🥢 Innovative Hakka cuisine : Renewing the Tradition 🥢 When it comes to Hakka food, most think of pickled vegetables, meat with rice, buns, and kueh. For Hakkas, food plays an integral part in their culture, as they believe that if you don’t eat, you won't have the energy to work. With limited access to obtaining certain ingredients within their living areas, Hakkas use rice wine, ginger, garlic, and salt to preserve and flavor the food. As their work requires energy, salt is usually added to t