Mario Batali: Hello, Hong Kong! China, here we come

by Zoe Li, Hong Kong Editor

Mario Batali: "Century eggs are so beautiful."Mario Batali was really bothered about the bread at Lupa, his new restaurant in Hong Kong.

He took a slice of the bread they were serving that day and made me smell it, looking at me expectantly. I detected a nice anise scent and wanted to eat it.

"Caraway seeds! That has no business here!" says Batali, snatching it back. It just doesn't go with his sauces and meats.

I get it. It's like having char kway teow made with egg noodles. It's practically an insult to a food lover.

Batali came to Hong Kong and discovered a city of kindred spirits. "People talk about food like religion here," he says. It's his kind of place.

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