SelectionWhile waiting for better days, it is possible to discover the world without leaving your room. Between the spectacular frenzy of the island-city and the luxuriance of the wild nature, the bewitching archipelago of the China Sea fascinates with its contrasting identity.
Hum a mythical theme
Hong Kong in 1962, Victoria Bay, the historic district of Old Town Central, and a love story filmed just twenty years ago as a haunting ballet in saturated colors. The re-entry into theIn the Mood for Love, of Wong Kar-wai – in restored version and new copies – has been postponed due to the pandemic. When D-Day arrives, a brochure, published in the form of a facsimile of a magazine from the 1960s, will be offered to viewers by the distributor La Rabbia (The Jokers films). While waiting for the reopening of cinemas, we listen in the new trailer Natalia Izawa sing in French lhe famous theme of Shigeru Umebayashi, I am a flower (with an “e”, a song to listen to on the album Best Kept Secrets, part 2, The Hubsters).
Growing a Bauhinia
Majestic, the Bauhinia blakeana blooms all over the city between November and March. It is nicknamed the “Hong Kong Orchid Tree” because its magenta flower, which strangely resembles the tropical plant, has been the emblem of the city since 1965. Since the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, the flower with five petals even adorns the regional red flag, stylized in white by architect Tao Ho. Hong Kong Herbarium, which lists bauhinia as an endemic species, we learn that the origin of its discovery, at the end of the XIXe century, mysterious abode.
Steaming sea bream
Until the middle of the XIXe century, Hong Kong has lived mainly from fishing, hence its traditional cuisine centered on seafood. Eliane Cheung, alias Mingou, grew up with Hong Kong culture. The island is his mother’s hometown, and his father apprenticed there as a cook before settling in France.
In 2016, the culinary illustrator released a diary of family recipes (At the table of a Chinese family, by Eliane Cheung, Alternatives editions, 2016, 144 p., € 14.90), with, prominently, steamed sea bream. Cooked fish, drizzled with Shaoxing wine and covered with sliced ginger and scallion, served with a sauce, for which you must mix 1 tablespoon of neutral oil and sesame oil, ½ of sugar. powder, 1 boiling water and 2 soy sauce.
Admire urban art
HK Urban Canvas is a collective artistic project that weaves social ties and tells the story of the city. On the fronts of shops, bars or restaurants, around sixty works of street art have been produced in six districts, for six walks. An app even lists the circuits. Each address is photographed twice there, the iron curtain raised or lowered, with the owners or managers posing in front of the paintings. And is accompanied by a history of the place and its occupants. From home, you can go there virtually thanks to the augmented reality option offered on the application (available on Android and ios).
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