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Many Hongkongers would not think twice about the amount of butter on their toast, but would recoil at the thought of adding lard, or rendered pork fat, to a dish.
People in the city have, for years, been brought up to believe that lard is an unhealthy fat, but recent science has begun to look differently at various kinds of fat. As a result, lard is making a comeback on menus.
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