Diner’s Diary | Shake Shack, Hong Kong’s ‘best restaurant’ collaborate on burger and shake – a ‘match made in gourmet heaven’

The Chairman, new entry on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, and fast-food chain will offer ‘Cantonese inspired’ limited edition burger and shake in July

Shake Shack culinary director Mark Rosati and Danny Yip, chef-owner of The Chairman, will ‘curate’ the burgers and shakes

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Steamed fresh flower crab with aged Shaoxing wine and fragrant chicken oil from The Chairman, in Kau U Fong, Central. The Cantonese restaurant, a new entry this week at 41st on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, will collaborate on a burger and shake with American fast-food chain Shake Shack. Photo: Felix Wong

Published: 1:33pm, 27 Jun 2019Updated: 1:51pm, 27 Jun 2019

The Chairman, the first Chinese cuisine restaurant in Hong Kong to crack the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, is to collaborate with fast-food chain Shake Shack on a limited edition burger and shake in July.

The restaurant in Central, renowned for its steamed flower crab dish, entered the World’s 50 Best list in 41st place, it was announced this week in a ceremony at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. It is the only Hong Kong restaurant to make the list.

“We could not be more excited to craft you the Cantonese-inspired The Chairman Shack and The Chairman Shake at the ifc Shack [in IFC Mall in Central],” the fast-food chain said on Thursday.

Shake Shack culinary director Mark Rosati and Danny Yip, chef-owner of The Chairman, will “curate” the burgers and shakes, which they promise will be “the match made in gourmet heaven”.

We’ll bring you more on this after a taste test on July 10. Stay tuned.

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Diner’s Diary | Shake Shack, Hong Kong’s ‘best restaurant’ collaborate on burger and shake – a ‘match made in gourmet heaven’