by Susan Chock Salgy | 10,Feb,2018 | Family Members, Family Photos
Nee Chang Chock was the daughter of Chock Chin and his third Chinese wife, Chun Shee. She was born on 17 February 1908 in Hanalei, and was married to Harry Chow Wong on 31 August 1931 in Honolulu. They lived in Honolulu and she taught school there. On her gravestone...
by Susan Chock Salgy | 10,Feb,2018 | Family Members, Family Photos
This photo was in George Chock’s photo album, and had the date 7 Feb 1943 on the back, but the people were not identified. Fortunately, Bob Chinn has identified them for me (thanks, Bob!), These are the children of Wilfred and Violet Chock. Left to...
by Susan Chock Salgy | 10,Feb,2018 | Chinese Festivals, Ching Ming, Chock Chin's grave, Family Photos
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...
by Susan Chock Salgy | 09,Feb,2018 | Dim Sum, Recipes
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....
by Susan Chock Salgy | 09,Feb,2018 | Dim Sum, Recipes
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...
