Sebastien Lai

Yeah.

I mean, a lot of his favorite places were restaurants.

You always go to these, like, wonderful Cantonese places, you know, with the dim sums, with the steamed fish.

Very...

local very you know almost traditional but very simple dishes and and i think going back to to the first day he arrived he has kind of this and even back to the chocolate story he has this relationship with food that gave him you know it was one of those things that gave him a lot of joy in life i mean not only was it absolutely delicious but for me it was that contrast what do you mean i think um

You know, obviously people know how Hong Kong looks like, you know, these massive man-made skyscrapers that threaten to touch the sky.

And so you could have this massive metropolis, but still have these kind of hole-in-the-wall type of place.

And as a kid, that's kind of the moment where you kind of see the eastern influence of the place.

Hong Kong is a city that's steeped in Chinese culture.

but then also had Western values.

Free press, freedom of expression.

We had a very strong rule of law.

You know, it was one of the freest cities in that part of the world.

You know, growing up, you kind of, you very much realized that.

In fact, I still remember when Dad started his newspaper.

And I remember going to the printing presses with him.

And, um,

you would hear the machines that were nonstop.

And you'd go up railings to see the machines from up top.

And I think I must have been eight or nine.