Hong Kong Stories

Jewel Tsai’s World of the Senses (21x1)

Fecha de emisión: Jul 03, 2013

Taiwanese author Jewel Tsai moved to Hong Kong after marriage. In the past 15 years, she fell in love with southern Lingnan cuisine, especially with Hong Kong ingredients that she had never encountered before. Jewel Tsai’s kitchen is a world of the senses: She decorates it with colourful flowers -beauty for the eyes; the scent of fruit of different ripeness gives off different shades of smells –fragrance for the nose; She plays Miles Davis when she cooks French dishes, Leslie Cheung when she makes Thai food and operas when she makes Zhongzi- music for the ears. To Jewel Tsai , only fulfilling the palate is a waste. Appreciating food is about opening up all five senses. To her, food can also be a source of sorrow. Her uncompromising attitude towards food derived from an unhappy childhood memory. This winter, Jewel Tsai will be hosting a dinner party at home. To her, the kitchen can also be a battlefield and preparing for a dinner party is just like going to war.