26 Nov My Life in Pork: A Memoir of Sweet and Sour Hong Kong

Gu Lou Yuk--sweet and sour pork--was one of our biggest culinary surprises when we moved to Hong Kong more than 10 years ago. Who knew that the gloppy, cloying dish we'd suffered for ages in NYC's Chinatown is actually a delicate and delicious masterpiece of #HK cuisine? I'll never forget the evening that food historian and restaurateur Lau Kin Wai invited me to dine with him and some friends at one of his favorite old time Cantonese eateries: the private alumni club of Hong Kong University. I jumped not only at the opportunity to eat at a place reserved for alumni and guests only, but also because Mr. Lau is one of the city's top authorities on Cantonese food. He writes a column for Seun Bo (Hong Kong Economic Journal) and he started the private...

03 Oct Hong Kong Foodies Under the Umbrella

While strolling through the downtown area of Hong Kong where the Umbrella Movement is centered, we've been running into many of our Hong Kong foodie pals--from expat chefs to hardcore food bloggers. (One of the colorful stories from the first few days was the one about how several hedge fund guys went out to barbecue sausages for the hungry students). Normally, we'd be out in the alleyways digging deep looking for a great hidden noodle joint. Instead, we're out on the street eating stale saltine biscuits. While strolling through the downtown area of Hong Kong where the Umbrella Movement is centered, we've been running into many of our Hong Kong foodie pals--from expat chefs to hardcore food bloggers. Normally, we'd be out in the alleyways digging deep looking for a great hidden noodle joint. Instead, we're out on the street eating stale...

19 Sep Hong Kong’s Hollywood Road: The Rebirth of Cool

To be honest, we never used to take our guests to the Hollywood Road antiques district.

It just wasn't our kind of place. Hong Kong's oldest commercial street was, for us, a stretch of forbidding musty galleries. Some sold trinkets (mostly to clueless tourists), others rare and valuable antiquities (mostly to connoisseurs and if the owner didn't know you you'd get the cold shoulder). To separate the real from the not-so-real, you'd need an art historian at your elbow. Our director, Daisann, lives steps from Hollywood Road, yet seldom lingered there on her way to and from taking our guests to the nearby markets, alleys and backstreets of Sheung Wan and Sai Ying Pun. Well, one morning, we woke up and discovered that Hollywood Road has done a Cinderella number. Almost overnight (well, in 8 or 9 months), she's transformed into an amazing...

19 Jun Our Director, Daisann McLane, on RTHK radio

Our Director, Daisann McLane, spoke on RTHK radio today about one of our favorite topics here at Little Adventures in Hong Kong: preserving our city's cultural heritage. It was a lively discussion, and the panel included none other but our favorite cheeky Hong Kong home furnishing's designer, Douglas Yeung of G.O.D. along with Daisann's colleague from the Foreign Correspondent's Club, Anna Healey Fenton, and local historian Jason Wordie....