15/12/2023
In 2018, I was very lucky to spend 5 weeks in Chine; spending time in Hong Kong, Meizhou, Peking, Yantai and Shanghai. In Yangtai, I attended the 2018 Gourmand Award weeklong celebrations where I received multiple "Winners" and Best in the World" Gourmand cookbook awards for our book "Best of Mauritian Cuisine" by Madeleine and I. In Meizhou, I spent 10 days with Mauritian and Reunion Hakka Chinese visiting Hakka ancestral homes and tasting the best of Hakka Cuisine. Time well spent learning more about Chinese Cuisine. In Hong Kong, the prevailing cuisine was Cantonese.
Cheuk Kwan 關卓中 : 关卓中 a Chinese-Canadian, wrote, directed and produced a fascinating set of films about the Chinese restaurants in countries all over the world, and the Chinese immigrants behind their success. The documentaries were filmed between 2003-2005 and he even took in a visit t...
