At the Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair, Mr. Nelson Chow, Chairman of the Hong Kong Sommelier Association, gave an asian food and wine pairing from the perspective of the ethnic Chinese in Hong Kong and China.  Food and wine pairing cannot be approached the same way it is done in western cultures where the dishes come separately and where there may only be one main dish.  As many of you may have noticed from dining in authentic Chinese restaurants in the U.S., many of the tables will have lazy susans …

Braised abalone at the judging session

During the International Wine & Spirits Fair here in Hong Kong, there were interesting food and wine pairing events, one under the Cathay Pacific - sponsored Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC), and the other a seminar given by Mr. Nelson Chow, chairman of the Hong Kong Sommelier Association.  We hear so much here in the U.S. on asian/asian fusion food and wine pairing, so I looked forward to hearing from the locals themselves what combinations they thought works.
At the IWSC, the goal was to find the …