Gai Gai Visits the Lovers’ Rock
On the occasion of the Seven Sisters' Festival, Gai Gai visits the so-called Marriage Destiny Rock to meet Niulang the Cowherd...
Eva Wong Yi
Gai Gai Meets the Golden Deer
A kooky porcelain chicken unravels the history of animal mascots in Golden Deer's classic Hong Kong marketing campaigns...
Pop Cantonese: Stewed Chinese Mushrooms, or Being Demoted — 燉冬菇
Stewed shiitake mushrooms are not only a delicious dish — they’re a metaphor for being demoted. But why?...
Gai Gai Meets a Dragon Boat in Tai Tam Duk
A chicken watches the dragon boat races and wonders what it means to be a mythical creature...
Gai Gai Goes to the Man Mo Temple
Why did the chicken cross Hollywood Road? The first in a clucky new series documenting a unique bird’s travels around Hong Kong...
Pop Cantonese: No Leftovers for Latecomers — 無功者飯餸不留
In a Hong Kong Chinese family, here's why you should absolutely never be late to dinner...
Pop Cantonese: What’s Cooking Tonight? 今晚食乜餸？
When it comes to delicious home cooked food, some words just can't be translated]...
Pop Cantonese: Heartless Chicken — 無情雞
A subtle clue at a Chinese New Year dinner could mean you still have a job — or not...
Pop Cantonese: Fat Chicken Meal — 肥雞餐
How a peculiar type of chicken meal can take the pain away from being laid off...
Pop Cantonese: Siu Keung the Cockroach — 小強
Why are cockroaches often referred to as if they're human?...
Pop Cantonese: Speaking Chicken Intestines — 講雞腸
Why on earth would "chicken intestines" be used to describe English? The answer turns out to reveal a whole lot about Hong Kong...
Pop Cantonese: Between the Stove and Wall — 攝灶罅
What does a gap in the stove have to do with marriage prospects for young women?...
Stand a Little Bit Closer: Fiction from Eva Wong Yi — Part II
Eva Wong Yi’s short story captures the quiet ache of unrequited love in the bustling anonymity of a Hong Kong mall. Part one of two...
Stand a Little Bit Closer: Fiction from Eva Wong Yi — Part I
Eva Wong Yi’s short story captures the quiet ache of unrequited love in the bustling anonymity of a Hong Kong mall. Part one of two...
Pop Cantonese: More Salt Than Rice — 我食鹽多過你食米
How an absurd expression is used to reinforce the unquestioning authority of elders...
Pop Cantonese: Blocking the Earth from Spinning — 阻住個地球轉
How we describe the slowpokes who hold up everyone else...
