Steaming is the most commonly used Cooking Method for seafood in Cantonese cuisine. When asked of a healthy way to prepare fish, most if not all chefs would also recommend steaming. Is there any other healthy Cooking Method apart from steaming? Mr. Ng Chung Ming, the Executive Chief Chef of the Star Seafood Restaurant would share his tricks with natural herbs.

"Double Preparation of Star Snappers with Herbs". The fish is first filleted and streamed with ginger, spring onion, aniseed (Star anise) and soup. Mr. Ng said that ginger, spring onion and aniseed could eliminate the fishy taste. Aniseed, with its distinctive flavour, adds character to the dish. Oil can be kept to a minimum during grilling, making it a very delicious and healthy dish.

Cook in Style with Tailor-made Spoons

Mr. Ng said, their restaurant joined the "EatSmart@restaurant.hk" Campaign about a year ago. They started with just two chefs. After they had tried out the new ways of cooking, the other colleagues followed suit. To meet the requirements of less oil, salt and sugar, the restaurant has made smaller measuring spoons for their chefs. EatSmart recipes are also published for the chefs to make reference to. Their colleagues also proactively promote the EatSmart dishes to their customers.