My Hong Kong | ‘Two-dish-rice’ is cheap, fabulously rich and a Hong Kong icon – time to declare it part of the city’s intangible cultural heritage
- It is hard to find ‘bad’ Chinese food anywhere in the world. In Hong Kong, even the cheapest eats are delicious – such as ‘two-dish-rice’/’this this rice’
- The cheap meal box recently made its way into diplomatic circles after the US consul general to Hong Kong and Macau documented his ordering one on Facebook
Current trends show an increasing awareness about eating healthier foods. And, as more people adopt healthier lifestyles, being mindful of portion control has become a top priority.
Many people adhere to the popular saying: “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.” They are aware, perhaps, that nighttime eating – typically in front of the television or a laptop – results in poorer food choices, weight gain and other undesirable outcomes.
However, there is some truth in the old joke that “Chinese people will eat anything that has four legs other than tables and chairs”. To this day, many of us continue to be unconcerned with rigid eating rules, chomping away on whatever is within reach, whenever hunger pangs strike.
It is hard to find “bad” Chinese food anywhere in the world. The substandard will not last long, because every Chinese person likes to think of himself or herself as a food connoisseur and critic.
