26-01-2025
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- South China Morning Post
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Published: 6:15am, 27 Jan 2025 Steamed eel with black bean and garlic sauce from Hong Kong Cuisine 1983's Hakka-inspired Lunar New Year menu. Photo: Cuisine 1983
At this classy Happy Valley staple, chef Silas Li is ringing in the Year of the Snake with a special Lunar New Year menu inspired by his Hakka heritage. Available until February 12, the menu features dishes heavy on symbolism, with bold flavours and ingredients and techniques used in Hakka cuisine, such as braised minced pork and dried oyster, steamed chicken with Yunnan ham, and sweet and sour mandarin fish.
1/F, 2-4 Tsoi Tak Street, Happy Valley Watch this Lunar New Year Cup Carles Puyol and Rivaldo of World Legends take part in the Chinese New Year Cup between a World Legends team and Hong Kong Legends team at Hong Kong Stadium, in February 2024. Photo: Sam Tsang Held in some form over the past 117 years, the Lunar New Year Cup returns for its latest edition on February 1, with a formidable line-up of international football talents : 2007 Fifa World Player of the Year Kaká, members of Brazil's 2002 World Cup winning team, and Premier League names such as David Silva and Paul Scholes, facing off against Hong Kong's best footballers for the last time at the Hong Kong Stadium in So Kon Po before next year's tournament moves to Kai Tak Sports Park.
For tickets, visit See this Happy Birthday Mozart! Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Teresa Cheung. Photo: Handout
