KU, KING IN THE KITCHEN

After a culinary career spanning 40 years, Ku Chi-fai's Cantonese restaurant in Beijing is causing something of a stir with its authentic tastes of the south. Li Yingxue reports.

Hong Kong chef Ku Chi-fai always makes mooncakes at Mid-Autumn Festival, but this year he is creating a special set of bicolored floral-patterned mooncakes using a ceramic mold from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), which come in six floral flavors including rose, jasmine and peony.

"People in Hong Kong love to eat mooncakes, but they take hours to make," says Ku, who is now the manager of the Beijing Kitchen after a culinary career spanning 40 years.