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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
A charcoal grilled steak at Carna. Photo: Gary Jones

How 3 Hong Kong chefs reimagine classic beef dishes

Clan & Company’s Five Flower Tea. Photo: Handout

Drink in Focus: Five Flower Tea at Clan & Company

The blue crab rigatoni at the limited-time Wan Chai pop-up, Marrow. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for July 17-19

Mashed green bean tart and chilled kale juice, representing the green “wood” element of traditional Chinese medicine, at Man Ho Chinese Restaurant in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

How traditional Chinese medicine found its way onto fine-dining and bar menus

Just 3 Minutes from DarkSide’s new menu, Echoes. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for July 17-19

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A Guangdong resident called the police suspecting a death due to a foul odour, but officers found that a neighbour was simply cooking soup with stinky vinegar. Photo: SCMP composite/QQ.com/RedNote
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China neighbour calls police after mistaking ‘stinky fart vinegar’ for rotting corpse

The infamous smelly condiment has earned recognition as an Intangible Cultural Heritage across various regions in Guangdong.

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US$1,100 for 1kg? Hunting the wild mushrooms of Yunnan

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Meet the Chinese-Indonesian baker transforming Mumbai’s bread scene

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Authentic French, ‘divine’ duck: a Frenchman’s Hong Kong food picks

Champagne house Billecart-Salmon’s sales manager, Thibault Casoli, shares where he enjoys fancy French, Italian, Spanish and Cantonese food.

Roasted yellow chicken at French fine-dining restaurant Louise, in Hong Kong’s Central neighbourhood. Thibault Casoli, of French champagne house Billecart-Salmon, shares why he enjoys eating here. Photo: Nicholas Wong Sixteen Photography/courtesy of Louise
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Cantonese home cooking meets fine dining at Melbourne restaurant Dom

Dominic Li takes his memories of home-made food and combines them with his Japanese culinary experience at the progressive restaurant.

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Granola for breakfast but make it Chinese. An American digs deep into her heritage

Cindy Lam’s Umami Granola brand blends Cantonese flavours with an American breakfast staple, offering unique savoury and sweet options.

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New generation of grill masters: why people are joining China’s barbecue academy

China’s first dedicated barbecue school offers its students a sizzling opportunity to become grill masters and entrepreneurs.

A trainee makes barbecue skewers at Yueyang Barbecue Academy in Yueyang, in China’s Hunan province. With China’s economy slowing and well-paying jobs in traditional sectors harder to come by, interest in joining the academy is high. Photo: AFP
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Best things to do in Wuhan, China’s breakfast capital - revealed in a new light

Hubei’s eclectic capital on the Yangtze River is famous for its hearty breakfast food and many lakes. Here’s how to spend a weekend there.

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On the Menu | It’s goodbye to chef Vicky Lau’s Tate Dining Room, but not for long

Hong Kong’s Tate Dining Room, which has closed its Hollywood Road space and will reopen nearby, has felt like a steady presence in the past 14 years.

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Where a Chinese-Japanese architect goes for tapas, noodles, ‘best harbour views’

Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui loves honest food like wonton noodles, fresh seafood and tapas outdoors, and the ambience is just as important to him.

Tapas served at La Rambla. Photo: La Rambla
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China restaurant sparks debate after selling tomato scrambled egg dish for US$75

Shanghai eatery grabs eyeballs on social media after pricing common cooked food item dozens of times above market average.

A Shanghai establishment sparked online controversy by pricing a standard household dish of tomato scrambled eggs at US$75. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
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‘Healthier than butter’ lard is back as chefs celebrate rendered pork fat

After years of people believing that lard is an unhealthy fat, Hong Kong chefs are championing the use of rendered pork fat on their menus.

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Drink in Focus: Broth & Soul at Argo

Argo’s bartender Wesley Lui and Big JJ founder Peter Pang collaborated on a cocktail that captures the essence of hotpot, inspired by comforting tomato and potato soup.

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10 new Hong Kong restaurants and bars to try in July 2026, from Wagyu to focaccia

Two outlets offering prime Japanese beef, an Italian flatbread specialist and a cult Spanish yogurt brand are among new offerings in July.

Sea urchin and Wagyu ichibo tartare, Wagyu beef sushi, and smoked cheek meat with Japanese sauce from Yakiniku Yama Oku in Causeway Bay, one of 10 new restaurants in Hong Kong we recommend trying in July 2026. Photo: Yakiniku Yama Oku
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Gluten-free Chinese food in London? Why coeliac diners will love this dim sum

A London restaurateur, driven by maternal instinct, created a gluten-free dim sum menu, ensuring coeliac diners can enjoy Chinese cuisine.

The gluten-free dim sum selection at London’s Golden Phoenix, where Marina Lai-Lentz is the second-generation owner. Photo: Marina Lai-Lentz
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Once nicknamed ‘har gow’, a French-American shares her favourite eats in Hong Kong

Camille Glass, the French-American co-owner of Brut and Crushed Wines, loves noodles, Hainanese chicken, Myanmese food and har gow, of course.

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How this chef built one of Vancouver’s most authentic Taiwanese restaurants

Despite the authentic Taiwanese flavours at A.Bento, chef and owner Aaron Jian Zhou actually hails from Wenzhou in mainland China.

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How traditional Chinese medicine found its way onto fine-dining and bar menus

At Man Ho Chinese Restaurant, Table by Sandy Keung and Clan & Co, chefs and bartenders are leaning into ancient wisdom and giving TCM a tasty makeover.

Mashed green bean tart and chilled kale juice, representing the green “wood” element of traditional Chinese medicine, at Man Ho Chinese Restaurant in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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Being Chinese | Talking when you eat is bad for you, and other Chinese beliefs

Beyond Confucian restraint and traditional medicine, my family has urgent rules for eating bony fish and steaming hot food.

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Bear’s paw, monkey brain? Not in this US$2,000 Manchu-Han banquet in Hong Kong

Chef who was part of the team behind the 1977 ‘imperial’ feast in Hong Kong is planning a modern interpretation, minus the taboo ingredients.

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Hong Kong’s dai pai dong go upscale indoors. Can they recreate the same magic?

Meet the chefs behind restaurants honouring Hong Kong’s traditional open-air food stalls by serving wok-fried dishes in nostalgic indoor settings.

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Typhoon Shelter Wok‑Fried Lobster (centre) and other dishes on the Hong Kong Sizzle menu at The Lounge. Photo: Four Seasons Hong Kong
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On the Menu | Despite what TCM doctors say, I need cold food and drink this summer

Never mind yin and yang, the unrelenting heat has this writer seeking the coolest food and iciest drinks to keep the sweats at bay.

Lightly poached fish and sugar snap peas with soba and seaweed, an ideal dish for a hot Hong Kong summer. Photo: Charmaine Mok
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Where a beer boss goes in Hong Kong for Indian food, seafood and pizza

Carlsberg Group’s Nathaniel Moxom shares his favourite Hong Kong restaurants, from tandoori to oysters to something ‘unmistakably local’.

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for June 26-28

An eight-hands Chinese feast at Shanghai Plus, lamb-led snacks and cocktails at Kinsman, and a new Smoke & Barrel barbecue joint in Sai Ying Pun.

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Davina Chang on food and community as her Paris cafe Bing Sutt closes

The @thecolordiet content creator moved to Paris and built a thoughtful space serving Hong Kong favourites; she’s since authored a cookbook, A Taste of Hong Kong.

Pineapple bun and egg tart pastries at Davina Chang’s Bing Sutt in Paris. Photo: Handout
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The Hong Kong chef who quit teaching to wow Paris diners with Cantonese food

After studying education, Luke Ng’s love of cooking took him to France, where he tells his story through creative dishes and Instagram videos.

Ng’s take on siu mai is wrapped in golden beetroot slices, topped with trout roe and served with a chicken jus infused with Shaoxing wine. Photo: Calambour
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7 top Hong Kong restaurants offering fine food at bargain prices this summer

If you like to eat well without breaking the bank, these upscale summer menus serving everything from caviar to Wagyu have you covered.

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The winding path of a chef marrying Cantonese and Jiangnan cuisines in Macau

Chef Kevin Zhu blends Cantonese and Jiangnan cuisines at Lakeview Palace in Macau, crafting dishes that reflect his unique culinary journey.

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