In the olden days of Hong Kong, all the markets looked like what are shown in the photographs. Open concept, all the fresh meats , fishes, vegetables are laid out in the open. Live seafood like fish, prawn, crabs were kept in plastic containers with air pumping in continuously to keep them alive. These days [...]

Preserved seafood is common among the Southern Chinese. In the olden days, fisherman sun dried or preserved their catches for rainy days. This tradition is passed down from generation to generation. Almost anything that is caught from the sea can be preserved. The more exotic and expensive ones are shark’s fin, abalone, scallops and oysters. [...]

It is a Hong Kong local tradition to have this dish during birthday dinner. It brings more happy years to the birthday person in the future. This is not really a gourmet dish… it is just merely a bread dough stuffed with sweet lotus paste. Taste good when it is eaten with chinese tea. Amazon.com [...]

Salted fish can be commonly found in many shops that sell preserved seafood & herbs. Salted fish is mainly consumed by the Southern Chinese and is a very common dish among the elderly in Hong Kong. The younger generations are not so keen on this as there are many cases of cancer (Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma -  [...]