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词条 Chua Lam
释义

  1. Background

  2. Movie producer

  3. Writer

  4. Tour organizer

  5. Japan

  6. Filmography

  7. TV shows

  8. Gastronomic philosophy

  9. Quotes

  10. Videos

  11. External links

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| birth_place = Singapore
| occupation = food critic, producer
| spouse = Cheung King-man 張瓊文
| parents = Chua Boon Suan (1907-1997)
Hung Fong Ping
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Chua Lam (also known as Mandarin: Tsai Lan, Cantonese: Choi Lan, Teochew: Chùa Lāng) (simplified Chinese: {{linktext|蔡|澜}}, traditional Chinese: {{linktext|蔡|瀾}}, born 1941 in Singapore) is a columnist, food critic and occasional television host in Hong Kong and Japan. He was also a movie producer for the Hong Kong movie studio Golden Harvest.

Background

Chua Lam's father, Chua Boon Suan (蔡文玄), hailed from the Jio Mung Chua (蔡門石) village in Chaozhou, and later migrated to Singapore. His father worked in a high-ranking post at the Shaw Brothers Studio and his father died in 1997.

Chua Lam is currently based in Hong Kong.

Movie producer

Chua was a producer of several movies for Golden Harvest, including several films for Jackie Chan. Notable films include Mr. Nice Guy (credited as executive producer), Thunderbolt (credited as producer), Sex and Zen and City Hunter (credited as producer).

Writer

Chua was a columnist on Oriental Daily in Hong Kong. Chua later switched to writing columns for the Next Media's publications, namely Next Magazine (on movies and a restaurant guide), Apple Daily and Eat and Travel Weekly. All columns have continued as of 2007.

Tour organizer

In recent years (2005 - current), Chua has organized special tours in Asia and around the world to sample the best local speciality food. Chua often writes, in his newspaper columns, about the tours' organizing trips where he and others sample food from four or five restaurants per day in order to select the best restaurants.

Japan

Chua has written a number of books and restaurant guides on Hong Kong in Japanese. Chua is primarily known in Japan as a judge on the Fuji TV series Iron Chef. Chua studied as a student in Japan and lived there for several years.

Filmography

Year Title
1985Heart of Dragon
1986Dr. Yuen and Wisely
1987Armour of God
1987Born to Gamble
1987Killer's Nocturne
1987Erotic Ghost Story
1988Profiles of Pleasure
1988Peacock King
1989Four Loves
1990A Sau-loh
1991Robotrix
1991Erotic Ghost Story II
1991Au revoir, mon amour
1991The Story of Ricky
1992Erotic Ghost Story III
1992The Cat
1993City Hunter
1993Crime Story
1994Girls Unbutton
1994Chinese Torture Chamber
1994Spirit of Love
1995Trilogy of Love
1995Thunderbolt
1995The Christ Of Nanjing
1996The Imp
1997Mr. Nice Guy
1998Extreme Crisis

TV shows

  • 2007: Market Trotter (蔡瀾逛菜欄)
  • 2007: Ten Years After (拾年)
  • 2008: Chu As Choice (蔡瀾歎名菜)
  • 2009: Be My Guest (志雲飯局)

Gastronomic philosophy

One of his most beloved dishes is stir fried bean sprout with fried tofu and fish sauce.

Chua is famous to advocate the use of pork dripping in food preparation and as a condiment. He has cited and promoted the pork fat usage in most of his TV shows.

Quotes

"Choose to do something and you have a 50/50 chance of succeeding. Choose to do nothing and you will definitely fail."

"Happiness comes from sacrificing a bit of your health".

"Long live cholesterol!" "膽固醇萬歲!"

Videos

  • Chua Lam & Ni Kuang chatted at 2008 Hong Kong Book Fair「蔡瀾與倪匡 - 好友講好友 」 蔡瀾‧倪匡 (15/08/2008, 粵語)

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.bobofanclub.com/|Chua Lam's official website}}
  • {{IMDb name|0482585}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20050130075650/http://movie.goo.ne.jp/cast/51589/ Goo Movies (Japan)]
  • Cinemasie
  • The New York Times entry
  • Chua Lam's ebook website
  • [https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/food/food-critic-chua-lam-slammed-over-hotpot-criticism?xtor=CS9-111 Food Critic Chua Lam Slammed Over Hotpot Critic]
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8 : Singaporean people of Teochew descent|1941 births|Living people|Hong Kong food writers|Hong Kong people of Chaoshanese descent|Singaporean emigrants to Hong Kong|Nihon University alumni|Singaporean people of Chinese descent

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