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Hong Kong chefs

Hong Kong chefs
Get to know Hong Kong’s best chefs, from icons of Michelin-starred fine dining restaurants to talented young chefs in the kitchen.
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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Uzun Carsi, a traditional market district in Antakya, capital of Hatay, where many stalls sell spices and other ingredients used in regional recipes. Photo: Shutterstock

What makes Hatay, in southern Turkey, Unesco City of Gastronomy worthy?

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

Ezra Star, who takes a more “culinary” approach to creating drinks at Mostly Harmless in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

How Mostly Harmless is reinventing cocktail culture with its non-alcoholic drinks

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

Why neighbourhood bars in Hong Kong are gaining popularity

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Brazil triples rare earth exports to China, a ripple from US-China rift

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Hunky Chinese coach has mothers flocking to enrol kids in swim classes

A handsome Chinese swimming coach has mothers flocking to enrol their kids, with some even wanting to join his classes. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

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Trump says he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, but not everyone agrees

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Military

China unveils new drone that takes off and lands on its tail like a rocket

The new UAV has an intelligent control system that could be used for drone swarming. Photo: Handout

Global Economy

As China’s speedy maglev train breaks records, US ambitions go off the rails

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Passengers walk along a platform at the Yantai Railway Station in Shandong province on July 1. China’s high-speed railway lines span nearly 50,000km (31,000 miles). Photo: Getty Images
The Hong Kong Palace Museum’s “The Palace Academy Summer Art-venture Series” includes “The Little Archaeologists Summer Camp”. Photo: HKPM
Your Perfect Week

What to do in Hong Kong, July 20-26

Try guest chefs’ takes on a Sunday roast, sip tea-and-coffee cocktails, get some art education at Hong Kong Palace Museum and go to the city’s annual blockbuster anime and gaming fair.

Food and Drinks

What makes Hatay, in southern Turkey, Unesco City of Gastronomy worthy?

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Hong Kong chefs turn food waste into delicious dishes for new cookbook

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for July 11-13

Eat tteokbokki at Young Dabang, try Hu Taiqing’s Sichuan Rouge, and celebrate Bastille Day at Black Sheep’s La Vache!

Young Dabang has just opened up in Hong Kong’s New Town Plaza. Photo: Young Dabang
Food and Drinks

Why chocolate is more than just a sweet treat

On World Chocolate Day, we look at how fine dines Leela, Caprice, Chaat and Argo are reinventing what chocolate by adding unexpected flavours and textures to innovative dishes and cocktails.

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for July 4-6

Make the most of truffle season, enjoy a tranquil teatime, and savour the best of both brunch and yum cha this weekend.

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Dish in Focus: Xiamen-style popiah at Ming Pavilion

At Ming Pavilion, chef Jack Lam Yeung redefines Hokkien cuisine with new flavours while celebrating Fujian’s culinary heritage.

Xiamen-Style “popiah” at Ming Pavilion in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Peru’s Maido tops World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, Hong Kong’s Wing is 11th

Maido in Peru’s capital Lima beats Spain’s Asador Etxebarri for the top spot, while two Hong Kong restaurants make the top 20.

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for June 20-22

Say goodbye to 2 local favourites, experience an exclusive Indian collaboration, and enjoy a Sunday roast with a twist.

New Openings

Hong Kong new openings, from a refreshed Chinese favourite to an iconic teahouse

China Tang re-emerges after a renovation, Lin Heung Lau opens in Tsim Sha Tsui, and Aer brings smooth beats, tipples and comfort food to SoHo.

Interiors at Aer in Hong Kong. Photo: courtesy Aer
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Meeting father and son at Hong Kong’s legendary Seventh Son restaurant

This Father’s Day, we hear from Chui Wai-kwan and his son; Chui is the seventh son of Fook Lam Moon founder Chui Fook-chuen.

Father and son team Chui Wai-kwan and Daniel Chui Tak-yiu at their restaurant Seventh Son in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
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Chef of Hong Kong’s 3-Michelin-star Ta Vie on his go-to restaurants

Hideaki Sato, chef of Ta Vie in Hong Kong, is a fan of simple fare, dim sum and roast goose, and classic and high-end French dishes.

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The flavours of Hong Kong? 5 up-and-coming chefs weigh in

Inspired variously by street food, Cantopop and locally caught fish, chefs put new and flavourful spins on familiar Hong Kong dishes.

Art Basel

Is food art? How Hong Kong creatives are bridging the gap

What happens when culinary creations meet artistic vision? From chefs to photographers and artists, a new wave of Hong Kong creatives are exploring the compelling intersection of food and art.

Detail from the A & G Boulangerie exhibition at JPS Gallery. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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Hong Kong restaurant China Tang reopens with an inspired new menu

Executive chef Menex Cheung is guiding David Tang’s iconic restaurant into 2025 with fresh twists on Cantonese cuisine.

Braised Yellow Croaker with Chinese Celery, Preserved Clam Sauce and Rice Porridge – one of many new dishes at Hong Kong restaurant China Tang following its renovation this year. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
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Dish in Focus: Farmhouse Productions tomatoes at Roganic

Chef Adam Catterall champions sustainable dining through his zero-waste menus and relationships with local suppliers.

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 30 – June 1

Enjoy Yat Tung Heen’s zongzi, try Ruen’s new hawker-style menu, and indulge in a 7-course Black Pearl Tasting Menu at Celestial Court.

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Cold, or fried with XO sauce? Creative ways to serve sticky rice dumplings

Drizzled in honey, fried with a fish sauce dip. Hong Kong chefs share inventive ways to serve Dragon Boat Festival snack we usually steam.

Sticky rice dumplings are a Dragon Boat Festival staple that are usually cooked by steaming. Creative Hong Kong chefs share tips on how to prepare them differently. Photo: Spring Moon
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Where a French chef eats reminders of home in Hong Kong

Rex Wine & Grill’s Thomas Caro shares his favourite places to eat in Hong Kong for ‘heavenly’ pizza, French pastries and Cantonese classics.

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How Hong Kong restaurant Gróa grew from smoothie bars and bento

Wellness entrepreneur Cheman Cheung on why his new Hong Kong restaurant, Gróa, in Repulse Bay, aims to not just feed but rejuvenate diners.

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Chef Marino D’Antonio on his culinary journey from Italy to Beijing and Macau

After working with Umberto Bombana in Beijing, D’Antonio is once again partnering with the legendary chef – this time in Macau.

Marino D’Antonio, the new executive chef at 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana at Galaxy Macau. Photo: Handout
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3 new pastry chefs in Hong Kong who are redefining desserts

‘Sweet but not too sweet’ – Eve Minialai of Louise, Leo Faler of Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic, and Astoria Koh of Caprice rise to the challenge.

Hongkongers like their dessert a little less sweet than Westerners, and three pasty chefs are rising to the challenge. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 23-25

Take shelter from the summer heat this weekend with a seasonal Japanese bento, Wagyu burgers and a musical Italian feast.

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Inside Wild Yeast’s reinvention of Taizhou cuisine

When we hear ‘regional cuisine’ we think ‘authenticity’ – but tradition is only a starting point for Lin Zihan of Hangzhou’s Wild Yeast.

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 16-18

Round off your week with steak night, start your Saturday slow with a coffee and a pastry, and celebrate with a Spanish fiesta this Sunday.

Bacha Coffee has a new concept store in Hong Kong’s Harbour City mall. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Shanghainese classics, Cantonese chef – just don’t call it fusion

There are 77 items on the ambitious menu of Shanghai Plus – and it’s light and healthy, perfect for the modern diner.

Chef Edmond Ip’s latest venture is Shanghai Plus, where he brings a Cantonese sensibility to Shanghainese cuisine. Photo: Shanghai Plus
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Where Polish chef in Hong Kong eats lunch and late-night Japanese

Soho House chef Krzysztof Czerwinski shares his top picks for lunch, Italian food and after-hours Japanese, and a ‘charming’ Cantonese joint.

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Bistro Jean-Pierre brings taste of Paris to Hong Kong, plus more new openings

Pumpkin gnocchi at Primo Posto Ristoro, Parisian bistro classics at Jean-Pierre, curry noodles at Mama Tiger – and a new Jollibee.

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