Celebrating Our Roots
Journey from China to Kauai: A Family's Heritage
Discover the inspiring story of Chock Chin’s journey to save his family in China and build a new kind of life in the lush island Kingdom of Hawaii in the early 19th century.
Stories of Courage, Sacrifice, Vision, and Grace
Celebrating Ching Ming
Along with the entire Chinese community in Kauai (and globally), Chock Chin led his family in the annual celebration of Ching Ming. Daughter Dorothy remembers: "When it was Ching Ming or decoration Day, Papa sometimes roasted a pig. There would be large bowls and...
Char Siu Bao – Steamed Pork Buns
These are not hard to make, but you really need to pay attention to the ingredients if you want them to taste like the kind you get at a Chinese bakery or dim sum house. And if you don't have a bamboo steamer, this recipe is reason enough to get one....
Pork & Shrimp Siu Mai
Pork siu mai are one of the “Guangdong Big Three,” along with shrimp dumplings and steamed pork buns, a true staple of the original Cantonese dim sum tradition. My brother and I and our spouses went on a Dim Sum vacation a few years ago to San Francisco, and just ate...
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