Story behind the food

Despite the savory taste of those food, every single dish has their own story behind. Due to the bad economic environment, inflation has caused great problems to the living of low income citizens.

 However, in the corner of the street, there is a shop selling Roasted pork rice for only $11 with healthy soup for the elderly. Mr. Hung, the owner of the Chinese Barbecue (also known as Siu Mei) shop, has continuously offered the roasted pork rice in half price to the needy in Shum Shui Po and his shop has become famous after being reported and interviewed by different media channels. Every day he sells about a thousand boxes of rice. Indeed, he is doing a great job to the residences around, but the price of doing it is to lose $1.5 per box of rice. “Including the order from the social welfare association, I would lose money whenever I sell every single box of rice. However, my dream is to let people using the lowest price to taste the best Siu Mei as in Chinese culture, satiating the hunger is the basic need of human.” The generous and thoughtful mind of Hung has touched the heart of two rehabilitated persons and they are now voluntarily helping the shop to deliver rice boxes to the social welfare association.

Sometimes, even if we are one of them, we normally think that Hong Kong people are so stingy and snobbish. What they only care is their own benefit and therefore nowadays Hong Kong has an extreme disparity between the rich and the poor. Nevertheless, there is still someone like the owner of the Siu Mei shop who seems ordinary but making a great impact to the society. Losing $1.5 per box of rice might be trivial when compared to the great amount donated from a wealthy philanthropist, however his genuine mind of helping the needy makes him great. He has used the most direct way to cope with the hardest problem that is faced by the citizens. Furthermore, his act could have aroused public the concern of poverty and changed people’s mind and will, just like those 2 rehabilitated persons. It’s all about quality, not quantity. Next time if you are planning to search for great cuisine in Sham Shui Po, please go and try the roasted pork rice and taste the underlying significance brought by this ordinary box of rice.