In Chapter 6 of Crazy Rich Asians, the Chengs are meeting for a family lunch, as they do every week, at the Chinese Athletic Association. The CAA is described as a very exclusive private club in Hong Kong. According to Wikipedia, I am not sure which athletic association that the book refers to, but there are several old, exclusive, membership only athletic clubs in Hong Kong. Membership to these exclusive clubs provide well to do families invaluable contacts and prestige as well as dining, athletic facilities, and activities. For example, the Aberdeen Marina Club individual membership fee is HK $3.5 million as of 2014.

The gambling tycoon, Stanley Lo, is said to be president. Stanley Lo might be Stanley Ho. The Wikipedia article on Stanley Ho indicates that he is known as “the king of gambling” since he had a monopoly over the gambling industry in Macau, with a net worth of $2 billion.

The patriarch of the family, Dr. Malcolm Cheng, arrives in his chauffeured, Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit. The Silver Spirit was produced by Rolls Royce from 1980 to 1999 as a full size luxury car.

If you love cars and are curious about more, here is a list of books about the Silver Spirit available on Amazon. Or, if you are really a crazy, rich Rolls Royce fanatic, you can buy your own Silver Spirit on eBay for up to $350,000!

Their youngest son, Alistair, graduated from Sydney University.

Eddie, the oldest, had attended Cambridge Judge Business School. This is the prestigious and highly rated business school at Cambridge University.

Eddie wants to fly to the Khoo wedding in Singapore on his friend’s jet, a Bombardier Global Express, which boasts a real Matisse in the cabin. The Bombardier is a large, long range business jet which sell new for $50 to $60 million. Or, you can buy a used on at AVBuyer.

And now, the fun stuff: food in Crazy Rich Asians.

The food at the athletic club was described to be delicious, and Cecilia eats a roast-pork bun. Pork buns are delicious buns filled with barbecue pork. You can find several recipes on AllRecipes.com.cheong fun shrimp recipe

And Eddie quickly ate rolls of shrimp cheong fun, which are rice noodle rolls stuffed with dried shrimp. There are many recipes online, such as this.