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Though the “organic” label fell out of fashion a couple years ago, it has recently returned in in the form of a new trend that celebrates local, Hong Kong-grown produce. To pay tribute to the organic food movement’s second time in the Hong Kong limelight, we take it to the farms...
May 27 2010
Dorothy So
Restaurants
A Beastly Feast
A food show that began airing on local television channel TVB in late February has become the most recent talk of the town because of its “extravagant” content. The program, named “Admiral’s Feast,” created banquets with rare steak-like shark fins that came from...
Mar 19 2010
June Ng
Restaurants
Cuisine with a Conscience
Bottled Up Almost any meal in a posh establishment starts with the waiter asking, “Still or sparkling?”—a seemingly innocent question, but one with serious environmental implications. According to a WWF report, roughly 1.5 million tons of plastic are used by the bottled-water...
Oct 23 2008
Lynn Fung
Restaurants
Veggie Tales
Environmental awareness has never been so fashionable. People everywhere are displaying green credentials by offsetting carbon footprints and toting reusable bags. But have you considered the effect your dining choices might have on the globe? Last week, the chairman of the United Nations Panel on...
Sep 18 2008
Sarah Fung
Restaurants
When Good Veggies Go Bad
Think all fruits and vegetables hold the same dear promise of good health and glowing skin? Think again. We talked to food scientists and rounded up some of the less nutritious members of the plant kingdom. Strawberries A recent study cited by the Hong Kong Organic Resource Center found that a...
Oct 4 2007
Natasha Stokes
Restaurants
Ecopreneur Bobsy
I was born in Beirut, Lebanon. As a war child, I learned to carry a gun by the age of 11. I didn’t have a choice. I didn’t kill anyone, thank God! But I saw people being killed and executed; death was a daily thing around us. A war begins with the idea of us versus them. The guns and...
Jul 12 2007
Jan Leung
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Person of the Year
Readers’ Choice Awards 2006
Person | Environment | Food & Bev. Health | Nightlife | Shopping | Others Person of the Year Donald Tsang Yam-kuen >> Our Chief Executive took 28.3 percent of the votes. But based on “write-in” votes, one gets the feeling that Bus Uncle would have won if only his...
Jul 20 2006
HK staff
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