Amazing Food Bloggers in Hong Kong

Traditionally, Hong Kong has termed people who talk about food with special authority as Eating Gods (食神).  They claim to have good knowledge on all kinds of food, and are often invited to appear on television programs to show off their knowledge.  They sometimes write books on food as well.  They act as spokespersons for restaurants or named brands once they gain enough popularity, but I do not agree that using celebrity endorsement is an effective promotion strategy.

Ever since I discovered the food blogger network foodbuzz last year, I was surprised to find that in this part of the world there is a lot of very high quality food blogging going on.  To me these bloggers are far more capable than the Eating Gods because they are usually the webmasters of their blogs, photographers, photoshop experts, chefs and writers combined into one!  In the past few months, I wandered across the internet and found these Hong Kong-based food bloggers who love food and enjoy sharing their passion with the rest of us.  The following is a brief introduction of each one of them.

Mochachocolata Rita is a food blogger who is also an expert in food photography.  Her food photos especially those taken in low-light restaurants are really good.  She uses a Canon 7D DSLR camera to take food photos.  She's also a featured publisher in foodbuzz.  Her blog is in English.  Her twitter is @mochachocolata.

Gregoire Michaud works at the Four Seasons Hotel as a pastry chef.  His blog is in English and is full of pastry photos (and lots of closeup shots too).  His twitter is @gregoiremichaud.

Hong Kong Food Blog by Anna is a down-to-earth food blog that tells the world about the traditional Chinese food in Hong Kong.  Her blog is in English.

mandykwok1031 has tons of photos of ordinary dishes that people make at home.  Sometimes recipes are also provided.  "Mandy" sometimes appears at www.discuss.com.hk.  The blog is in Chinese (Cantonese style).

tkocell sometimes hangs out at the www.dchome.net and www.discuss.com.hk food forums.  There are tons of food photos taken at home and at restaurants.  The blog is in Chinese.

fatjoykitchen categorizes its blog with Chinese cooking techniques which is very useful to find recipes based on techniques.  There are tons of food photos too.  The blog is in Chinese.

Jason Bon Vivant has lots of food photos taken in the restaurants he visits.  The photos are really nice.

wokwithnana produces many food-related videos.  Most of the videos are in English.  Their twitter is @wokwithnana.

Cai Lan (蔡瀾) is a well-known food critic (but nobody calls him an Eating God for some reason) and author.  He appears in many food-related television programs and has written many books on food and restaurants.  Lately he takes as many food pictures as he possibly can with his iPhone: raw beef, Japanese rice etc and put them in his microblog.  His blog is in Chinese.

The Chinese Soup Lady is a project between sisters Lisa and Tracy.  It has lots of soup recipes and pictures. The blog is in English.

If you come across any other amazing food bloggers in Hong Kong, please let me know!