The Story of Mandarin Kitchen

Words by Ysabelle Cheung

The Story of Mandarin Kitchen, by Ysabelle Cheung

In memory of Stephen Cheung

It was an unseasonably dry Monday in March when I went out to the post office in Quarry Bay to ship face masks to New York. Hong Kong had been in the grip of COVID-19 for weeks already, and the situation seemed, relative to other places, under control. But over in the United Sta…