Chinese name 蔡瀾 (traditional) Role Columnist Name Chua Lam | Occupation food critic, producer Chinese name 蔡澜 (simplified) Spouse Cheung King-man | |
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Born 18 August 1941 (age 82)
Singapore ( 1941-08-18 ) Parents Chua Boon Suan, Hung Fong-ping Movies Mr Nice Guy, Armour of God, City Hunter, Crime Story, Vampire vs Vampire Similar People James Wong, Leonard Ho, Arthur Wong, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung | ||
Chua lam gives lot 10 hutong a thumbs up
Chua Lam (also known as Mandarin:Tsai Lan, Cantonese: Choi Lan, Teochew: Chùa Lāng) (simplified Chinese: 蔡澜, traditional Chinese: 蔡瀾, born 1941 in Singapore) is a columnist, food critic and occasional television host in Hong Kong and Japan. He was also a movie producer for the Hong Kong movie studio Golden Harvest.
Contents
- Chua lam gives lot 10 hutong a thumbs up
- Honkee porridge with mr chua lam on 30 03 2012
- Background
- Movie producer
- Writer
- Tour organizer
- Japan
- TV shows
- Gastronomic philosophy
- Quotes
- Videos
- References
Honkee porridge with mr chua lam on 30 03 2012
Background
Chua Lam's father, Chua Boon Suan (蔡文玄), hailed from the Jio Mung Chua (蔡門石) village in Chaozhou, and later migrated to Singapore. His father worked in a high-ranking post at the Shaw Brothers Studio and his father died in 1997. Chua Lam is currently based in Hong Kong.
Movie producer
Chua was a producer of several movies for Golden Harvest, including several films for Jackie Chan. Notable films include Mr. Nice Guy (credited as executive producer), Thunderbolt (credited as producer), Sex and Zen and City Hunter (credited as producer).
Writer
Chua was a columnist on Oriental Daily in Hong Kong. Chua later switched to writing columns for the Next Media's publications, namely Next Magazine (on movies and a restaurant guide), Apple Daily and Eat and Travel Weekly. All columns have continued as of 2007.
Tour organizer
In recent years (2005 - current), Chua has organized special tours in Asia and around the world to sample the best local speciality food. Chua often writes, in his newspaper columns, about the tours' organizing trips where he and others sample food from four or five restaurants per day in order to select the best restaurants.
Japan
Chua has written a number of books and restaurant guides on Hong Kong in Japanese. Chua is primarily known in Japan as a judge on the Fuji TV series Iron Chef. Chua studied as a student in Japan and lived there for several years.
TV shows
Gastronomic philosophy
One of his most beloved dishes is stir fried bean sprout with fried tofu and fish sauce.
Chua is famous to advocate the use of pork dripping in food preparation and as a condiment. He has cited and promoted the pork fat usage in most of his TV shows.
Quotes
"Choose to do something and you have a 50/50 chance of succeeding. Choose to do nothing and you will definitely fail."
"Happiness comes from sacrificing a bit of your health".
"Long live cholesterol!" "膽固醇萬歲!"