{"id":54141,"date":"2026-05-21T13:37:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54141"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:37:44","slug":"the-story-of-snow-garden-legendary-hong-kong-restaurant-loved-by-the-rich-and-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54141","title":{"rendered":"The story of Snow Garden, legendary Hong Kong restaurant loved by the rich and famous"},"content":{"rendered":"


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For 60 years, Hong Kong restaurant Snow Garden has been synonymous with the refined, understated elegance of Shanghai-Huaiyang cuisine.<\/p>\n

Once a North Point institution, Snow Garden is now housed in the South Pacific Hotel in Wan Chai, continuing its legacy to preserve the taste of traditional Shanghainese cooking \u2013 enjoyed by tycoons and movie stars of yesteryear \u2013 that is slowly disappearing from the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cYu Jiuxi, my great uncle by marriage, opened the first Snow Garden [in Jordan, Kowloon] back in 1966,\u201d says Chiang Wai-yuen, the third-generation operator of the restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a legendary Shanghainese chef who ran the kitchens of the Kiangsu Chekiang and Shanghai Residents Association in Hong Kong. That was the era of the great Shanghainese industrialists, so that level of clientele was a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was from this culinary foundation that Chiang\u2019s father, Chiang Biu<\/span>, learned his craft. In the 1980s, the elder Chiang and several business partners opened Snow Garden Restaurant in North Point\u2019s City Garden, bringing provincial dishes usually reserved for private clubs to the general public. The kitchen staff, trained by Yu Jiuxi, came with them.<\/div>\n

\u201cMy father and his partners opened the North Point Snow Garden, which became one of the most famous,\u201d Chiang recalls. \u201cOur current head chef in Wan Chai is actually my father\u2019s disciple, making him a third-generation chef of the original line.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chiang Wai-yuen (right) and his father, Chiang Biu. The elder Chiang and several business partners opened Snow Garden in North Point\u2019s City Garden in the 1980s. Photo: Snow Garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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