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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
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

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

Indigenous fats like shea butter provide livelihoods for rural women producers in Africa, but are often unknown to or dismissed by consumers. Photo: Shutterstock

Young chefs are turning food traditions into tools for global change

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Shelley Tai of Mius is 100 Top Tables 2026’s best bartender. Photo: Sun Yeung

100 Top Tables 2026: the finest restaurants and bars in Hong Kong

Pasta mista at Hong Kong’s Dieci restaurant is an elevated take on an Italian peasant dish. Photo: Handout

Dish in Focus: Pasta mista at Dieci

Taipei remains a premier foodie destination, home to an evolving culinary scene that includes the likes of Chicken Bar by Weekend. Photo: @chickenbar_taipei

Unsung Eats: 5 best places to eat and drink in Taipei

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Sips by the Sea at K11 Musea Sky Bar. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 15-17

Sip on CMYK cocktails at Mhp, enjoy regional bar takeovers at Sips by the Sea, and discover new distilleries at the Whisky Festival.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this rainy weekend, May 15-17

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Food and Drinks

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

Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Lee cocktail at The Green Door

The Lee drink at The Green Door – part of a new menu in collaboration with local indie band Mr Koo – pays tribute to cornbread and the Gold Rush.

The Lee cocktail is part of a new collaboration menu between The Green Door and Mr Koo in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 6-8

Get buzzed at Bar Leone’s third anniversary, Ginsanity’s craft gin festival at PMQ, or The Pontiac’s margarita masterclass.

Asia travel

The Irish-American pub helping put a quiet Seoul suburb on the cultural map

Seoul’s Nowon district has never been known for nightlife. Irish-American Brendan Kelly shares how his bar, Kelly’s Pub, is changing that.

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Unsung Eats: 5 best places to eat and drink in Taipei

Fresh takes on Taiwan’s famed fried chicken and breakfast, to tea cocktails and artisanal coffee, here are our Taipei foodie picks.

Taipei remains a premier foodie destination, home to an evolving culinary scene that includes the likes of Chicken Bar by Weekend. Photo: @chickenbar_taipei
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong on Labour Day weekend, May 1-3

Hunt for rare Pokemon cards, savour French wine and cheese, shop for antiques, enjoy a Cantopop Pilates party or watch Aaron Kwok’s new film.

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Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 30-May 2

Mandarin Oriental The Landmark opens a new champagne bar, Artifact brings us the best of Rome, and Cruise at Hyatt Centric Victoria Harbour transports us to Mexico.

Food and Drinks

100 Top Tables 2026: the finest restaurants and bars in Hong Kong

Read on for our list of the top talent in the region’s dining scene this year, from best new restaurant to champion of sustainability.

Shelley Tai of Mius is 100 Top Tables 2026’s best bartender. Photo: Sun Yeung
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 23-25

Parisian bistro Jean-Pierre launches new cocktails, Qura at the Regent is doubly taken over, and Osaka’s Craftroom heads to The Aubrey.

The Bleu Martini, one of the new cocktails at Jean-Pierre’s Le Bar, in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Banking & finance

Liquid courage: Hong Kong fund pitches whisky as alternative investment

Fund pitches spirit as hedge and sees downturn as a rare entry point, citing emotional buying and shifting consumption trends.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 17-19

Artifact celebrates its third year, Peridot launches a new mezcal menu, and The Green Door unveils 15 new cocktails in collaboration with indie band Mr Koo.

Food and Drinks

How Hong Kong’s best bars and mixologists embraced spicy cocktails

Spicy cocktails – think jalapeño-infused liquors or drinks spiced with peppercorns – are still niche, but they’re increasingly seen on menus across the city.

The Apple Cooler cocktail from Bar Oasis in Hong Kong features a jalapeño kick. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Alcohol-free drinks are on the rise. Here’s what’s new on menus

From Chinese-style sparkling tea to shrubs and verjus to spirit alternatives, here are some non-alcoholic alternatives now on menus.

(Clockwise from top) Alcohol-removed wine Oceano Zero Pinot Noir 2022; Dr. Lo Alcohol-removed Riesling; Proxies Red Ember wine alternative; and Dr. Lo Alcohol-removed Riesling with Bubbles. The world of non-alcoholic drinks, from de-alcoholised wines to sparkling teas, is booming. Photo: The Washington Post via Getty Images
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 9-11

Pony & Plume hosts a guest mixologist, Honky Tonks unveils new spring cocktails, and Bad Times Records offers wine and vinyl for its Steps party.

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How sake breweries near Japan’s Mount Fuji are taking the drink to new heights

From elevated premium spirits to sparkling sake and even a rosé-inspired red sake, two Yamanashi sake makers are elevating the drink.

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Art

Top Hong Kong bartender swaps cocktails for cameras for first photo exhibition

Jay Khan of Coa and The Savory Project compares mixology and photography as his first photography exhibition opens at Sin Sin Fine Art.

Jay Khan bought his first camera in 2020. This month, he unveiled his first-ever photography exhibition, “Pouring Shadow”, at Sin Sin Fine Art, an independent gallery in Hong Kong’s Wong Chuk Hang neighbourhood. Photo: Jonathan Wong
100 Top Tables: Cities of Gastronomy

The Chinese Wine Awards shine a spotlight on flourishing mainland vineyards

Local restaurants and the Chinese Wine Awards mark the increasing interest in home-grown vintages.

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Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong drinks guide for Easter weekend

Asia’s 50 Best Bars No 22 winner St Regis Bar Jakarta is heading to the city, while cocktail creations made for the warmer weather await.

Video | Ningxia winemakers aim to be more than ‘Bordeaux of China’

Some Chinese winemakers are focusing on growing a unique grape varietal named cabernet gernischt and have renamed it “cabernet loong”.

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Can wine from ‘Bordeaux of China’ rival French bottles?

Emmanuel Macron ‘loved’ it. Now red wine from Ningxia, in northern China, is finding fans around the world while remaining ‘uniquely Chinese’.

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A worker harvests grapes for red wine at Xige Estate. Photo: Xige Estate
Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Tropical Spicy Brew at Friday After Class

Friday After Class, one of the latest additions to buzzing Peel Street, is launching a new cocktail menu that features fruity, tropical creations that evoke summer holidays.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for March 26-28

Easter might not be here yet, but Hong Kong’s bars are keeping things lively with guest shifts at Gokan and The Pottinger’s Dr Fern’s, as Bar Anima reopens.

Food and Drinks

Trailblazing Chinese restaurant is showing Swedes what the culture is all about

From baijiu to Sichuan cuisine, Surfers in Stockholm has it all. Now, this Chinese culture hub is gearing up to celebrate 20 years.

Surfers chef Cao Dayu prepares a dish at the Chinese restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden. The restaurant has come a long way from its humble roots on a Swedish island to become one of the capital’s most popular Chinese restaurants. Photo: Emil Lif
Food and Drinks

A quick guide to sake, traditional Japanese drink that’s as nuanced as wine

Junmai, honjozo, ginjo, daiginjo – find out how sakes are classed, their best food pairings and more with these useful facts.

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Pouring sake for others and refilling their glasses before they are empty is an act of hospitality and attentiveness in Japan. Photo: Shutterstock
Your Perfect Week

Our cheat sheet for the best things to do in Hong Kong, March 22-28

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants brings big name chefs to town, edible art comes to Central, and Hong Kong Ballet channels 80s pop.

Food and Drinks

5 art-inspired menus to indulge in during Hong Kong’s Art Month

The city’s chefs and mixologists add to March’s colours with masterpieces like Banksy-style desserts, a Van Gogh highball and Warhol Wagyu.

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