Posted: May 12, 2021 8:07 PM ET | Last Updated: May 13
(Larry Heng )
May is
Asian Heritage Month and what better way to explore Asian culture than through its delicious food? This month we're featuring four GTA chefs and restaurateurs who will each dish on four different regional cuisines: West, East, South, and Southeast. It's a big continent, see what's being served up coast to coast.
Our second stop is East Asia, which includes China, Japan, both Koreas, Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia and Taiwan. The dishes and cooking techniques vary, but the staple ingredients include rice, soy beans, seafood and noodles.
Our featured East Asian chef is Ken Yau. Ken grew up in Thornhill and launched his culinary career in some of Toronto's most prestigious restaurants. He has worked all over the world: from a three-Michelin star restaurant in the U.K., to Australia and Hong Kong. When the pandemic hit in 2020, Ken had just launched his first solo cooking business in Toronto. The whole premise of