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身為2021年試食先頭部隊的一名冗員，可謂見證了 @redcotton_tw 的誕生，與有榮焉🙌🏻 再一次體驗及體現台灣的可能性🇹🇼
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As one of the tasting members in 2021, I’m so honoured to witness the birth of @redcotton_tw 🙌🏻 Once again experiencing and embodying Taiwan's possibilities 🇹🇼

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大家好，我是陳淑莊。「紅棉」餐廳的主廚，香港來臺三年的新住民。

我能成為一個廚師，是一個不可思議的奇蹟。

作為律師及議員，在香港，不容許我有時間下廚，況且，我有一位住在同區的老朋友，葉太太，她十分好客，長期提供晚餐，三菜一湯。她的先生下廚，我只能在旁觀看，然後吞口水感嘆。

可能以往吃得太好，搬來台灣居住，孑然獨處，最為思念的是香港味道。那天在電話中問葉太太，很想吃你們的食物呀，怎辦好呢？葉太太說，你在我們廚房看了這麽多年，是時候自己動手了。我大吃一驚。我... 我可以做廚師？她笑著回答，對食物有心有感情，肯下苦功，人人都可成為廚師。

他們倆說可以，我只能信。咬緊牙關，切破指頭，於是在三年之後的今天，有了「紅棉」，我亦穿上第一套廚師制服。

葉太姓楊，葉先生是香港 #大班樓 的負責人 #葉一南 。真的，我在香港，實在沒機會下廚。

Hi all, I’m Tanya Chan, the head chef at Red Cotton, also a newcomer to Taiwan from Hong Kong three years ago.

Becoming a chef was nothing but a miracle for me.

As a barrister and lawmaker, I didn’t have the time for cooking back then in Hong Kong. Besides, my bestie living in the same neighbourhood, Mrs. Yip, was incredibly hospitable, always providing me with dinners of three dishes and a bowl of soup. Her husband cooked and I watched, drooling in admiration.

Perhaps I was so well fed that after moving to Taiwan, alone, what I missed most was the flavours of Hong Kong. One day over a phone call with Mrs. Yip, I told her how much I missed their food, and I asked, “what should I do?”. She replied, “you had watched us cooked in kitchen all those years. It’s time for you to cook it yourself.” I was taken aback. Me? I can be a cook? “As long as you are passionate and devoted to food, and willing to work hard, anyone can be a chef.” She replied in smile.

They said I can, so all I could do was to believe. I held my grit, had my fingers covered in cuts, and three years later, Red Cotton is born today and I am wearing my first chef coat.

Mrs. Yip’s maiden name is Yeung. Mr Yip is the owner of The Chairman in Hong Kong, Danny Yip. Really, I didn’t have a chance to cook at all when I was in Hong Kong.

Photo credit：涂霆駿

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