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Yeung Koon-yat, Hong Kong restaurateur and ‘Abalone King’, dies aged 90

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Chef Yeung Koon-yat photographed for an interview. Photo: Dickson Lee
Celebrated chef Yeung Koon-yat in his restaurant in Causeway Bay. Photo: Antony Dickson
Chef Yeung Koon-yat enjoys a bowl of shark fin soup. Photo: SCMP
Chef Yeung Koon-yat poses with uncooked abalone. Photo: Getty Images
Uncooked abalones on display at chef Yeung Koon-yat’s Forum Restaurant. Photo: Getty Images
Chef Yeung Koon-yat shows off his restaurant’s best dishes. Photo: SCMP
Chef Yeung Koon-yat shows off his restaurant’s best dishes. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong’s chef Yeung Koon-yat cooks abalone in the kitchen of his restaurant. Photo: Getty Images
One of chef Yeung Koon-yat’s abalone dishes on display. Photo: Handout
The first Forum restaurant, photographed in 1977. Photo: Photo: SCMP
Daniel Jean Pierre Martin, Yeung Koon-yat and Okuyama Masamichi demonstrate their skills for a fundraising feast. Photo: David Wong
Chef Yeung Koon-yat shows off his trophy after winning the World Master of Culinary Arts on May 21, 2002. Photo: Garrige Ho
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Chef Yeung Koon-yat photographed for an interview. Photo: Dickson LeeChef Yeung Koon-yat photographed for an interview. Photo: Dickson Lee
August 1, 2023
Today in Photos

Yeung Koon-yat, Hong Kong restaurateur and ‘Abalone King’, dies aged 90

Hong Kong restaurateur Yeung Koon-yat, dubbed the ‘Abalone King’ and who once cooked for Deng...

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Chef Yeung Koon-yat photographed for an interview. Photo: Dickson Lee
Celebrated chef Yeung Koon-yat in his restaurant in Causeway Bay. Photo: Antony Dickson
Chef Yeung Koon-yat enjoys a bowl of shark fin soup. Photo: SCMP
Chef Yeung Koon-yat poses with uncooked abalone. Photo: Getty Images
Uncooked abalones on display at chef Yeung Koon-yat’s Forum Restaurant. Photo: Getty Images
Chef Yeung Koon-yat shows off his restaurant’s best dishes. Photo: SCMP
Chef Yeung Koon-yat shows off his restaurant’s best dishes. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong’s chef Yeung Koon-yat cooks abalone in the kitchen of his restaurant. Photo: Getty Images
One of chef Yeung Koon-yat’s abalone dishes on display. Photo: Handout
The first Forum restaurant, photographed in 1977. Photo: Photo: SCMP
Daniel Jean Pierre Martin, Yeung Koon-yat and Okuyama Masamichi demonstrate their skills for a fundraising feast. Photo: David Wong
Chef Yeung Koon-yat shows off his trophy after winning the World Master of Culinary Arts on May 21, 2002. Photo: Garrige Ho
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Chef Yeung Koon-yat photographed for an interview. Photo: Dickson Lee
Celebrated chef Yeung Koon-yat in his restaurant in Causeway Bay. Photo: Antony Dickson
Chef Yeung Koon-yat enjoys a bowl of shark fin soup. Photo: SCMP
Chef Yeung Koon-yat poses with uncooked abalone. Photo: Getty Images
Uncooked abalones on display at chef Yeung Koon-yat’s Forum Restaurant. Photo: Getty Images
Chef Yeung Koon-yat shows off his restaurant’s best dishes. Photo: SCMP
Chef Yeung Koon-yat shows off his restaurant’s best dishes. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong’s chef Yeung Koon-yat cooks abalone in the kitchen of his restaurant. Photo: Getty Images
One of chef Yeung Koon-yat’s abalone dishes on display. Photo: Handout
The first Forum restaurant, photographed in 1977. Photo: Photo: SCMP
Daniel Jean Pierre Martin, Yeung Koon-yat and Okuyama Masamichi demonstrate their skills for a fundraising feast. Photo: David Wong
Chef Yeung Koon-yat shows off his trophy after winning the World Master of Culinary Arts on May 21, 2002. Photo: Garrige Ho
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