Hong Kong Steak

When my mother moved to Hong Kong to be married to my father through the services of a matchmaker, she was thrust into a new life in a cosmopolitan city with someone she had literally just met, not to mention a mother-in-law who tagged along for the ride. Living in their new apartment, my mother threw herself into cooking, coming up with dishes she hoped her new husband and mother-in-law would approve of. She told me she’d serve Hong Kong Steak to the unexpected dinner guests my father woul