A Classic Hong Kong Diner Dish That Came from British Rule

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Published 2021-11-21
Lucas Sin, chef of Nice Day Chinese and Junzi Kitchen, explains the fascinating and unique history behind diners in Hong Kong, known as Cha Chaan Tengs. As he explains, Lucas makes macaroni & ham soup, stocking milk tea, toast, and scrambled eggs. The British colonized Hong Kong for 100 years, and in that time, a mixture of Chinese and British culture emerged, embracing ingredients like ketchup instead of tomato sauce, and utilizing western utensils instead of chopsticks. Today, cha chaan tengs are at the forefront of culture, pushing diner food in new, unexpected, and exciting directions.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Tambo_Jay
    As a Hong Konger living abroad, I couldn’t be prouder of everything he’s saying! cheers
  • @nora-Lirong
    I really like Chef Lucas knowledge and unique character. Thank you for introducing to us this great person ❤👍
  • He's not lying about how fast the food arrives at Australia dairy company! I visited Hong Kong in 2017 and stayed in Jordan, down the street from the restaurant and went at 7am no lines and was in n out. The bread is also so good. I can say that as a Filipino born on Guam, I totally understand this integration of foreign foods into local cuisine. We cook with spam a lot on Guam as it was tied to our liberation by the US marines in WW2. We also have so much Chinese, Japanese and Korean flavors mixed into our local cuisine. Awesome video and you can macaroni soup at McDonalds in Hong Kong 😂
  • Hr did such great job keeping the story and information flowing and interesting and captivating and just perfect. He was so graceful and so much expression and emotion and never missed a beat of left an awkward moment. That's hard to do in regular conversation, much less a 12 minute video where you're talking to yourself!!! Seriously, great job I thoroughly and completely enjoyed this video.
  • @mandyz5041
    Chef Lucas is like a food historian, always learning something when watching his videos.
  • This chef was awesome! What a great, knowledgeable speaker! More of him, please!
  • @tigerking8413
    As a HKer living overseas, I approve this video. Cannot upvote this video enough and I shared to all my friends.
  • @tastyneck
    Cream of Chicken soup was my fave as a kid, and still is. My Japanese mom would make it for me and use it in her tuna casserole, which was also one of my fave dishes she made. I don't know how she ran into those two Western dishes growing up in Japan but sometimes it's kismet and we're all better for it.
  • @davidjsaul
    I made this at home out of curiosity and it's really tasty. More filling than it looks too. My wife thought I was crazy when I served her the coffee / tea but it works surprisingly well.
  • You soon realised how connected the world really is when you bother to look up the origin of your own country's national dishes
  • @xelaol7051
    I love how you put that little pen on your ear 🤣🤣
  • This is Hong Kong comfort food and I get to experienced back in 2015 while traveling there for work.
  • I'm a huge breakfast person and always have been. This looks fantastic. I'm definitely going to have to try out the yunyun. I'm sure it'd be great to pair with some Jaffa Cakes.
  • @kurlexchoi
    That explain the creamy taste of scramble eggs since he added milk into it.
  • @irisnov11
    Thanks for introducing HK food with speaking the name in Cantonese too 😊
  • @lisawong63
    Hi, do you have a recipe/video for the cha chaan teng type oatmeal?