🐉 Join us to celebrate the Year of the Dragon and learn more about the local snacks! 🍬 

It’s the Year of the Dragon! Let’s enjoy a delightful journey of cultural diversity and team building by making the Dragon’s Beard Candy together. In this workshop, you will learn about the culture of traditional snack and the skill of crafting the snack, while having fun with colleagues from different schools/departments/offices.  The version of Dragon’s Beard Candy in the workshop we are going to make includes a mix of Western and Asian ingredients, symbolizing an East-meets-West culture in our community. 

Date: 26 February 2024 (Monday) 

Time: 12:30 to 2:00 pm 

Target audience: HKUST staff 

Quota: 20 participants (on a first-come, first-served basis) 

Language: Cantonese (with English interpretation if required) 

Fun facts about Dragon’s Beard Candy (龍鬚糖) 

First invented by a chef in the Imperial Court during Chinese's Han Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), the confection was an invention for entertainment for the Emperor at the time.  It soon became a food of the elite class after its introduction because of the complex skill required for the candy pulling process. 

The traditional snack is usually made of sugar, peanuts, shredded coconut, sesame, malt syrup, and glutinous rice flour. The crafting art of the snack has become one of the street snacks and traditional Chinese sweets nowadays. 

Registration   

The registration is full.
 

Enquiry   

Email: deoc@ust.hk   
Phone: 2358 6153