Chopsticks

Chopsticks Issue 001 23rd March,2012

Have a bite of the famous ‘street snacks’ in Hong Kong

Content edit_Edith Choi | photo_Lydia Yau

About this brochure Cover story Interview News & updates Editor insight

edit n publish_Chopsticks Co. Ltd. chairman_Shawn Yue publisher_Heiyiu Ip editor_Jimmy Lo photographer_Joyce Suen art director_Charlie Hung

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About this brochure

What is ‘Chopsticks’?

edit_Edith Choi | photo_Lydia Yau

Chopsticks is a tool for eating, by pairing the two thin through ‘Lever Principle”. It plays an important role in the eating culture of China.

It is also well use in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, etc.

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Chopsticks is more than just a brochure, it is a newsletter.

Our readers could enjoy their trips in Hong Kong by tasting the local food culture in town, including the traditional and the newest, Chinese and the international.

Starting from today, 23rd March 2012, Chopsticks will start staying in the frountline of trends, recommending the new eating habit of Hong Kong to the world. We will try our best to bring ‘Food Paradise’ to the teenages around the world, and lead them to experience the tasty food in Hong Kong.

Cover story

Have a bite of the famous ‘street snacks’ in Hong Kong edit_Janice Wong | photo_Kristen Kwok

The ‘street snacks’ culture is one of the

And now, the ‘street snacks’ culture has

most important and famous eating culture

became an indispensable part of all Hong

in Hong Kong.

Kongers. Moreover, the variety of ‘street

In the past, ‘street snacks’ culture was representing the living standard and eating habit of the lower class in Hong Kong. By using low-cost ingredients and cooking methods, ‘street snacks’ could sold at a lower selling price, which could benefit the low-class.

Other than that, ‘street snacks’ was also derived by the expensive cuisine. The ‘fake shark’s fin soup’ was one great example.

The poor people could not afford the high cost of the real shark’s fin soup, so they created the fake shark’s fin soup by using cheap ingredients like mushroom and bean vermicelli. It shows the creativity and the folk knowledge of the poors.

snacks’ has became more diversified and international. The definition of ‘street snacks’ no longer just means the fishball and the assorted cow’s internal organs only, but start including the Japanese, Taiwan, Thai and also the desserts. The diversiflied ‘street snacks’ is being more and more attractive.

To explore the eating culture in Hong Kong, ‘street snacks’ must be included on the checklist.

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Cover story

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Food recommanded

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photo_Kristen Kwok

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1. Fake Shark’s Fin Soup 2. Cold Cuttlefish (cooked) 3. Three Stuffed Tresures 4. Roasted Cuttlefish 5. Takoyaki / Octopus Ball 6. Smashed Red Bean Bun 7. Fried Cuttlefsh

Interview

How do teenage feels about the ‘street snacks’ culture? edit_Ann Tang | photo_Joyce Suen

Angel Poon .age_21 .Student .A famous food blogger in Hong Kong who loves dogs and eating so much. Angel started to run her blog when she was 19, and now had more than twenty thousands followers from all over the world. .email_angel@poonangel.com .blog_www.poonangel.com

question 1 .What do you feel about the ‘street snacks’ culture?

question 2 .Do you eat it often and why?

I think it is an important part of the eating culture in Hong Kong as it really is a local culture which could shows how Hong Kong is named ‘Food Paradise’. Also, the ‘street snacks’ culture is representing Hong Kong as the international centre for exchanging the idea of food.

Sometimes, especially when I am hurrying for a meal, I would choose ‘street snacks’.

Or when I hang out with friends in Mong Kok, it would be my first choice as the food is tasty and cheap. Also, there are different type of cuisines including Taiwan, Japanese, Thai and even dessert.

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question 3 .Which district you go more often and why?

question 4 .Any recommended ‘street snacks’ ?

In my opinion, I think Mong Kok is a good choice if visitors wanna try more types of ‘street snacks’. As this culture was firstly developed there, Mong Kok would have a better development of ‘street snacks’ when compaired to the other districts like Hong Kong Island or the New Territories.

I like the egg waffle very much but it is difficult to bake a good egg waffle. As the temperature of the cooking fire needed to be balance to each part of the waffle, it would easy to be baked too soft or too hard. And a good egg waffle didn’t need any seasoning or with different flavours, the original flavour is the best.

News & updates

What’s new

edit_Edith Choi | photo_Lydia Yau

Crumbs

Frozen yogurt had dominant our town even in winter time. As this is a low fat dessert, it contains less suger and fat than ice cream but with the very similar taste. Hong Kongers, especially the teenage girls love it so much.

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In the next issue...

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In the next issue, Chopsticks will discover the cuisine in the traditional ‘Eastern and Western restaurant’ with you, which serves the tasty Hong Kong style food like milk tea, egg tart, pneapple bun with butter and iced lemon tea with a cheap and reasonable price.

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1. Milk Tea 2. Egg Tart 3. Pineapple Bun w/ Butter 4. Iced Lemon Tea

Editor Insight

Jimmy Lo, a cat lover who love eating so much.

­ eople in Hong Kong are always busy on P working or studying, even the visitors are also hurrying in shopping. No matter the breakfast, lunch or dinner, we don’t have enough time to enjoy a meal, but only few minutes to feed ourself.

‘We are eating, not devouring like a wolf.’

In my own opinion, this is a concept of all human beings. The intense workload and stressful life were way too much for every human, so i think we should sometimes treat ourself better through eating.

We, Chopsticks, are now here to provide a chance for both busy Hong Kongers and foreigners, to discover the eating culture, eating trend and the romance of having a meal in the ‘Food Paradise’, Hong Kong.

So starting from today, like every kid, we all should learn what is eating and how to eat from the very first step. Appreciate the work of farmers and the cook, feeling the love from them. We should not waste every single grain of rice and we should know that eating is the gracefulest thing in the world.

We hope our readers could try to practise more how to enjoy eating, and learn the new concept of what eating means to us, human. Eating does not only mean getting energy through feeding ourself or just a daily necessary, but also an appreciation of living and being born.

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We are Eating not Devouring

like a wolf