Rotaract Cooking Class: Hong Kong
Event description
HONG KONG
Nei hou! / 你好!
In collaboration with the MCCSA’s Successful Communities, the Hong Kong Cultural Association of South Australia and supported by the City of Adelaide, we bring you our 14th Rotaract Cooking Class! We’ll be learning how to make Dragon’s Beard Candy!
THE CHEFS:
Chef Bengo is passionate about sharing his culture to the world through food. An avid lover of travel, Bengo graduated from TAFE and gained 10 years of valuable experience in both Chinese and local restaurants.
THE DISH:
According to legend, Dragon's Beard Candy was invented during the Chinese Han Dynasty by an imperial court chef who entertained the Emperor one day by performing the complicated steps in making a new confection, which involved stretching a dough-like mixture composed from rice flour into small, thin strands. These strands reminded the Emperor of a dragon's beard, and were sticky enough to adhere to one's face easily, so the concoction was named Dragon's Beard Candy. The name may also be attributed to the status of the mythical dragon as a symbol of the Chinese Emperor, so presenting the confection as Dragon's Beard Candy was deemed acceptable due to the social nature of the candy. It was reserved only for the ruling class due to the complexity of the preparation process.
Dragon's Beard Candy became a source of conflict several centuries later, however, as during the Chinese Cultural Revolution the Red Guard, acting on the orders of the Chinese Communist Party, forbade the Chinese populace to take part in activities that could be attributed to the Han Dynasty. The initial rarity of the candy, combined with government policy banning the art, made the craft of making Dragon's Beard Candy even more isolated and sparsely practiced. Nevertheless, in recent years, the art has resurfaced in tourist destinations such as street festivals, and has even spread to farther reaches of the globe through dedicated masters of the task.
WHEN: Wednesday, October 12th
TIME: 2:30pm ACDT
WHERE: Central Market Community Kitchen, Near Zuma Caffe, https://goo.gl/maps/NZogLpypAX6fyi8m6
See you soon! / 遲啲見!
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Disclaimer: Please note that we will be taking photos and recording the session to publish to our YouTube channel! If you do not want to be featured in photos or video, please notify our team before coming into the class.
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