- published: 27 Nov 2013
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Alan Wong is a chef and restaurateur known as one of 12 cofounders (along with Sam Choy, Roy Yamaguchi, Peter Merriman, Bev Gannon and more) of Hawaii Regional Cuisine. They came together to form an organization to create a new American regional cuisine, highlighting Hawaii's locally grown ingredients and diverse ethnic styles. In 1992 they all came together and compiled a cookbook, The New Cuisine of Hawaii to be sold for charity. Wong and Choy are alumni of the Kapiolani Community College Culinary Arts program. Wong has several restaurants in Hawaii, as well as one in Japan.
In 2009 Chef Wong cooked a luau at the Whitehouse for President Obama at the annual White House Congressional picnic for members of Congress and their families.
In 2006, Wong appeared as a guest judge on the television cooking competition Top Chef (the episode, part one of the season two finale, aired on January 24, 2007). The Top Chef contestants, after enjoying a luncheon hosted by Wong welcoming them to Hawaii, were challenged to cater his birthday luau.
Actors: Eric Tsang (actor), Leonard Ho (producer), Michelle Yeoh (actress), Siu-Wong Fan (actor), Bill Tung (actor), Dick Wei (actor), Rongguang Yu (actor), Jackie Chan (actor), Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung (actor), Mars (actor), Yukari Ôshima (actress), Stanley Tong (writer), Stanley Tong (director), Stanley Tong (miscellaneous crew), Bowie Lam (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller,Actors: Bruce Boa (actor), Ric Young (actor), Richard Harvey (composer), Po-Chih Leong (director), Kate Harper (actress), Olivier Pierre (actor), Malcolm Craddock (producer), David Yip (actor), Vincent Wong (actor), Pat Starr (actress), Robert Lee (actor), Manning Redwood (actor), David Lyon (actor), Trevor Baxter (actor), Errol Shaker (actor),
Plot: Sam Wong, the owner of a Chinese restaurant in London's Chinatown, dies in a phone booth. As a favor to her uncle, a young law student, Elaine Choy, agrees to probate Sam's will, but finds that the task is less than trivial. Sam's wife, daughter, son-in-law, cook, and two sons disagree on who should have which parts of the business. And two other beneficiaries remain frustratingly elusive. But in the search, Elaine and Sam's younger son, Mike, a restaurant owner himself, realize that they're not only exploring Sam Wong's life, but also their own cultural identities as both English and Chinese.
Keywords: chinatown, culture-clash, independent-film