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A vibrant mix of the ancient and the ultra-modern, where traditions of the East and the West intermingle, Hong Kong is undoubtedly a land of thrilling contrasts. Considered one of the world’s great culinary capitals, it is easy to spend evenings dining on haute cuisine and discover equally delicious street food by day. Many people argue that the world’s best Chinese food is found in Hong Kong. Cantonese food, Hong Kong’s true specialty, is derived from lean times, where resourceful cooks used every part of a slaughtered animal. As a result, unusual foods like duck tongue, shark fin soup, and chicken feet are now considered delicacies. The Cantonese delight dim sum is immensely popular in Hong Kong. These bite-sized snacks are most often served at breakfast, and, although hundreds of varieties exist, common dim sum items include barbequed pork buns, fried squid, and steamed beef balls. Other regional Chinese cuisines also abound in Hong Kong. A northern specialty is the dramatically presented Peking duck, while Sichuan dishes are notoriously fiery and pungent.
 

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Home Town: Corning, New York, USA
Living In: Sai Kung, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
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I am passionate about food. I often daydream about what I will have at my next meal or fantasize about past meals that were especially delicious. I love to travel and I have lived in a lot of different places, and try to incorporate local ingredients and specialties in my everyday cooking. I have a baby boy who was born in spring 2005, and I am happy to report he is an expert at eating, a real foodie like his mom. I am trained as a lawyer but sometimes think I should have gone to cooking school to become a chef.

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Home Town: Repulse Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Living In: Eagle Mountain, Utah, USA
About me: I grew up in Hong Kong where my parents were teachers. It was during high school that I took a week long Asian cooking class and got hooked on cooking! I was an elementary schoo…
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Living In: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
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Miso Soup

Reviewed on Nov. 17, 2008 by Sarah
Just like in the restaurant! I used firm tofu, other than that I didn't change anything and it was perfect...and SO EASY! Now I just need to learn to make sushi rolls to go with it.
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Chicken Wild Rice Soup I

Reviewed on Nov. 5, 2008 by Sarah
SO GOOD! I used 1/4 cup butter, 1/4 cup olive oil, and cut the flour to 1/2 cup. I used leftover Rotisserie chicken (which I like the texture of WAY better than cubed chicken breasts.) I put in the spices as they were called for but after tasting ended up doubling the curry powder, tripling the dried mustard, and adding 1 good teaspoon of garlic powder. I added an extra tablespoon of sherry. I also tripled the salt (to 1 1/2 tsp). I used unsalted butter which may be why I needed more salt. I used 1% milk because we had it on hand and it is healthier, and it turned out great. I was skeptical of the curry. I like curry but wasn't sure about it in wild rice soup...but it is SO yummy! It works really well. This will become a winter staple in our family. And it's a great recipe to take to friends.
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Nutty Pumpkin Waffles

Reviewed on Nov. 1, 2008 by Sarah
We LOVED this recipe! We had it for dinner tonight. I cut the pumpkin in the syrup to 1/2 cup. Delicious! And I know this sounds weird, but since we had it for dinner, we had pumpkin beer to drink and it was actually good together! Next time I will try 1/2 whole wheat flour and 1/2 regular flour.
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