Cai Lan was born in Singapore and graduated from a Japanese university. China film producer, gourmet, columnist and host. Together with Jin Yong, Huang Jingsheng and Ni Kuang, they are also called "four great talents in Hong Kong".

65438-0963 came to Hongkong, China from Singapore, and worked as a filmmaker in Shaw, Jiahe and other largest studios in Southeast Asia for a long time. From 65438 to 0980, Cai Lan began to write, mainly about food classics and travel notes. He first wrote columns in Oriental Daily and Ming Pao.

From 65438 to 0989, he co-hosted the Asian TV talk show "Nobody Defends Tonight" with David Henry Hwang and Ni Kuang, which set a record for the viewing of Hong Kong TV programs in the same period. China's food documentary "China on the Tip of the Tongue" invited Cai Lan to be the general consultant of the program. In July 2022, Cai Lan received an honorary doctorate from Macau University of Science and Technology.

The origin of Cai Lan, the god of food;

There is a detail in Jin Yong's novels: In order to win over Hong Qigong, Huang Rong specially made him a "24 Bridges on a Moonlight Night", that is, tofu was stuffed into ham with internal strength and then cooked. Cai Lan wants to cook this dish.

So, Cai Lan thought of a way, bought a whole ham, cut off 1/3, punched 24 holes with an electric drill, put tofu in it, covered the ham with 1/3 and cooked it for 8 hours. Carefully remove the tofu. At this time, tofu has absorbed the essence of Jinhua ham, and ham can be thrown away and eaten only with tofu.

Cai Lan is very serious about eating. He loved food all his life and was nicknamed "God of Food".