CHOW + Wong X 4 = Chef Stephen wong joins panel discussion on CHOW at VPL

Wong, Wong, Wong and Wong: Not a secret Hong Kong Triad but a Vancouver food and history Quartet (we sound very dangerous, don't you think?)

Chef Stephen Wong has now been added to the panel discussion on Chinese food, life and restaurants for Janice Wong's presentation of CHOW From China to Canada: Memories of Food and Family.

7:30pm
January 18th, 2006
Vancouver Public Library
Alice Mackay Room
Free

Janice will make a slide show presentation about her 4 generation family history, and her father's restaurant in Saskatchewan.  I am Janice's 2nd cousin - once removed, so I am 5th generation.  Maybe I will bring the Rev. Chan Legacy photo display, so we can see the 6th and 7th generations too!

Janice found an image of a very secretive, dangerous Bela Lugosi...(love the cauldron and the extremely long chopsticks).  This is a publicity poster from one of Great-Uncle Luke's films that Janice is including in her presentation so she can read the little bit about the preacher's son who made his way to Hollywood acting in films such as The Good Earth, and starring in "The Mysterious Mr. Wong."

Stephen Wong is a Hong Kong-born chef, restaurant consultant, writer and food ambassador. He contributes to the Vancouver Sun as well as national and international food periodicals and books. Since 1978 Stephen's groundbreaking ideas and creative influence have enhanced the reputations of many B.C. restaurants. He is in demand as a guest chef in the U.S., Japan, China and across Canada.

Larry Wong is the president of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society, and the executive director of the Chinese Canadian Military Museum.  He is also a childhood friend of author Wayson Choy, and Larry was on the inaugural One Book One Vancouver committee. Larry was born in Vancouver's Chinatown where he spent his first 25 years. He is a retired federal civil servant and has always had a keen interest in Chinese Canadian history. He has been published in the Vancouver Sun, The Beaver magazine, the British Columbia History magazine and is presently working on a series of stories about growing up in Chinatown.

Todd Wong is perhaps best known as the media mogul behind Gung Haggis Fat Choy. The yearly CNY/Robbie Burns Day dinner is Todd's creation.  Todd loves Chinese Canadian history and culture, and when he was invited to present a welcome gift to Shelagh Rogers and the Sounds Like Canada CBC Radio program crew.... Todd invented haggis won ton!

Janice Wong is an award winning Vancouver visual artist.Her most recent exhibition was held in Split, Croatia in September, 2005.  Her long fascination with her rich multigenerational Canadian family history inspired her to write CHOW.  Since its publication, Janice has been a much in demand author for local and national radio and tv media including CBC's Sounds Like Canada, North by Northwest and Pacific Palate, City TV's City Cooks, Toronto's Breakfast TV, Shaw Studio 4, and print media including The Richmond Review, The Georgia Strait, New Brunswick Reader, Rice Paper Magazine