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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
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

Folk Medicine from Kinsman in Hong Kong, made with Two Moons’ new Ginger Gin. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for July 3-5

Broth & Soul cocktail at Argo in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Drink in Focus: Broth & Soul at Argo

The Orient Steakhouse at Harbour City, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for July 3-5

Even the most delicious meals, such as this one at La Terrace at Louise, can occasionally be marred by rude or entitled guests, Hong Kong’s F&B professionals share. Photo: Nicholas Wong Sixteen Photography

Word on the StrEAT: the F&B scene’s pet peeves about customers

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Broth & Soul cocktail at Argo in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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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

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Gluten-free Chinese food in London? Why coeliac diners will love this dim sum

Food and Drinks

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.

French-American restaurateur Camille Glass moved to Hong Kong in 2012 and earned the nickname har gow after her love for the steamed shrimp dumplings. Photo: Camille Glass
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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.

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Chinese culture

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.

A family carries on eating during a flood in Liling, Hunan province. Photo: AFP
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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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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’.

Nathaniel Moxom, managing director for Hong Kong & Taiwan at Carlsberg Group, shares his favourite Hong Kong restaurants. Photo: Nathaniel Moxom
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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.

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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.

Crab shell stuffed with crabmeat from Ming Court in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The restaurant has launched a new HK$788 daily set menu, put together by award-winning chef Tsang Chiu-king. Photo: Ming Court Wan Chai
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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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Think matcha is Japanese? Think again, says this Hong Kong tea brand

Hong Kong bar owner Gavin Yeung founded matcha brand Celadon after being ‘floored’ by its long history in China before reaching Japan.

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Where a French-Canadian CEO goes in Hong Kong for dumplings, seafood and more

Camden CEO Mathieu Bedard shares his favourite Hong Kong restaurants and bars, from a fried chicken spot to a ‘true’ dai pai dong.

The signature pan-fried buns from Cheung Hing Kee Shanghai Pan-fried Buns. Photo: Instagram/eatwhere.hk
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7 special Father’s Day 2026 lunches, dinners and more in Hong Kong

From huge steaks and chocolate cigars to the chance to win a suit worth HK$8,800 for your dad, celebrate Father’s Day in style this year.

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Your Hong Kong food guide for Father’s Day weekend, June 19-21

Fill the upcoming long weekend with Jija’s afternoon tea, a four-hands steak dinner at Carna by Dario Cecchini, and a Father’s Day brunch at LPM.

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An American pastry chef reinvents the hotpot with immigrant-inspired twists

Inspired by her cross-cultural upbringing, Natasha Pickowicz breaks traditional hotpot rules to blend regional Chinese styles with new ingredients.

Natasha Pickowicz views East Asian hotpot as “both a meal and a celebration”. Photo: Alex Lau
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7 top places for sticky rice dumplings in Hong Kong for the Dragon Boat Festival

These hotel restaurants are offering a range of traditional and modern ‘zongzi’ for the Dragon Boat Festival on June 19.

Truffle dumplings with Yunnan ham, conpoy and abalone from Above & Beyond. The restaurant at Hotel Icon is among the various Hong Kong hotel restaurants offering zongzi, or sticky rice dumplings, to celebrate the 2026 Dragon Boat Festival. Photo: Hotel Icon
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What are alkaline rice dumplings, the Dragon Boat Festival sweet treat?

Alkaline rice dumplings, traditionally eaten during the Dragon Boat or Tuen Ng Festival, boast a rich history that dates back to ancient times.

Asia travel

Best things to do in Wuxi, China’s lakeside city of gardens and sweet cuisine

Nestled on China’s Lake Taihu, Wuxi, with its industrial heritage, serene gardens, temples and decadent cuisine, is great for a weekend trip.

Food and Drinks

Where to go for delicious steak and Italian in Hong Kong? Omakase chef reveals

Zinc Leung, chef-owner of Sushi Zinc in Hong Kong, shares his favourite restaurants for steak, Italian, roast goose, seafood and more.

A classic surf-and-turf meal at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Admiralty. The steakhouse is one of the favourite Hong Kong restaurants of Zinc Leung, chef-owner of omakase restaurant Sushi Zinc. Photo: Instagram/@ruthschrishk
Food and Drinks

The magic of mushrooms, from foraging to fine dining

Taschen’s coffee-table book The Gourmand’s Mushroom looks at how fungi are portrayed in art, literature and music, and explores the health benefits of various species.

Alice Schillaci’s Untitled (2018). Photos: The Gourmand’s Mushroom, published by Taschen
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Chinese photographers serve a visual feast at World Food Photography Awards 2026

Hotpot feasts, communal banquets and street food scenes were the highlights from Chinese photographers during this year’s competition.

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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