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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Shenzhen, as seen from MO Bar at the Mandarin Oriental Shenzhen. Photo: Handout

Inside Shenzhen’s evolving culinary scene

Socio’s collaboration with Avallen yields three drinks, all called the Apple, but with different flavour profiles. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 4-6

The Bamboo is one of Bar Anima’s signature cocktails. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Drink in Focus: Bamboo at Bar Anima

Pâté en croûte i caille at Terrace Boulud in Hong Kong. Photos: Jocelyn Tam

Dish in Focus: Pâté en croûte i caille at Terrace Boulud

Don Pedro is a new 35-seat candlelit steakhouse and wine bar in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 29-31

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Illustration: Brian Wang
US-China relations

How Chinese drink chains are testing the limits of soft power

New tea and coffee brands from China are winning customers across America, but their broader influence remains unclear.

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Food and Drinks

Prawn toast as a Scotch egg? How UK chefs are reinventing a Cantonese classic

Food and Drinks

15 new Hong Kong restaurants to try in June 2026, from pizza to ramen

Food and Drinks

This legendary Chinese snake soup was all but lost. How 2 chefs are reviving it

Once the centrepiece of political and business gatherings, Taishi five-snake soup is making a return in a form more suited to the modern era.

A complex soup of wu yu dan, or cuttlefish “roe”, created by chefs Li Chi-wai and Dong Zhenxiang that harkens back to the legendary Taishi five-snake soup that Dong once tried. Photo: Rosewood Hong Kong
Trending in China

How tofu evolved from a chance find to one of China’s most prized culinary symbols

Ancient alchemists who stumbled across soybean curd while searching for an elixir of life created a foodstuff which has global appeal today.

Trending in China

China barbecue chain refunds diners US$162,000 for ‘not properly grilled’ food

Lamb skewer eatery says cooking glitch caused by new grilling equipment; offers money back deal despite getting no complaints from diners.

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Food and Drinks

Where to go for ‘real’ Italian, ‘funky’ Japanese in Hong Kong? This CEO knows

Pak-man Lee of Hong Kong design shop Nuovo shares where he enjoys Japanese bites, real Italian dishes and Thai food on the beach.

Mackerel sushi at Tomokazu Japanese Restaurant in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai neighbourhood, one of Nuovo CEO and creative director Pak-man Lee’s favourite places to eat in Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP
Food and Drinks

95-year-old dim sum chef launches menu of forgotten items in Hong Kong

Foo Shing looks back on an astonishing life as he opens up about items featured in Tim Ho Wan’s nostalgic dim sum series.

Books and literature

Hong Kong author Kit Fan on ‘reverse migration’, identity and his new novel

The UK-based writer, whose Goodbye Chinatown follows a food-centric family between Hong Kong and London, talks about how places change people.

Food and Drinks

A Vietnamese-American’s quest to make the perfect Peking duck

Radiologist Hong Pham’s dedication to making roast duck has seen him start his own catering business and even cook the bird at weddings.

Vietnamese-American radiologist and cooking enthusiast Hong Pham pulls a Peking duck from the roaster in his back garden in Los Angeles. Photo: The Theodors Photography
Food and Drinks

Inside Shenzhen’s evolving culinary scene

Once infamous as a hub for counterfeit goods and cheap spa treatments, China’s Silicon Valley has matured into a gastronomic destination.

Shenzhen, as seen from MO Bar at the Mandarin Oriental Shenzhen. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

The Hong Kong chefs serving up East-West fusion food without the stigma

We meet three Hong Kong restaurant pioneers who are elevating the maligned food trend by serving French and Nordic dishes with Asian accents.

Food and Drinks

The story of Snow Garden, Hong Kong restaurant loved by the rich and famous

Frequented by people such as Run Run Shaw, Jet Li’s wife Nina Li Chi and Macau’s Stanley Ho, Snow Garden continues to delight Hongkongers.

Food and Drinks

A food critic’s top Hong Kong restaurants for sushi, Cantonese and Chiu Chow

Entertainment journalist Eileen Cha, who grew up on Cantonese and Hunanese food, says she has a split personality palate.

Ho Ho Chak, which means “delicious” in the Teochew dialect, is a popular Chiu Chow restaurant in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui district.
Trending in China

Jensen Huang’s China noodle shop visit prompts launch of ‘leather jacket’ set meal

Nvidia boss wolfs down signature noodle dish as crowds throng eatery; stops short of finishing cup of popular but ‘pungent’ fermented soy drink.

Jensen Huang’s recent visit to a spicy noodle shop in Beijing has prompted the eatery to launch a unique ‘leather jacket’ set meal. Photo: Weibo
Food and Drinks

Meet the Hong Kong chefs doing Japanese food with a Cantonese twist

For generations, local diners expected Cantonese chefs to play supporting roles to a Japanese head chef – but now that is changing.

2026 Xi-Trump summit

Video | Executive chef offers insight into Xi-Trump banquet

The state banquet menu blended Chinese cuisine and Western favourites, with a nod to the US president’s personal tastes.

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Food and Drinks

3 young chefs helping to define Shenzhen’s new fine dining wave

The city is known for cheap weekend eats, but a new contingent of young chefs is now burnishing its reputation for fine dining too.

Culinary creativity at Fumée in Shenzhen. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

What to eat in China’s Chengdu, from fiery hotpot to the original mapo tofu

A reflection of Sichuan’s diverse flavours and culinary heritage, Chengdu’s food and drinks scene rewards the adventurous.

Food and Drinks

Japanese, Korean, Chinese: a guitarist-restaurateur’s top Hong Kong eats

Joey Pui, executive manager of Pak Loh Chiu Chow Restaurant and guitarist for Zarahn, reveals his picks for lunch and drinks in Hong Kong.

Food and Drinks

Hong Kong’s Big JJ Seafood Hotpot gets fancy in new Central location

Founder Peter Pang talks about how he is not following any traditional formulas as he pushes his brand beyond its expected target customers.

Peter Pang at Big JJ Seafood Hotpot at its new location at Landmark Prince’s in Central, Hong Kong. The original venue’s neon sign (pictured) now lives on the ceiling of the new location. Photo: Edmond So
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 15-18

Craving a culinary adventure this weekend? Indulge in a 20-inch banh mi, a Shanghai-Huaiyang brunch, an award-winning pizza and a rare French feast.

Jean-Pierre restaurant in Hong Kong has a two-night collaboration with Sydney’s Porcine. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

‘Liquid yin and yang’? How Hong Kong bartenders work with Chinese chefs

Leading mixologists from Duddell’s, Vea and Mott 32 share their tips on curating ideal flavour pairings between cocktails and courses.

Asia travel

Best things to do in China’s Nanjing, from food and architecture to history

Planning a weekend in Nanjing? Here’s an itinerary to consider for visiting the bustling metropolis in eastern China.

Food and Drinks

Mouthing Off | Nobody can cook seafood like the Chinese. It sounds conceited, but it’s true

After watching Rick Stein overcook a crab on his travel show, Andrew Sun argues why Chinese – specifically Cantonese – seafood is best.

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Typhoon shelter crab at Bamboo Village restaurant in Hong Kong. Overcooking seafood is common, but Chinese methods, like stir-frying and steaming, preserve delicate flavours. Photo: Kylie Knott
Food and Drinks

Russian cabaret director’s top Hong Kong restaurants for sushi, noodles, dim sum

Maria Mayorova shares her favourite Hong Kong spots for Chinese, Japanese and Lebanese dishes, and for seafood in Guangzhou.

Maria Mayorova is the creative director for the cabaret spectacle Becoming Her at Maggie Choo’s in Hong Kong’s Central district. Photo: Maria Mayorova
Food and Drinks

13 new Hong Kong restaurants and bars to try in May 2026, from steak to fondue

New openings include a steakhouse with an Asian-inspired twist, a modern Indian chophouse and a creative omakase spot.

Food and Drinks

Asian-American mother challenges tough Chinese traditions for new mums

Clarissa Wei’s cookbook ‘Sitting the Month’ puts a modern spin on the traditional Chinese foods typically given to post-partum mothers.

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