Spatial Story - The Most Hong Kong Story

OPEN RICE CITY

Food is the most genuine, the most intimate daily life culture.

The space for food is the most down to earth, the most benevolent cultural scene in a city.

Through investigating the space-time transformation of such a cultural scene, one will discover a city’s unique cultural context and aura of life.

In Hong Kong, Dai Pai Dong (or open-air food stall) and Cha Chaan Teng (or tea restaurant) can be seen as the two kinds of local space for food that are most representative of such a cultural scene.

Here, people (humanities), spirit (community spirit), and taste (experience) cultivate the urban and architectural space of a unique flavor.

Dai Pai Dongs, found in the streets and alleys in this city, form a local landscape rich in flavours.

Cha Chaan Tengs are where the fusion of the East and West food culture take place, creating the unique Hong Kong flavor.

Dai Pai Dong and Cha Chaan Teng definitely encompass the most original, the most “Hong Kong”’spatial memory of the daily life.