ASIA’S BEST FEMALE CHEF 2017
May Chow Little Bao, Hong Kong and Bangkok
COURTESY OF LITTLE BAO (2)
小包包，香港和曼谷
最佳女厨师奖项计划不仅为鼓励饮食业表现卓越的女性，也为 The Best Female Chef awards program is designed to cel启发鼓励新时代女性，努力在传统上由男性主导的烹饪界中追 ebrate successful women on today’s gastronomic scene and 求最高理想。 to inspire the rising generation to aim for the top. 荣获这项大奖的周思薇（May Chow）是小包包主厨兼老板， May Chow is chef-owner of Little Bao in Hong Kong and 在香港和曼谷均设有分店。她力求创新，从美国和香港度过的 Bangkok. She drew inspiration from her childhood spent in 童年中汲取灵感，创造出外表像汉堡，里面藏有如猪腩肉和天 the U.S. and Hong Kong to create the Chinese-American bao, 妇罗鱼等美味馅料的中美合璧小点心。 her pioneering fusion comfort food that’s served burger-style and conceals delicious fillings like juicy slow-braised pork May 先在公众活动中售卖这些广受喜爱的「中式汉堡」， 年才在香港苏豪美食区开设第一家餐厅。仅容纳二十人的 belly or crispy fish tempura. 2013 店面除了供应招牌包类美食，也有适合多人享用的中国菜，如 Chow began selling her inventions at pop-up events 醉蚬和炙烤猪颊肉。她发挥想像力，重新诠释中式精致小菜以 before opening her first restaurant in Hong Kong’s Soho dis至创作甜点－其中冰淇淋包大受顾客欢迎。 trict in 2013. The twenty-seat venue also serves Chinese继小包包 2016 年在曼谷的分店顺利开设，她开始物色其 inspired sharing plates like drunken clams and roasted pork 他海外据点，也许是东京、墨尔本或伦敦。这位活跃的厨师去 cheek. Chow’s imaginative reinterpretations extend all the 。 年也在香港时髦的大坑区开设中式小酒馆「Second Draft」 way to the dessert menu—her decadent Sweet Ending ice cream bao is a top seller. With her sights set on other overseas destinations for the brand in the future, the dynamic chef has diversified into the trendy Tai Hang neighborhood with the opening last year of her “Chinese gastropub” called Second Draft.