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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
At Mesa by José Avillez, the restaurant’s namesake chef (left) works closely with head chef Herlander Fernandes to craft a menu that reinterprets Portuguese cuisine for international diners in Macau.

Mesa by José Avillez celebrates artistry of Portuguese cuisine in Macau

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Enjoy a classic Christmas turkey at Regent Hong Kong this festive season. Photo: Handout

Where to enjoy Christmas dinner in Hong Kong this festive season

Beloved Hong Kong bar The Daily Tot, one day after its closure this month. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Looking back on a bruising year for Hong Kong’s bar industry

Hong Kong’s hospitality sector faces staffing shortages, but start-up Shift Happens is offering a recruitment solution. Photo: Jelly Tse

Need restaurant staff? Shift Happens is here to help

The seafood tower at La Petite Maison in Hong Kong is among its festive offerings. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 26-28

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Chef Marc Liao in the kitchen at his award-winning fusion restaurant Marc L³ in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He will serve dishes inspired by the food served at Taiwan’s night markets at a pop-up in Hong Kong. Photo: Marc L³
Food and Drinks

Beef noodle soup, popcorn chicken: Taiwanese street food at Hong Kong pop-up

Taiwanese chef Marc Liao of Kaohsiung’s Marc L³ will serve Taiwanese night market food at a four-night pop-up in Hong Kong. It will be a far cry from his usual fine-dining fare.

Taiwan

Beijing wields warplanes, trade and travel to pressure Taiwan’s next president

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United States

‘Open minds’: US restaurant bites into Asian stereotype of dog-eating

Taiwan election 2024

Mainland China allows Taiwan fish imports to resume weeks before elections

Beijing banned imports of the fish in June last year saying it had found banned chemicals and high levels of antibiotics in them.

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Grouper fish are a highly prized product. Photo: AP
Hong Kong economy

Visitors flock to Hong Kong’s waterfront carnival on second day of event’s return

Second phase of government-organised carnival sees steady uptick in visitors after first leg abruptly suspended in anticipation of storm Koinu last weekend.

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Food and Drinks

Why ordering a Chinese meal is ‘like a symphony’ for author Fuchsia Dunlop

Fuchsia Dunlop, award-winning cook and writer, wants people around the world to understand that when they eat Chinese food they are enjoying ‘a very sophisticated cuisine’. It’s the theme of her latest book.

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Profile | Veteran Hong Kong restaurant operator Paul Hsu on what drives him

Paul Hsu looks back on three decades of opening restaurants, including his Nanhai outlets – inspired by explorer Zheng He – and Ye Shanghai, which turns 25 this year.

Elite Concepts restaurant group founder Paul Hsu at Nanhai No 2 in Causeway Bay. The themed restaurant is the second he has opened that uses the voyages of Ming dynasty Chinese admiral to explore regional cuisine. Photo: Edmond So
Food and Drinks

Profile | Back to her roots: cookbook writer explores ‘what Taiwanese food really is’

Taiwanese-American journalist Clarissa Wei has returned to her roots to write her first cookbook, Made in Taiwan, which shines a light on the island’s varied cuisine and its history.

Food and Drinks

‘Classics at super reasonable prices’: a Hong Kong blogger’s eating out tips

‘Really special’ tempura, sushi that never disappoints, truffle soup dumplings and high-quality dim sum – Asian-American food and travel blogger Jennifer Che tells us where she goes in Hong Kong to eat.

Taiwan election 2024

Beijing running ‘more subtle’ drive to sway 2024 vote, Taipei says

Hostile anti-DPP rhetoric of previous election years absent as Beijing hypes up greater risk of war if independence-leaning party stays in power, source at Taiwan’s top spy agency says.

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Soldiers hold up a Taiwanese flag as they take part in drills simulating defence against a cross-strait attack, in Kaohsiung in January. Taiwan votes in presidential and legislative elections in January 2024. Photo: AP
Food and Drinks

‘Dream ingredient’: would you eat ramen with alien-like isopod sea creature?

A noodle bar in Taiwan has gone viral for serving ramen made with an alien-looking, 14-legged deep-sea creature that is distantly related to woodlice and can reach more than 30cm long.

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Giant isopods are a mysterious deep-sea creature that resembles large pill bugs or woodlice. Photo: The Ramen Boy
Asia travel

What to do and eat in Da’an in Taipei as new lifestyle hub draws the crowds

The opening of Rongjin Gorgeous Time in Da’an, in Taiwan’s capital Taipei, has given it a boost. Here are the best things to do in the area, from restaurants and shopping to hotels.

Two Sessions 2023

Beijing takes conciliatory tone on Taiwan with call to ‘advance’ exchanges

Delivering the government’s work report, Premier Li Keqiang says Beijing has resolutely fought against separatism and countered interference.

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Taiwan

Beijing sees window of opportunity in Taiwan with KMT visit: analyst

Amid ‘positive changes’, mainland authorities step up efforts to reach out to opposition politicians.

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Amid ‘positive changes’, mainland authorities have stepped up efforts to reach out to Taiwan’s opposition politicians. Photo: Reuters
Taiwan economy

‘Breakthrough red packet’ as China lifts import ban on Taiwan’s firewater

Spokesman Ma Xiaoguang said on Sunday that 63 Taiwanese companies had met new import requirements following a meeting with the head of Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office, Song Tao, in the southeastern port city of Xiamen.

The maker of Kinmen Kaoliang, a sorghum-based liquor, said in December that the drink popular among Chinese consumers has been temporarily suspended from entering the mainland. Photo: Handout
Taiwan

Taipei, Beijing trade barbs over latest import bans as Taiwan plans WTO case

Thousands of Taiwanese food and drink products – from seafood to alcohol – have been blocked from mainland China.

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China trade

Fewer Taiwan exports may reflect cracks in global economic recovery

Sharp export fall seen sparked by weakening demand from Europe, the US and mainland China for Taiwan’s signature hi-tech consumer electronics such as laptops that were in high demand early in the pandemic.

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China trade

Taiwan import ban leaves some Chinese wondering where to get their food fix

Taiwanese food like fruit and tea is prized by consumers in the mainland for its ‘fragrance’, subtlety and freshness. But finding it is going to be increasingly difficult after Beijing banned a range of imports earlier this month.

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China banned Taiwanese breads, citrus fruits and packaged tea after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied warnings with a whirlwind visit to Taiwan earlier this month. Photo: Nora Tam
Taiwan

US sends aircraft and warships to Taiwan Strait due to Beijing ‘pressure’

‘We will ensure that our presence, posture and exercise account for China’s more provocative and destabilising behaviour’, says Indo-Pacific adviser amid simmering bilateral tensions.

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Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong has ‘no role to play’ in Beijing’s measures against US, Regina Ip says

Regina Ip says Beijing was very ‘smart’ to avoid touching on trade when it announced the cancellation or suspension of talks with the US in eight areas.

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Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong leader vows to help safeguard nation after Pelosi visits Taiwan

Tough response sparks concerns Hong Kong might follow mainland China in suspending some types of Taiwanese imports.

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Nancy Pelosi (in pink) and her delegation pose for a picture upon their arrival at Taipei Songshan Airport. Photo: AFP
China trade

China suspends Taiwanese sweets and treats ahead of Pelosi’s visit

Report of China’s ban on several hundred Taiwanese items emerged before US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday.

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US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Malaysia on Tuesday as part of her tour of Asia. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong budget 2022-2023

How do Hongkongers feel about city’s newly unveiled budget?

Covid-19 pandemic has cast a pall over city, with many still seeing no light at the end of the tunnel.

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Hong Kong budget 2022-2023

Hong Kong residents to receive HK$10,000 in e-vouchers, but is cash better for some?

Some concern groups say cash handouts would have been more beneficial for poor residents who need support to pay rent and other bills.

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Hong Kong residents will receive HK$10,000 in e-vouchers. Photo: Felix Wong
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