Food entrepreneur Gerry Ma is executive director of Urban Dining F&B and an adviser for the Gourmet Zone at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s Food Expo. He spoke to Andrew Sun.
I love to eat, but I never learned to cook. I cannot even make noodles. I was the smallest in a big family, so all my sisters and elders took care of me. But from everyone, I learned a lot about food. My four big sisters and older brother all married people from different places – Shanghai, Suzhou, Chiu Chow and others – and I learned to differentiate different Chinese cuisines from an early age.
As for Cantonese food, my ultimate preference is Kowloon’s Fook Lam Moon (2/F, Kingston International Centre, 19 Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay. Tel: 2366 0286). The food remains close to the founder’s style [who was known for high-end, labour-intensive Cantonese dishes], while its chef, Law On, is nearly 90 years old. I have known him since the 1980s.
