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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Daulat ki chaat, a regional variation of makhan malai, at Indian Accent. Chefs are recreating this dish with modern equipment, extending the seasonal street food’s availability throughout the year. Photo: Handout

What is makhan malai, Lucknow’s favourite winter street food?

Enjoy a selection of exciting new goodies at LMO Freshly Baked in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for January 30-February 1

Peridot’s Durian’s Consent cocktail in the making. Photo: Alexander Mak

Drink in Focus: Durian’s Consent at Peridot

A take on the traditional Central Asian dining space, known as dastarkhan, at Yurt in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

First Look: Yurt, Hong Kong’s ‘first modern Central Asian restaurant’

Father and son team Chui Wai-kwan and Daniel Chui Tak-yiu at their restaurant Seventh Son in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Meeting father and son at Hong Kong’s legendary Seventh Son restaurant

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Hot udon with beef and burdock tempura at Daichi no Udon. The Fukuoka-style noodle restaurant in Tai Kok Tsui is just one of the exciting new openings in Hong Kong in February 2026, which also include an Eastern European comfort-food spot and a special kind of matcha joint. Photo: Daichi no Udon
Food and Drinks

11 new Hong Kong restaurants and bars to try in February 2026

New openings include the new branch of a Korean pizza chain, a Japanese gelato joint, a borsch specialist and two French restaurants.

China consumption

How changing tastes in China are hitting Australia’s wine exports

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Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Durian’s Consent at Peridot

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 29-31

This weekend, enjoy Glass Gardener’s guest shift at Locale18, intriguing new cocktails at The Savoury Project, and a Korean fiesta at The Green Door.

The hexagonal bar counter at The Savory Project in Hong Kong, which allows guests to get right up close to the action. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

‘Everything was a gamble’: Hong Kong gin makers on distilling their dream

Nicholas Law and Jeremy Li conceived NIP Distilling in 2017. Now their gin is winning international awards and showing ‘what Hong Kong is’.

Editor's Letter

This week in PostMag: the many layers of Macau

This issue explores the profiles, places and passions that capture Macau’s past and present – from off-duty chefs to indefatigable storytellers.

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Your Perfect Week

The best things to do in Hong Kong, January 25-31

Enjoy new media art courtesy of Austria’s Ars Electronica, a sensory 8-drink menu at Quinary, and an exhibition celebrating time from Van Cleef & Arpels.

Lau Wai, one of the artists featured in the “Pluriversal Futures” exhibition, with their 2024 artwork The Cast of the Invisible. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Food and Drinks

How Macau went from cocktail desert to drinks-world darling

Will the gambling mecca’s bar scene finally hit its stride in 2026? The city’s leading bartenders speak out.

Locals' Guide

Insider’s guide to Bengaluru: from flower markets to late-night bars

Lush parks, buzzing markets and a thriving music scene define the Silicon Valley of India.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 22-24

It’s guest shifts galore as The Aubrey and Lobster Bar – and Macau’s Wing Lei Bar – host top mixologists from across Asia.

A cosy corner at The Aubrey in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Wellness

The huge benefits of quitting alcohol, from weight loss to slowing ageing

Ex-drinkers and sobriety experts explain how life is better and healthier without drinking as many attempt the same during Dry January.

Jodi Clark, seen in January 2023 and this month, who now runs online groups, challenges and retreats for women, has lost 38kg (84lb) since she stopped drinking more than 3 years ago. Photo: Jodi Clark
Food and Drinks

Drink in focus: Egg Waffle cocktail at Avoca

Avoca at Mondrian Hong Kong renders the classic snack in cocktail form with Michter’s whiskey, Advocaat and more.

Food and Drinks

Hong Kong’s bar scene was extra volatile last year – what’s in store for 2026?

From Bar Leone, to Quinary and Draft Land, the city’s bar scene is increasingly oriented towards simplicity, accessibility and community.

Food and Drinks

Mouthing Off | Dry January is a silly social campaign and ‘no-lo’ drinks are pointless

Andrew Sun asks that with alcohol consumption at record lows in many places, why do we need Dry January and no- or low-alcohol drinks?

(From left) Carlsberg 0.0, Peroni 0.0, Budweiser 0.0 and Kirin’s Perfect Free are four non-alcoholic beers available for sale in Hong Kong shops. Photo: Cathy Hilborn Feng
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 16-18

Peridot gets an Italian twist, Kinsman celebrates its 2nd anniversary with Cantonese flavours, and new bar Mius hosts Singaporean icons.

The interiors of Peridot in Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for January 16-18

Indulge in Michelin-starred Huaiyang cuisine, a French free-flow champagne brunch with theatrical desserts, and a royal Indian banquet.

Your Perfect Week

Our cheat sheet for what to do in Hong Kong, January 11-17

Disney on Ice skates into town, the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon takes over, and Cristal Room hosts a star Beijing chef.

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On Our Radar

A Napa legend, a Cantonese feast and a very bold pairing

The Californian vineyard that stunned the wine world 50 years ago is being paired with Cantonese cuisine.

The Napa Valley’s Château Montelena is collaborating with Hong Kong restaurant Lai Ching Heen for a wine pairing dinner. Photo: courtesy Château Montelena
Food and Drinks

The instant flavour booster you’re probably throwing away

Citrus zest – the colourful part of a lemon, orange or lime – can be stripped in many ways for use in marinades, salads, desserts and more.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 8-10

Keep January dry with mocktails at Dragonfly and The Pontiac, courtesy of Seedlip and Crossip, or explore inventive cocktails with Quinary’s guest bar manager from Paris.

Food and Drinks

5 premium sparkling teas in Hong Kong to try during Dry January

From The Peninsula’s Cuvée Sparkling Tea to Saicho’s limited-edition osmanthus offering, these low- or zero-alcohol tipples let you ditch the hangover but not the ceremony.

Saicho is just one of many labels offering non-alcoholic beverage options today. Photo: courtesy Saicho
Food and Drinks

Unsung Eats: 5 best places to eat – and drink – in Bangkok

Besides Bangkok’s Michelin-starred tables and famed street food are intimate supper clubs and ‘social kitchens’ that are reinterpreting Thai flavours.

Bangkok’s cuisine is vibrant and multifaceted, like the city itself. Photo: Handout
TV shows and streaming video

Apple TV’s Drops of God star Tomohisa Yamashita on going deeper in season 2

Yamashita talks about ‘hard’ free-diving scenes in the wine drama’s new season as co-star Fleur Geffrier shares how her character got darker.

Food and Drinks

Celery seeds’ many uses, from flavouring Bloody Marys to treating gout

Celery plants, known for their stalks, also yield tiny aromatic fruits used in European and Indian food, cocktails and alternative medicine.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 2-4

A chance to catch up on openings you may have missed – and if you’re taking a break from alcohol, we’ve got you covered too.

Floral Fusion at the Orchard, which offers eau de vie cocktails in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Locals' Guide

Insider’s guide to Perth, from sun-kissed beaches to local fine wines

Most of the action in one of the world’s most remote major cities is to be found in the suburbs – but don’t forget your swimsuit for the beautiful beaches.

Cottesloe Beach, one of the most popular beaches near Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Photo: Shutterstock
Singapore

Cooler cubes: how artisan ice became part of the cocktail experience

Singapore’s Night Hawk and Last Word bars approach the subject of ice as another differentiator in a crowded marketplace.

Hong Kong economy

Can Hong Kong mature as a wine hub? French vineyard owner calls for new focus

Seventh-generation winemaker Erwan Faiveley encourages city to up logistical and storage services during first post-Covid fact-finding trip.

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