23 Jan What is Hong Kong’s Soy Sauce Western Cuisine?
Tonight the Little Adventures in Hong Kong team--Daisann, Janice, Johannes, Charmaine and Daniel-- had our pre-Chinese New Year staff dinner at one of Hong Kong's oldest and most venerable restaurants: Tai Ping Koon. It's got a Chinese name, but they don't serve Chinese food, not exactly. Tai Ping Koon is one of the originators of a made-in-Hong Kong culinary niche called "Soy Sauce Western" cuisine. It's kind of like the inverse of American Chinese food: this is "Western" type food that has been modified to the Hong Kong Chinese palate. (As opposed to the chop suey "Chinese" restaurants geared to American tastes that you find in Chinatowns in North America)...