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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Culinary creativity at Fumée in Shenzhen. Photo: Handout

3 young chefs helping to define Shenzhen’s new fine dining wave

Shenzhen, as seen from MO Bar at the Mandarin Oriental Shenzhen. Photo: Handout

Inside Shenzhen’s evolving culinary scene

Roganic Hong Kong is known for its commitment to sustainability. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 22-25

Employees Only Singapore bar manager William Melo Camcam (left) and bartender Darren Prasad. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 21-24

The new Apple Cooler at Bar Oasis in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Drink in Focus: Apple Cooler at Bar Oasis

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UK-based author Kit Chan’s new novel, Goodbye Chinatown, about a Hong Kong family who move to London before returning to Asia, explores themes of the Chinese diaspora through food and “reverse migration”. Photo: Nick Goring
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Hong Kong author Kit Fan on ‘reverse migration’, identity and his new novel

The UK-based writer, whose Goodbye Chinatown follows a food-centric family between Hong Kong and London, talks about how places change people.

Food and Drinks

A Vietnamese-American’s quest to make the perfect Peking duck

Food and Drinks

Inside Shenzhen’s evolving culinary scene

Food and Drinks

The Hong Kong chefs serving up East-West fusion food without the stigma

We meet three Hong Kong restaurant pioneers who are elevating the maligned food trend by serving French and Nordic dishes with Asian accents.

Chinese liangpi noodles done in a Nordic style at Aera, in Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan neighbourhood. Chef Chevalier Yau’s restaurant is one of a handful in the city that are removing the stigma from fusion food, which has been dismissed by serious chefs in recent years. Photo: Instagram/aera.hk
Food and Drinks

The story of Snow Garden, Hong Kong restaurant loved by the rich and famous

Frequented by people such as Run Run Shaw, Jet Li’s wife Nina Li Chi and Macau’s Stanley Ho, Snow Garden continues to delight Hongkongers.

Food and Drinks

A food critic’s top Hong Kong restaurants for sushi, Cantonese and Chiu Chow

Entertainment journalist Eileen Cha, who grew up on Cantonese and Hunanese food, says she has a split personality palate.

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Jensen Huang’s China noodle shop visit prompts launch of ‘leather jacket’ set meal

Nvidia boss wolfs down signature noodle dish as crowds throng eatery; stops short of finishing cup of popular but ‘pungent’ fermented soy drink.

Jensen Huang’s recent visit to a spicy noodle shop in Beijing has prompted the eatery to launch a unique ‘leather jacket’ set meal. Photo: Weibo
Food and Drinks

Meet the Hong Kong chefs doing Japanese food with a Cantonese twist

For generations, local diners expected Cantonese chefs to play supporting roles to a Japanese head chef – but now that is changing.

2026 Xi-Trump summit

Video | Executive chef offers insight into Xi-Trump banquet

The state banquet menu blended Chinese cuisine and Western favourites, with a nod to the US president’s personal tastes.

Food and Drinks

3 young chefs helping to define Shenzhen’s new fine dining wave

The city is known for cheap weekend eats, but a new contingent of young chefs is now burnishing its reputation for fine dining too.

Culinary creativity at Fumée in Shenzhen. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

What to eat in China’s Chengdu, from fiery hotpot to the original mapo tofu

A reflection of Sichuan’s diverse flavours and culinary heritage, Chengdu’s food and drinks scene rewards the adventurous.

Taolin restaurant’s signature mao xue wang – silken duck blood curd and snappy tripe submerged in an oil-slicked broth dense with chillies and peppercorns. Photo: Pin Yen Tan
Food and Drinks

Japanese, Korean, Chinese: a guitarist-restaurateur’s top Hong Kong eats

Joey Pui, executive manager of Pak Loh Chiu Chow Restaurant and guitarist for Zarahn, reveals his picks for lunch and drinks in Hong Kong.

Food and Drinks

Hong Kong’s Big JJ Seafood Hotpot gets fancy in new Central location

Founder Peter Pang talks about how he is not following any traditional formulas as he pushes his brand beyond its expected target customers.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 15-18

Craving a culinary adventure this weekend? Indulge in a 20-inch banh mi, a Shanghai-Huaiyang brunch, an award-winning pizza and a rare French feast.

Jean-Pierre restaurant in Hong Kong has a two-night collaboration with Sydney’s Porcine. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

‘Liquid yin and yang’? How Hong Kong bartenders work with Chinese chefs

Leading mixologists from Duddell’s, Vea and Mott 32 share their tips on curating ideal flavour pairings between cocktails and courses.

In Hong Kong, Duddell’s cocktails draw inspiration from the Ba Gua and are specifically designed to pair with the restaurant’s Cantonese cuisine. Photo: Handout
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Best things to do in China’s Nanjing, from food and architecture to history

Planning a weekend in Nanjing? Here’s an itinerary to consider for visiting the bustling metropolis in eastern China.

Food and Drinks

Mouthing Off | Nobody can cook seafood like the Chinese. It sounds conceited, but it’s true

After watching Rick Stein overcook a crab on his travel show, Andrew Sun argues why Chinese – specifically Cantonese – seafood is best.

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Food and Drinks

Russian cabaret director’s top Hong Kong restaurants for sushi, noodles, dim sum

Maria Mayorova shares her favourite Hong Kong spots for Chinese, Japanese and Lebanese dishes, and for seafood in Guangzhou.

Maria Mayorova is the creative director for the cabaret spectacle Becoming Her at Maggie Choo’s in Hong Kong’s Central district. Photo: Maria Mayorova
Food and Drinks

13 new Hong Kong restaurants and bars to try in May 2026, from steak to fondue

New openings include a steakhouse with an Asian-inspired twist, a modern Indian chophouse and a creative omakase spot.

Food and Drinks

Asian-American mother challenges tough Chinese traditions for new mums

Clarissa Wei’s cookbook ‘Sitting the Month’ puts a modern spin on the traditional Chinese foods typically given to post-partum mothers.

Food and Drinks

On the Menu | It is sweet how Chinese desserts are having their moment again

Dubai chocolate, croffles and matcha tarts are temporary, while Chinese sweet soups – known as tong sui in Cantonese – are forever.

Stewed papaya with snow fungus (left) and black sesame soup served at Kai Kai Dessert, Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak
Food and Drinks

‘Exceptional’ steak, Chiu Chow cuisine: wine lover’s Hong Kong food picks

New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel’s Sam Chong shares where he goes for Chiu Chow-style dim sum, charcoal-grilled meats and more.

Dry-aged bone-in ribeye at Prohibition Grill House & Cocktail Bar. Photo: Prohibition Grill House & Cocktail Bar
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 1-3

Enjoy Red Lantern chilli dishes at Hutong, a Cantonese odyssey at Sheraton’s Celestial Court, and surf-and-turf at Harbour City’s The Orient Steakhouse.

Food and Drinks

At London restaurant Ikoyi, Jeremy Chan gives a taste of his Hong Kong childhood

Jeremy Chan spent his first eight years in Hong Kong. His menu on April 23 for two-Michelin-star restaurant Ikoyi, in London, reflected that.

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History of chilli peppers in China: from ornamental plants to ‘poor man’s spice’

Zesty ingredient with a punch was initially thought to boost the sexual desire of women; today indulging is seen as a form of social bonding.

Chilli peppers have been part of Chinese cuisine for more than 400 years, first gaining popularity 300 years ago. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Taobao
Asia travel

Profile | Meet the Hong Kong chef serving tastes of city’s past using new techniques

Celestial Court chef Kan Wong talks about tapping into memories to recreate flavours of 1980s Hong Kong, and the ingredient he doesn’t miss.

Kan Wong, the executive Chinese chef of Celestial Court at the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, talks about cooking to recapture a time “before all the awards and social media and plating became important”. Photo: Celestial Court
Food and Drinks

Not just home to Lao Gan Ma, Guizhou is where China’s chilli culture was born

Guizhou people were the first in Chinese history recorded as eating chillies. Now the spice-loving province is China’s top chilli producer.

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Food and Drinks

Dish in Focus: Fxxking Peace Out Mapo Tofu at Golden Gip

Chef Shun Sato remixes nostalgic mapo tofu with local flower crab, Korean tteokbokki and wok hei in his cheeky ‘peace out’ fusion of flavour.

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