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Lunar New Year Food and Wine Pairing Guide

Here are some tips for pairing three traditional Lunar New Year dishes with wine, as recommended by sommeliers of MICHELIN-Starred restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau.

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Recipe: How to Make the Perfect Ee-Fu Noodles by Elegant Inn Kuala Lumpur

Ee-fu Noodles are an auspicious dish that's great for any upcoming occasion. MICHELIN Cantonese restaurant Elegant Inn in Kuala Lumpur shows us how to make the perfect plate.

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6 Spots to Enjoy Hairy Crab This 2023 at MICHELIN Restaurants in Singapore

Chinese mitten crabs, also known as hairy crabs, are now in season. Where to find them in Singapore? Head over to these MICHELIN restaurants for exciting creations featuring the crustacean’s sweet, delicate flesh and prized roe.

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Restore Your Yin and Yang with This Guide to Cantonese Soup from MICHELIN Restaurant Chefs

From Cantonese homes to MICHELIN-Starred establishments, many of Hong Kong's kitchens begin the morning similarly — by making one of the most time-consuming and important elements in Cantonese cuisine just in time for lunch: soup.

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A Day in the Life of a MICHELIN-Starred Restaurant Chef: Cheung Siu Kong of Summer Pavilion

Ever wondered what a day in the life of a MICHELIN-starred restaurant chef looks like? Chef Cheung Siu Kong of One Star Summer Pavilion provides us with an exclusive peek into his day.

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Hong Kong Chefs’ Playbook: Aberdeen with Danny Yip

Owner Danny Yip gives us a tour of his go-to places to source the best local ingredients for The Chairman.

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Hong Kong Chefs' Playbook: Tai O with Vicky Cheng

Join Vicky Cheng, the chef-owner of one-MICHELIN-starred VEA, as he takes us to his favourite spots in Hong Kong's fishing village Tai O.

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Chef’s Day Off: Lessons From The Potter’s Wheel

For Jade’s executive chef Leong Chee Yeng, the food he cooks is made all the more meaningful by the produce he grows himself and the handmade vessels they are served in.

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Restaurant Secrets: How To Assemble Pen Cai For Chinese New Year

From cooking techniques to the auspicious symbolism of its myriad components, chefs from MICHELIN restaurants dive deep into the layered Lunar New Year delicacy.

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Tate Chef Vicky Lau On Being 'Girly' In The Kitchen

Toughness doesn’t come from appearances — it is all in the mind, says the unapologetically feminine chef-owner of MICHELIN-starred Tate in Hong Kong.

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Recipe: Summer Palace's Deep-fried Squirrel Fish And Steamed Fish Head

Ring in the Lunar New Year with this one-starred Cantonese restaurant's two-in-one Chinese New Year recipe for both young and old.

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Why Japanese Chef Hideaki Sato Wants To Master Chinese Cuisine

He has made over 13 iterations of Peking duck and 50 batches of Cantonese steamed sponge cake to date.

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Ingredient: Dried Tangerine Peel

The natural fragrance of dried tangerine peels make them a great addition to a slew of traditional Cantonese dishes.

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Ingredient: Pork Caul Fat

In traditional Cantonese cooking, lacy pork caul fat is the secret to injecting extra aroma and a loose, crispy texture to the dishes.

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Tracing The Origin: Deep-fried Custard

Deep-fried custard, locally known as gwo zaa, is a traditional Cantonese snack on the verge of extinction. Thankfully, this vintage delicacy finds its saviours through the protégés of the home cook of Jiang Taishi, and Jiang’s granddaughter Pearl Kong Chen.

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Hai Tien Lo: Forging Waves Of Change In Cantonese Cuisine

Ben Zeng, executive chef of the stalwart Cantonese restaurant in Pan Pacific Singapore, wants to make the cuisine more accessible to younger diners.

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Prominent Figures Of Cantonese Cuisine: Jiang Taishi

Jiang Kong-yin was a connoisseur from the early 1900s and his family kitchen was the birthplace of many classic Cantonese dishes and the training ground for a generation of highly esteemed chefs.