an exclusive vegetarian farm-to-table dinner for our members and friends. A delicious three course menu of fresh seasonal produce was presented with ingredients nearly all sourced from within Hong Kong. Aside…Continue Reading
Slow Food Visits HK Perma Club in Clearwater Bay
September, 2015 By Elizabeth Zhang At first glance, this plot of land nestled within the trees of Clearwater Bay appears more lush jungle oasis than structured working farm. But on a recent Slow Food visit to HK Perma Club, we learned that considerable thought and planning went into the cultivation of crops from this wild-looking landscape. On a beautiful…Continue Reading
A Slow Food Visit to New Territories Grouper Fish Farm
December 22, 2015 A VISIT TO AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGIES ASIA’S GROUPER FISH FARM By Elaine Ng On November 21, Slow Food Hong Kong visited Aquaculture Technologies Asia (ATA) to learn about their local production of sustainable seafood. Located in Lau Fau Shan in the New Territories, ATA has Hong Kong’s first large-scale indoor fish farm where the grouper is raised in…Continue Reading
CHEF TALKS 2015
March 3 to May 18, 2015 INSPIRATIONS, CHALLENGES, AND MOTIVATIONS A RECAP OF OUR FIRST CHEF TALKS by Danielle Chin It’s not often diners are able to have a deep discussion with the chefs of their favorite Michelin-starred restaurants, but from March 3 to May 18, the Chef Talks series presented by Slow Food and The Fringe Club made that…Continue Reading
Terra Madre Day 2014
December 10, 2014 Yet again a true Slow Food affair, this year’s Terra Madre Day Lunch on December 10, 2014 did not disappoint. Though the original intent of Terra Madre Day is to celebrate local food traditions and products, this year Slow Food Hong Kong recognized the birth place of the Slow Food Movement as well as the diversity…Continue Reading
A Slow Fish Dinner at Fishful Season
November 19, 2014 Earlier this year, Slow Food committee member Diane Espley met Ka Shing Leung, or Shing as he calls himself, at an organic food fair. From this very fortuitous meeting, a friendship and a collaboration between Shing and Slow Food Hong Kong was born. Together with his wife, Emma Leong, and his sister, Kary Leung, Shing owns and operates KLG…Continue Reading
A Visit from Paolo Di Croce, Secretary General of Slow Food International
August 11, 2014 Slow Food Hong Kong had the pleasure of welcoming Mr Paolo Di Croce, Secretary General of Slow Food International, for a brief two-day stop in Hong Kong. Paolo began the last stop of a successful tour through Asia by joining our convivium for dinner at Kin’s Kitchen, the Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant that features uniquely traditional dishes. The…Continue Reading
A Sustainable Seafood Dinner at FINDS
April 3, 2014 This special Slow Food Hong Kong dinner had been on our minds ever since the success of our first sustainable seafood dinner at FINDS in the autumn of 2012. That year, Chef Jaakko Sarso had created a wonderful, innovative and memorable treat for us, and he did so again at our second gathering. We dined on a seafood…Continue Reading