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What is the true allure of Hong Kong?

I realised that I wanted to pursue F&B seriously when I had the opportunity to be part of a new flagship Nobu in midtown New York.”

I grew up in a Chinese restaurant in Alberta, Canada, where I was born. It was a typical suburban Canadian Chinese restaurant, think hamburgers and lemon chicken, but it gave all of us a job. My entire family and our friends worked at the restaurant; it was a means to an end.

In 2002, I moved to New York after realising that university wasn’t my thing and I was much more interested in exploration. After dabbling in theatre school, I realised that I wanted to pursue F&B seriously when I had the opportunity to be part of

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