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EP 02 · My Hong Kong

Back Into the City: Streets, Food and People

After the harbour, go inland. Roast-meat rice, street murals, and family on the waterfront — that is Hong Kong’s inside.

Char siu and roast duck over rice — two soft eggs on top.

After the harbour, go inland. Roast-meat rice, street murals, and people you walk with — that is Hong Kong’s inside.

01 — Into the city

Harbour done. Go inland. Hong Kong’s inside lives in the streets.

Painted bridge pillars along a single-lane road under an overpass
Under the bridge — one lane, painted pillars with a quiet joke.

02 — Murals under the bridge

Graffiti under the overpass, colour on a single-lane road — the city’s private humour.

Close-up of painted mural detail on a bridge pillar
Closer — the pillar mural is packed with detail.

03 — Roast platter

A mixed roast platter, glossy with oil. The knife work hasn’t changed in decades.

Mixed roast platter with char siu and roast duck
Char siu and roast duck on one plate.

04 — Roast-meat rice

A bowl of char siu and roast-duck rice, two soft eggs — a worker’s top-tier lunch.

Char siu and roast-duck rice with soft-yolk eggs
Char siu and roast duck over rice — two soft eggs on top.

05 — Steamed fish

Steamed fish while it’s hot. Black-bean sauce and spring onion — Cantonese stubbornness in a good way.

Steamed fish with black-bean sauce and spring onion
Steamed fish — black bean and scallion.

06 — Night by the water

At night by the water, family walks ahead — soft light in the harbour. The softest minute of the trip, shot from behind.

Family walking the waterfront at night with harbour lights across the water
Night harbour — lights sitting in the water.

07 — To Grandmother

That day a child wrote four characters: 致祖母 — To Grandmother. Four characters, one heart.

Handwritten note reading To Grandmother with a drawn heart
Four characters. One heart.

08 — Closing

Hong Kong’s face is the harbour. Hong Kong’s heart is these people — and this meal.

Victoria Harbour by day with sea meeting sky
Daylight harbour again — sea and sky in one colour.

BGM: "Dream Culture" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0.

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  1. EP 01Victoria Harbour: Start With the SeaHong Kong’s face is on the water. Red sails, skyline, night lights — first stop, look at the sea.
  2. EP 02Back Into the City: Streets, Food and PeopleAfter the harbour, go inland. Roast-meat rice, street murals, and family on the waterfront — that is Hong Kong’s inside.