hong kong wei dao (hong kong's food memories...)
avril 09, 2007
février 12, 2007
the gourmet mandarin parlour
An array of new year food at the Mandarin Parlour
Clockwise from rear row left, rice, boiled chicken (behind lotus roots), Big Bowl combo dish, roasted ducling, crispy deep fried dumplings, New Year Pudding, turnip pudding, 'longevity' noodles, sweet pastries, roasted piglet, sesame pastries symbolising piling of gold
janvier 01, 2007
an afternoon of fishing lifestyle
Nocturna spent an afternoon of fishing lifestyle in Tai O, at the outlying Lautau Island
Among the zigzagging "pang uk", a kind of stilt houses, built right over the waterway
Deurbanisation has made the once flourishing trade in salt and fish nowadays a surviving cultural activity of old villagers as most of the young people leave for the city.
Owners of a large boat/stilt house enjoying their seafood feast kindly let us visit their home offering the quite scenic view of the pang uk.
Nocturna balancing with the 'sunbathing' fishes and shrimps
When the tide comes in, the whole town seems to float; when it goes out Tai O seems to be sinking into the mud banks.
Tai o sky
décembre 22, 2006
blue house revisited
The Blue House and other quaint old residential buildings in Wanchai were to me fascinating spots to photograph this city, framing almost grosteque images of this unnoticed side of Hong Kong, that juxtapose with the crowded cityscape of ultramodern buildings and fast pace.
(To accentuate even more this grostesqueness, my customised nightflower blythe Nocturna was dressed in chic smart casual with a beautiful camouflage-coloured bear head!! An attempt to bring surrealism into my photography)
This is the second attempt on Winter Solstice's afternoon off to go back to Wanchai to film my blythe...
Blue House
wooden planks of an once blue house shop
Blue House's paints
Scaffolding and metal gates
at dusk, lighting up of neon lights of a restaurant still in business, housed in a Wanchai aged building, telling me it was late to be back home for the winter dinner
décembre 17, 2006
the wedding banquet
blythe sized banquet!! One of the girls is getting wedded??? if ever that happens, the current blythe family will already occupy 4 tables and need more seats for the fifth table of the bride and groom! And the troop of petits babies...
Should i "wed out" the girls....
novembre 18, 2006
open rice at dai pai dong
Eating out tonight at open-air food stall, in Fotan, Shatin
Dai Pai Dong, or large-license stall, is regarded by some as part of the collective memory of Hong Kong people. Characterised by untidy atmosphere and with big electric fans, foldable ltables and chairs, as well as the great variety, low prices and wok hei (grest stir fry in the wok) of the dishes
Chicken congee, shells in hot spicy sauce and deep fried pigeaons are the must in every table in this stall. We ate tonight "ehite rice" fish omelette too
Beatrice a la table, sitting on the table number stand;
untidy and of course unset table, served with chopsticks, plastic tea jar, tea in glass, and bowls in roaster motif, an icon of dai pai dong...
and do not forget to take away for "midnight meal" for those at home...
novembre 12, 2006
sailing to Byzantium?
The lights of the Star Ferry clock tower and pier in Central went out at midnight on 11/11 as the iconic green ferries left the berth for the last time after 48 years - sparking protests for some and memories for others.
Petitioning messages for the pier's closure. - Clock tower blurring to a halt
Popping down for a softie ice cream amidst a tantalising meeting or at times when having something to swallow for a nobler and strategic cause was my chimera when working at Jardine House
Nocturna assuming sailor, in Dollsville's sailor design recalliing to any Hongkonger in mind Star Ferry's sailors' uniforms for 48 years
Petitioning blue ribbons
Nocturna reclining on the steps at the opoosite disused Queen's Pier
Overlooking from City Hall's elevated corridor
Closed gates
Diva, in another Dollsville's pokka-dotted sailor design. at the new Central Pier, at the Waterfront off 2ifc
The new Central Pier is a handsome complex.
On the first day's operation on 12/11, sailing on board of a star ferry, named Celestial Star, from the new pier
Are you sailing to a bygone era or to a new era?
octobre 03, 2006
when toy meets toys...
(a Hong Kong story)
Cole the cool photographer: Let me film you, dear fellow Hong Kong toys...
Who cares London bridge is falling down
Taking a peek... To the lighthouse
The pleasant peasant at the farmhouse... Animals go round and round
octobre 02, 2006
feu d'artifice
mai 02, 2006
milk tea
(a Hong Kong story)
décembre 23, 2005
winter solstice
(a Hong Kong story)
magdalene was my first blythe. To model the baby doll pure in pink samfoo outfit, i take her to the contrasting shabby relic landmarks of wanchai, on this day of winter solstice, a traditional occasion of festive dinner and family reunion.
to me wanchai is forever a depressing district (fusion of the old and everything - restaurants and bars, govt offices, hkcec, long queue in bus lane...); the presence of magdalene, i hope, would enlighten it and revive my memory of the district...
in front of an old chinese restaurant, at a tram stop in the middle of the traffic where you must wave for a tram
the green old building in a wanchai avenue off the hustles and bustles of hennessy road.. where there is a good old hong kong cafe that of milk tea and luncheon meat and egg noodles
the blue house at a peculiar crossroad (stone nullah street)
a resident up the shabby building next to blue house doing some tao buddhism ritual for winter solistice
trace of blue house paints
only junk mail for the residents of the blue house?
wooden panels seemed to be the material of these flats
staircase leading to the enigmatic blue house flats
a heritage buidling (the former wanchai postoffice) on queen's road east, that leads to queen's road central then queen's road west
street hawker selling chestnuts in wood road
wanchai is a district under restoration and refurbishment - the former shops in wedding card street (lee tung street) are now moved upstairs, scattered in the district
medley dishes in large bowl, a traditional dish of some HK clans, has suddenly gained popularity thanks to tourism and has become a popular dish for festive dinner - ideal for today, the coldest day of the year by far!!
on magdalene, baby doll 'samfoo' (blouse and pants) outfit from tiny pink foral fabric, handprinted bird motif paper cut patterned bag and handpainted pink clogs in bamboo motif - all from dollsville, by jooli, from malaysia
décembre 04, 2005
old Hong Kong trail
in tribute to the "samfoo" outfit made by jooli (tib), collages of the snapshots taken after a Sunday brunch at SoHo, 30 october 2005