High Life

HIGH LIFE 39 Likewise, The Grey Green offers a signature dessert called Malmory made by Macau’s ROCCA Pâtisserie, combining a distinctly French product madewith traditional Chinesemaltose. ThenameMalmorycomes froma mix ofmaltose andmemory, implying Hong’s feelings towards Macau. “I don’t just want to be a retailer – I want to share my thinking and feelings honestly. I want a shop with a connection to the city,” Hong says. “And I want to bring the old Macau I like somehow back, the one not too big, very quiet and where the people are close to each other. “I felt it started to slowly affect some people when I told them what I think. When I was young, I was full of ambitions to do something big to change the city, but now I’m aware that all I can do is make the best of myself. Then when some people see you and agree with what you’re doing, they’ll join you. “What we’re doing now is a bit of a risk because noone has ever done this before. But I feel it is meaningful. Therefore, I will keep doing what I think is right and give it my best.”