Kang kong
Water convolvulus, water spinach, swamp cabbage, ong choy, hung tsai, rau muong. Unlike some other green vegetables, kang kong is not bitter, but has a sweet, mild flavour. The young shoots and leaves are always picked before the plant flowers to ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
Hong Kong Hollywood
David is in the centre of Hong Kong's hustle and bustle with an action packed guide to kung-fu Hollywood. Hong Kong is the world's third-largest producer of movies, behind Hollywood and Bollywood. For more than 100 years they have loved making ... [... more]
Getaway |
Marla Stewart Konrad
Marla Stewart Konrad is a speechwriter and communications professional. Her career has taken her to Hong Kong, where she lived for two years, and to numerous countries in Asia and Africa. She is keenly interested in global issues and has a ... [... more]
Random House |
Garlic Tong choi
Make sure don't not over cook it.It should be soft. You really need to try it while you cook, so you know it when it is ready for eating. It is a very common dish in China. 300-400 g Tong Choi/Kong xin cai (water spinach). You can buy in Chinese ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Elsie V. Aidinoff
Educated at Smith and Columbia, Elsie V. Aidinoff has lived in Paris, Brussels, Hong Kong, London, and New York. She has been involved in education most of her life, starting in 1965 as a tutor in a junior high school with the New York City ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Jeffrey Hantover
Jeffrey Hantover has written extensively on social issues, art, and culture for international publications, and his poetry has been published in several U.S. literary journals. He lived in Hong Kong for more than a decade and resides with his ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Cait N. Murphy
Cait Murphy is an assistant managing editor at Fortune magazine in New York. She previously worked at The Economist in London and the Wall Street Journal Asia in Hong Kong. A former Little League infielder, Murphy played softball at Amherst ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Paul Raffaele
Paul Raffaele is a feature writer for Smithsonian magazine. He is Australian and lives in Hong Kong. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Dileri Borunda Johnston
Imagine that you're from England, or India, or Hong Kong, and your English is impeccable. But when you travel to America, you get a funny look when you tell a colleague,"I'll knock you up tomorrow at half-eight." And you can't find bangers on a [... more]
Random House |
From Geoff's adventures in Hong Kong.
Yum cha is a series of light snacks enabling you to eat as much or as little as you like. In Hong Kong it's a great form of fast food, where you are served within minutes of walking into the restaurant. Variety is endless although there is a ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
A sample of Hong Kong
Getaway visited Hong Kong and its surrounds, and we've put together a good cross-section of things to do and places to see when you visit this fascinating place. Hong Kong is where east meets west. It is China's richest region and a major centre ... [... more]
Getaway |
Stir fry beef with mixed Asian greens
Separate the white stems from the green leaves. Slice stems diagonally keeping pieces uniform in size. With Kang Kong, pick off the leaves and slice the hollow stems in 3 cm lengths. Set aside. Heat the wok for a minute, add oil and heat for ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
