#siu mai

[l-ii-zz]

Heyyyy so.. I finally introduced her yaaay

This is Siu Mai, but you might know her by her alter ego, Nassandra. Leader of the “Universal Family”, a resistance group that have gained huge power over the years, becoming a real menace for the Irken Empire. As you can see, they have eradicated tons of irkens and they will try to do the same with the Tallest.

They might have good intentions but their actions are certainly questionable. They don’t seem so different to those they try to destroy, do they?

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You might recognize the person on the left, and to the right we have Nana, a character that was given to me by @dertyclown and that I’ve decided to give her a role on this resistance group. Nana takes care of Nassandra’s child, Nor Mai (Nori for shorties). Maybe I’ll introduce them better for another time :)

[paulpingminho]

[cindysuen]

😋🥢🐇🐰It’s bunny dim sum time! I made a 3D version of my recent red envelope 🧧 painting of my favorite dim sum in bunny form: custard buns 奶黃飽，siu mai 燒賣，egg tarts 蛋撻，soup dumplings小籠飽，and thousand layer cake 千層糕. What’s your favorite dim sum? 😋 ✨ also on instagram / facebook / tiktok / twitter ✨

[ramyeongif]

I kinda love sharing my simple home meals, I'm grateful

[love-me-love-my-weirdness]

Shout out to the white girl who came to my house when I was a kid and randomly told me that the Siu Mai in the picture of me at a Cantonese restaurant looked disgusting.

Picture of Siu Mai for reference (it's fucking delicious) :

[quieteating]

Orient

There comes a time in every blogger’s life when they have to confront a harsh truth. Their dearly held prejudices are blinkered, unreasonable and plain wrong.  So this was how I was frogged marched to a Chinatown eatery, where I previously would loudly proclaim that is where you go if you don’t know what real Cantonese food is like.  To add insult to injury, eating in some place called Orient…

[not-dere]

[jellyfishhi]

gonna dump weird things here

[grouchydairy]

siu mai and deok

[hong-kong-art-man]

Comparison Of Movie-Watching Experience In Hong Kong & The Chinese Mainland—Fun Or No Fun

The great filmmaker Steven Spielberg said, “Every time I go to a movie, it’s magic, no matter what the movie’s about.” 

It is sad that people do not go to movie theatres anymore. Watching movies from home becomes an easier and a cheaper alternative. With a TV and sound system, you can quickly set up a “home theatre”. Many cinemas in Hong Kong have been shut down though some have been in our city for half a century. Business closure of movie theatres is now a common thing.

As there are fewer and fewer film choices in Hong Kong. I often cross the border to travel to Shenzhen and other Greater Bay Area cities to watch movies. We now have high-speed trains which can take us to Shenzhen within 20 minutes, when it used to take one hour. I also find that there are more or more curious youngsters from the Mainland coming to Hong Kong to enjoy our imported foreign motion pictures, especially those produced as an artistic or experimental expression. Such films may not be allowed in the Mainland. Yaumatei  Broadway Cinematheque (百老匯電影中心) is the holy place where they pay their respect.

China now reduces the number of foreign films that can be screened in the country, spurred by the consideration that its local filming industry would be compromised by an open market. Perhaps geopolitics may be another reason for the tighter quota system. In parallel, Hollywood is becoming less focused these days on targeting Chinese audiences. Sino-American co-productions become apparently rare circumstances.

In Hong Kong, young lovers like to go to dinner first and then a movie. They can behave intimately in a dark theatre. You cannot talk during the movie, but there is a lot to be said for body language. This is why our movie audience are mostly young persons. In the Mainland, you can often see families go to the movies. For them, watching movie together is a great opportunity for parents to connect with their children. A weekly family movie in a cozy place away from home is a great way to bring all members together, having fun and lasting memories. People in the Greater Bay Area still keep that old tradition. Such a warm scene reminds me of the loving recollections that I had when I was a kid.

In Hong Kong, concession stands of cinemas sell mainly soft drinks and popcorn. Sometimes, they sell fish balls and siu mai (燒賣). In the Mainland, they sell very special snacks such as braised duck kidney and spicy chicken neck which manifest Chinese food specialties. In Beijing, there is a “hotpot cinema” where one can watch a movie while eating hotpot at the same time. Some cinemas in the Mainland provide foot massage service inside the theatre. Will the audience snuggle down in a comfortable seat and fall asleep? In any event, most cinemas in the Mainland provide massage seats but they are coin-operated. I have not prepared myself for such an exotic participation.

Cinema tickets in Hong Kong are not cheap. They can be about HK$80-120. In the Mainland, after various kinds of promotion discount, they ask for about HK$40-60 per ticket. They often offer “online discount package”, but if your mobile phone cannot download the applicable app, you will not be able to enjoy such substantial reduction of ticket price. 

Land in the Mainland is not as expensive as that of Hong Kong. In the lobby hall of every cinema, they put many gachapon (扭蛋) and game machines. Some look like an amusement arcade. The area is like a “pre-show” before the main performance. The entrance area of a Hong Kong cinema is small. Operators just put up movie posters and a few ticket vending machines. Business is business and cinemas in Hong Kong have to do the bare minimum in order to survive.

Hong Kong is a liberal society and we can enjoy all kinds of films, of course, except those which are highly sensitive in terms of political ideologies. In the Mainland, many kinds of films are prohibited such as those which are superstitious, anti-Chinese, promote bad conduct, encourage crimes, x-rated and immoral contents. Nevertheless, when I watch a movie in Shenzhen, the variety of other kinds of movies still gives me a great pleasure. They include  historical epics (歷史題材片) , fantasy and mythology (奇幻神話片), contemporary comedies, mystery and detective stories, children animated movies and documentaries. Some directors are obviously newbies and their movies are ordinary. I did watch 2 good movies Successor ( 抓娃娃) and Upstream (逆行人生).

Sometimes, disappearing is the way to let new things emerge. Cinemas are disappearing but home movie subscription-based streaming services like Netflix appear. Nowadays, we do not hire a seat, but we procure an internet-connected device to watch a movie. The world must go on…Films, always wear a new dress.

Maurice Lee

Chinese Version 中文版: https://www.patreon.com/posts/qu-da-wan-qu-kan-112660682?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Movie “Upstream” Trailer https://youtu.be/juxKyQiN81Y?si=EU6k7gT022MHHJkx  Acknowledgement-平底鍋

Movie “Successor” Trailer https://youtu.be/HTusLIqslCs?si=dWzhjkqjt4Niwvq_  Acknowledgment-Far East Films

Cinema in Shenzhen https://youtu.be/Gdy_MOU-ueU?si=ycFDVm4TtxJqHEOo  Acknowledgement-Data Ma

[tempura-mayo]

燒賣! Or maybe 笑賣 😉 Just some happy little dumplings

[paulpingminho]

[cindysuen]

🧧🐇 behind the scenes of my watercolor painting “Bunny Dim Sum” for @grumpybert ‘s 8th annual Red Envelope Show at @myplasticheart! Come check out the show at MYPLASTICHEART 40 Greenpoint Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11222 from Jan 28 - Feb 26, 2023. You can even buy the original piece at the show if you’re interested! As well as check out many other red envelopes designs by many other talented artists.

Feauturing some of my favorite dim sum 😋: siu mai 燒賣, custard bun 奶黃飽, egg tarts 蛋撻, soup dumplings 小籠飽, and thousand layered sweet cake 千層糕! What are your favorite dim sum? 😋🥟

[ramyeongif]

dim sum

[outragedtortilla]

Siu mai is one of my fave dim sum

[dimsimlim]

Siu Mai, a Chinese dumpling traditionally served in dim sum restaurants. Ground pork and shrimp lifted with seasonings fill these open-topped dumplings that are then steamed away till cooked through. Dribbling hot sauce and soy sauce over Siu Mai is what you do but be prepared, heated condiments can make these veggies as well as vaping wagyu-bombs taste like fluoro gizzard of foie gras.