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【History Salon】 The Normalized Abnormal: Historical development of Hong Kong CaacaantengDate: 29 March 2025
Time: 2:30 – 4:30pm (UKT)
Venue: Lecture Room 8, Arts Complex, University of Bristol
Language: Cantonese
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Additional Information:
- In-person only.
- This time our event is in another classroom in the same building instead of the usual research space.
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Caacaanteng is in the life of everyone staying in Hong Kong; The bolder claim may even be that everyone in Hong Kong must have gone to or consumed cuisines from caacaanteng. But should we take a step back, we would come to the realization that it is markedly abnormal comparing to most restaurants elsewhere: it is so cheap yet someone would wait your table, when anything of the same calibre may be self-serviced; it serves the most bizarre thing where spaghetti is put in a bland broth topped with Cantonese barbequed pork. In this presentation, I wish to walk us through the historical development of caacaanteng, understanding the weird created by Hong Kong people, turning it into what we take for granted.
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Samuel Dic Sum Lai is currently a PhD Candidate at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS, University of London. His research interest includes anthropology of food and restaurant, interactive service work, social relations and embodiment and skills.
| Period | 29 Mar 2025 |
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| Held at | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
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