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Eat Smart Kitchen (21x3)

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When we think of hospital meals, bland and unappetising food comes to mind. Little known to the public though, is that hospitals have been making big improvements in recent years, hoping to provide meals that are not only healthy, but meals that also tastes and looks good. Kowloon Hospital has followed a 20-year tradition of providing food made on premise- meals are prepared and immediately served within the hospital. Attention is also given to patients with special dietary needs. But the Hospital Authority is pushing forward the central kitchen system, where food can be prepared in larger quantity and where sanitary conditions can be better controlled. 6 years ago, Queen Elizabeth Hospital started receiving meals from the central kitchen. The meals are reheated on premise and then brought to patients. In order to improve patient’s appetite, the hospital also requests for more varieties from the central kitchen, hoping that they can provide healthy meals that also look and taste like food from proper restaurants. Centralised or not, everyone who works in these kitchens have the same hope, to provide heart-warming meals to patients in need.