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Best-loved hotpot, Thai and dessert spots in Hong Kong of Lee Kum Kee marketer

Amanda Kwan, who also founded food and film concept Savour Cinema, reveals her favourite restaurants, dessert shops and bars in Hong Kong

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The fried pork chop curry from Sun King Yuen Curry Restaurant is “so worth the wait”, says Lee Kum Kee’s Amanda Kwan, who reveals her favourite places to eat and drink in Hong Kong. Photo: eatlike852
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Amanda Kwan is the associate director of international brand marketing for Hong Kong sauce brand Lee Kum Kee. She also co-founded Savour Cinema, a concept combining food and film. She spoke to Andrew Sun.

I was born and raised in the US, in a town just outside Boston, Massachusetts. Growing up, it was a balance of home-cooked Chinese and Cantonese food, plus random American cuisine.

Once a week, we would get pizza. My mum learned to make meat loaf from some magazine. But we would have also Cantonese macaroni soup for breakfast. So, I do strongly identify as Chinese-American.
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I live in Wan Chai. It is a special Hong Kong neighbourhood that has heavily influenced my food consumption. A favourite go-to place is Sun King Yuen Curry Restaurant (20 Spring Garden Lane, Wan Chai. Tel: 2574 9172). I will queue up early for lunch. The fried pork chop curry is so worth the wait, along with the dry-fried beef noodles.
Amanda Kwan is the associate director of international brand marketing for Hong Kong sauce brand Lee Kum Kee and also a co-founder of Savour Cinema. Photo: Amanda Kwan
Amanda Kwan is the associate director of international brand marketing for Hong Kong sauce brand Lee Kum Kee and also a co-founder of Savour Cinema. Photo: Amanda Kwan
I love Chinese desserts. If I ever get married, I would not have a Western cake. Instead, there would be a buffet of sweet soups, tong yuen and sago pudding.
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For a perfect night, I would go to Ching Ching Desserts (Shop A1, The Zenith, 8 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2578 6162) after a fried pork chop. Then, maybe I would get a nightcap at Tai Lung Fung (5 Hing Wan Street, Wan Chai. Tel: 2572 0055), one of my favourite bars.

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