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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Auspicious symbolism is thoughtfully woven throughout The Eight dining room.

Cantonese cuisine gets a contemporary makeover at The Eight in the Grand Lisboa Macau

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Chefs have different ways of preparing and ensuring everything is in place before service starts. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Word on the StrEAT: 6 Hong Kong chefs share their pre-service rituals

Ninetta’s orange carpaccio combines fruit with fish, vinegar with citrus and chilli with dill. Photo: Nicholas Wong

Oranges and anchovies? Ninetta’s unlikely pairing tells the story of Sicily

Touk provides a slice of Cambodia in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Photo: @toukyvr/Instagram

Unsung Eats: 5 best places to eat in Vancouver

Bar Sepia is a new listening bar in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 19-21

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Justin Yang, executive chef at Quan, is pictured at the new contemporary Chinese restaurant in Central, Hong Kong on August 14, 2026. Photo: Sun Yeung
Chinese cuisine

Michelin and Black Pearl young chef awardee opens restaurant in Hong Kong

The Divine Dish star Justin Yang blends his Fujianese heritage with modern flair at Quan, a contemporary Chinese restaurant in Central.

Thailand

Bites to bytes: Thai street food app feeds into hunger for authenticity

Wellness

Milk vs plant-based alternatives: 7 claims put to the test

Asian Cuisine

Is Japan’s Marugame Udon biting off more than it can chew with US noodle push?

The restaurant that specialises in thick, chewy udon noodles is taking on a ‘very challenging’ US market far more familiar with ramen.

A bowl of udon noodle soup at Marugame Udon in San Ramon, California. The Japanese restaurant chain is looking to grow its number of locations in the US. Photo: Gado via Getty Images
Luxury Hotels

Review | Discover the ultimate family escape at Raffles Bali

Bespoke experiences, including a personal butler, combined with Balinese wellness, luxury dining and stunning ocean views, await discerning travellers.

China consumption

Chinese durian lovers rejoice as better logistics send prices lower

Improved cold-chain transport links are making durians cheaper in the world’s biggest market for the pungent tropical fruit.

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Japan

No kettle needed: Japan’s cold-water cup noodles fly off the shelves

Nissin’s new product sold out in a week as social media buzz and severe summer heatwaves drive demand across the region.

Nissin Foods, the company that invented instant noodles, has launched a new product: cup noodles made with cold water. Photo: Nissin
New Openings

Hong Kong’s hottest new openings, from Korean hotspot Yusang to the Song dynasty-inspired Canto Jade

Discover Hong Kong’s freshest F&B openings: shared plates of Korean delicacies at Yusang, Canto Jade’s rolling out of dim sum trolleys, grab-and-go food at bottle shop-cum-wine bar General Provisions by Alfred’s and Harbour City’s Food Atlas food court.

Music

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, August 21-23

Enjoy live music, karaoke and barbecue, a festival of sports, a Chinese animated film and Ukrainian Culture Day this weekend in Hong Kong.

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Malaysia

Why Xiengni Zhou swapped investment banking for Mama Yu chilli oil

Zhou thought she’d be an ‘investment banking queen’ – instead, she found herself quitting KPMG to run Mama Yu, partnering with the BBC and Ford.

Mama Yu’s curry chilli oil – the UK-based brand was founded by Xiengni Zhou and her mum, Jolene Yu. Photo: Handout
Dish in Focus

Oranges and anchovies? Ninetta’s unlikely pairing tells the story of Sicily

Chef Marco Xodo brings a refreshing Sicilian-inspired winter salad to Hong Kong’s sweltering summers – with a Venetian twist.

Ninetta’s orange carpaccio combines fruit with fish, vinegar with citrus and chilli with dill. Photo: Nicholas Wong
Hong Kong

Canned fish dessert, anyone? A Hong Kong food staple is having a gourmet moment

From the US to Europe, these innovators are taking humble Chinese ingredient dau si leng yu – fried dace with black beans – beyond the tin.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s pop-up scene: a fleeting feast or a future trend?

Culinary pop-ups have become ubiquitous in Hong Kong and it’s a trend driven by more than just the city’s exorbitantly high rents.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | The Dating Menu: a drifter chef looks to connect in wistful romantic drama

Lo Chun-yip plays a chef who tries out a dating app and cooks for four very different women as he tries to get over a previous relationship.

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Lo Chun-yip (left) and Crystal Cheung Man-ka in a still from The Dating Menu.
Shenzhen

7 Shenzhen restaurants earn stars in city’s Michelin Guide debut

The first crop of Michelin-star Shenzhen restaurants has been unveiled and there are a few surprises for local fine-dining fans.

Blanched Canadian geoduck with chicken broth at The Bay by Chef Fei in Shenzhen. The restaurant was awarded two Michelin stars in the inaugural Michelin Guide Guangzhou & Shenzhen 2026.
Hong Kong dining & recommendations

French sommelier’s Hong Kong food and drink picks for value and quality

Titouan Jounier, head sommelier at one-Michelin-star Louise, shares his favourite restaurants and bars in Hong Kong and beyond.

Hong Kong

Does Coke taste best in glass bottles? Why Hong Kong drinkers will say yes

Backed by science, local tradition and one unproven rumour, food experts explain why Coke in a glass bottle beats plastic ones and cans.

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Singapore

How Singaporean cookbook writer Shu Han Lee built her spice brand Rempapa – interview

The author, who founded the Southeast Asian food brand in her London home kitchen, cares more about deliciousness than strict authenticity.

Shu Han Lee is the author of two cookbooks and founder of the spice brand Rempapa. Photo: Handout
Guangzhou

Jazz-loving geese redefine farm-to-table dining in Guangdong

For more than a century, the Magang goose has been the taste of homecoming for Kaiping’s diaspora. PostMag meets the second-generation brother-and-sister restaurateurs who are digitising that inheritance – tracking the bird from their own farm to the banquet table.

TV shows and streaming video

‘Don’t lead with fear’: how host Kristen Kish is redefining Top Chef

The former Top Chef winner and current Emmy-nominated host reflects on prioritising contestant well-being over fear-based leadership.

Mainland China

A Chinese spicy snack has gone viral. Thank ‘Chinamaxxing’ on social media

Oily, chewy, spongy and spicy, Chinese latiao – literally ‘spicy strips’ – are finding fans outside China, driven by social media.

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People look at a wall of spicy strips at a market in Changsha, in Hunan province. Spicy latiao, originally developed as emergency supplies, are now a global sensation. Photo: AFP
Mainland China

Why burgers are suddenly everywhere in China

Global giants fight for a bite of China’s burger market as budget-conscious diners and changing eating habits fuel a new fast-food obsession.

Two women eat at a Five Guys fast-food restaurant after the US burger chain opened its first two locations in Beijing, China, in August 2026. Photo: Reuters
100 Top Tables

Word on the StrEAT: 6 Hong Kong chefs share their pre-service rituals

Whether it’s espresso shots, kitchen karaoke or staff meals, restaurant teams rely on unique routines to get ready before the doors open.

Fame and celebrity

Why Anthony Bourdain biopic ‘Tony’ puts truth on the back burner

The makers of the biopic explain why they invented characters and made Bourdain’s on-screen experiences link to those of star Dominic Sessa.

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Chinese cuisine

How 2 like-minded chefs are celebrating Chinese diasporic gastronomy in Montreal

Christophe Yu and Nora Lou craft innovative pop-up feasts that blend migration stories, local ingredients and bold flavours.

Christophe Yu (left) and Nora Lou are the co-founders of Flying Tables, a collective that blends global flavours with Chinese gastronomy in pop-up feasts. Photo: Clara Lacasse
100 Top Tables

Unsung Eats: 5 best places to eat in Vancouver

From vegetable-forward tasting menus and Cambodian fine dining to Northeastern Chinese hotpot, these picks showcase the city’s diverse dining scene.

Touk provides a slice of Cambodia in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Photo: @toukyvr/Instagram
Your Perfect Week

The best things to do in Hong Kong, August 15-29

Try the Empress Wu cocktail at boba hotspot Mother Pearl, then get nostalgic at Cordis, Hong Kong’s latest exhibition, before heading to Nadaman’s new ramen nook and partying the night away at the Soho Beach Club pop-up in Repulse Bay.

Indonesia

Video | Indonesia’s school meal scheme traps investors in debt

Payments have become more uncertain since the National Nutrition Agency’s former chief was arrested on corruption allegations in June.

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