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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword. Here’s how Hong Kong’s fine dining is improving its green policies: from Amber at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental and Michelin-starred Mono to Vicky Lau’s Mora, Roganic and the Marriott group. Photo: Ting Lung Heen

How Hong Kong’s fine dining scene is getting greener – at last

The staff of Socio at the the 100 Top Tables Tables 2025 Unveiling Ceremony and Awards. Photo: Jordan Chan

Celebrating 100 Top Tables’ top restaurants and bars in Hong Kong and Macau

Bar Leone co-founder Lorenzo Antinori. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Why neighbourhood bars in Hong Kong are gaining popularity

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Fig Leaf Negroni at Bar Leone. Photo: Handout
Best bars in Hong Kong

On the Menu | Hong Kong hosting World’s 50 Best Bars is proof its drinks scene’s on the up

Hot new bar Montana will open ahead of the awards, while Macau’s bar scene is also looking rosy at it prepares to host Asia’s 50 Best Bars.

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Dish in Focus: Barbecue pluma Iberico char siu at Hong Kong’s Mott 32

Hong Kong

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, April 13-19

100 Top Tables

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 17-19

If you’re not away this weekend, you’re in luck – The Cocktail Club, Wing Lei Bar and Bar Long Fong are all paying a visit.

Mark Lloyd, head mixologist at Macau’s Wing Lei Bar, is at Hong Kong’s Honky Tonks Tavern on April 17. Photo: Handout
Veganism and vegetarianism

‘Phenomenal’ vegetarian food, ‘fantastic’ Peking duck in Hong Kong

Silver Spoon Restaurants’ Harshil Bhasin reveals his favourite Japanese and Chinese vegetarian joints and others in Hong Kong.

100 Top Tables

Your Hong Kong food guide for Easter weekend: April 18-21

Enjoy an Italian Easter celebration, embrace Hong Kong’s pistachio obsession, indulge in a classic Sunday lunch and top it all off with berry baked goods.

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Artificial intelligence

New machine makes judging tuna quality for sushi and sashimi safer and easier

The Sonofai machine, based on Fujitsu’s AI technology, makes judging the quality of tuna for sushi and sashimi quicker, safer and easier.

A knife cuts into fatty tuna in Tokyo. Photo: AP
Wine and Spirits

Brewing sake in space? Maker aims for small step towards moon-based brewery

Asahi Shuzo wants to become the first off-world sake maker, with plans to brew aboard the International Space Station, and then the moon.

Easter

6 signature egg dishes worth celebrating with in Hong Kong this Easter

From carbonara to coddled eggs, we highlight 6 ‘egg-cellent’ must-try creations that go beyond the traditional Easter fare.

Malaysia

Malaysian durian farmers prickly over claims of encroachment on state land

The confrontation came to a head when a lawmaker was arrested for preventing the felling of trees in a key durian-growing state.

Visitors buy Malaysian durians in Nanning, south China. Photo: Xinhua
Tourism

10 great spots in Australia’s Top End for food, drink and nature

From a MasterChef Australia star’s restaurant to cruises in Kakadu National Park, an expert on the Northern Territory’s Top End shares tips.

Jim Jim Falls, Kakadu National Park’s biggest waterfall. Photo: Kylie Knott
Coffee

Physicists discover how to make a stronger coffee using less coffee grounds

Researchers in the US reveal how the way you pour hot water, and with what sort of kettle, affects flavour when making pour-over coffee.

Hong Kong dining & recommendations

They changed the Hong Kong food scene. Can Yardbird’s founders do it again?

Ahead of their first restaurant opening in 12 years, owners Lindsay Jang and Matt Abergel talk restaurant design, team dynamics and the evolution of their vision.

Philanthropy

The Hong Kong eggs chefs are using to ‘create a more inclusive society’

Hong Kong charity Rén’s new scheme sees locally sourced eggs being used in delicious dishes while helping those with disabilities find work.

Ratatouille at CulinArt 1862. Photo: Dickson Lee
US-China trade war

How will Hong Kong restaurants and bars react to huge tariffs on US goods?

With US$1.7 billion of US food and agricultural exports to Hong Kong in 2023, restaurant and bar owners give their reactions to new tariffs.

Hong Kong imported US$415 million of beef and beef products from the US in 2023. Photo: Rosewood Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, April 13-19

Discover Hong Kong-born indie songstress Joya’s new EP, a toy fest at PMQ, Easter treats and non-alcoholic cocktails at Mostly Harmless.

Fashion

What your choice of water bottle says about your personality and needs

With features like self-cleaning tech and personalised designs, there is a water bottle out there for everyone, from Owala to Hydro Flask.

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Thailand

A meal at Gaggan in Bangkok, where you still lick the plate clean

Chef Gaggan Anand continues his quest to present diners with the unexpected, including ‘rat brains’ and radioactive mayonnaise.

The licking dish at Gaggan at Louis Vuitton, in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Lisa Cam
United States

In New York, trade in restaurant reservations faces a crackdown

New York’s hottest tables may finally be free again with a law banning the resale of reservations. Insiders say why it will or will not work.

Singapore

Singapore’s flavour face-off: mainland Chinese cuisine vs local food culture

The rise of Chinese food brands in Singapore and their impact on local cuisine has sparked debates on cultural preservation and coexistence.

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Germany

Why white asparagus is such an underground success in Germany

Thicker than the green version, and with a more subtle taste, white asparagus is a traditional springtime favourite of cooks in Germany.

White asparagus is a spring favourite in Germany, and its delicate flavour is the result of it being grown underground. Photo: EPA-EFE
Wine and Spirits

Hong Kong bar sees ‘amazing opportunity’ in pivot to mocktails

Mostly Harmless in Sai Ying Pun, 45th on Asia’s 50 Best Bars list in 2024, no longer sells alcoholic cocktails. Owner Ezra Star explains why.

One alcohol-free drink on Mostly Harmless’ new menu is the “agave & tomato”. Photo: Mostly Harmless/The Foundry Asia
Hong Kong

This week in PostMag: Yardbird founders’ new concept and Wong Fei-hung

Matt Abergel and Lindsay Jang have opened Always Joy, an intimate izakaya, while Lala Curio is showing its wallpaper collection at The Peninsula.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, April 11-13

Quaff some Pharrell Williams champagne, learn how to care better for your dog, revisit an iconic Hong Kong movie and more this weekend.

Allspice and how cooks use it, including a recipe for hot cross buns

One of the spices that goes into jerk seasoning in Jamaica, allspice is employed in Europe to make spiced breads such as gingerbread.

Allspice, the fruit of a type of myrtle shrub, is widely used in Jamaica in the Caribbean, where it goes into jerk seasoning for meat, and by bakers in Europe. It is an essential ingredient of hot cross buns, traditionally baked on Good Friday. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong

Need a caffeine fix? Try the Coffee HK x Tokyo Coffee Festival

Hong Kong’s debut nod to your beloved cup of Joe will leave you full of beans next weekend.

The Coffee HK x Tokyo Coffee Festival is Hong Kong’s largest outdoor coffee festival to date. Photo: Handout
100 Top Tables

Drink in Focus: Earl Grey Caviar Martini at Quinary

The multisensory cocktail, created almost 13 years ago, revolutionised Hong Kong’s bar scene with its unique blend of flavours and visual appeal.

France

How legendary French chef Paul Bocuse’s legacy lives on in Lyon

The late ‘pope of gastronomy’, whose Restaurant Paul Bocuse held three Michelin stars for 55 years, can still be felt throughout Lyon.

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