When the Australian Michelle Garnaut first set foot in Hong Kong in 1984 she loathed the city. Garnaut, then in her mid-twenties, had just spent three months travelling around Thailand. She was young and hungry for adventure. But compared with the pristine beaches of her previous travels, Hong Kong felt overcrowded and chaotic. Most deplorable for the foodie was the lack of good independent dining. “It was a desert!” says Garnaut, referring to the nascent food scene.
當(dāng)澳洲人米歇爾?加諾特(Michelle Garnaut)于1984年第一次踏足香港時(shí)，異常反感這座城市。當(dāng)時(shí)她只有20來(lái)歲，剛剛花了三個(gè)月時(shí)間周游泰國(guó)，年紀(jì)輕輕的她酷愛(ài)冒險(xiǎn)。但與泰國(guó)原生態(tài)的海灘相比，香港顯得擁擠又嘈雜。讓這位美食家感覺(jué)最不爽的是香港沒(méi)有上檔次的獨(dú)立餐廳。“當(dāng)時(shí)的香港簡(jiǎn)直就是美食荒漠！”加諾特說(shuō)，她所指的是香港不盡如人意的餐飲業(yè)。