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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
A charcoal grilled steak at Carna. Photo: Gary Jones

How 3 Hong Kong chefs reimagine classic beef dishes

Clan & Company’s Five Flower Tea. Photo: Handout

Drink in Focus: Five Flower Tea at Clan & Company

Mashed green bean tart and chilled kale juice, representing the green “wood” element of traditional Chinese medicine, at Man Ho Chinese Restaurant in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

How traditional Chinese medicine found its way onto fine-dining and bar menus

The blue crab rigatoni at the limited-time Wan Chai pop-up, Marrow. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for July 17-19

Ninetta, a new Italian trattoria opened in Central in June. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for July 24-26

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A copy of Lisa Yam’s World, a Hong Kong cooking magazine popular in the 1980s and 1990s, features in “Treasured Recipes”, an exhibition at PMQ Taste Library that traces Hong Kong’s rich culinary heritage through food-themed literature. Photo: PMQ Taste Library
Hong Kong

‘Piece of history’: old cookbook exhibition traces Hong Kong’s culinary past

‘Treasured Recipes’ at PMQ Taste Library features food-themed books and magazines spanning decades to show how the city’s food scene evolved.

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Hong Kong’s PMQ offers fresh perspectives on culinary traditions

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Dish in focus: Iberico pork three-ways at Whey

Fifa World Cup 2026

On the Menu | How Argentina’s World Cup meltdowns echo restaurant award tantrums

Just as Argentina suffered a sad case of sour grapes over losing to Spain, so too have restaurateurs and chefs been ungracious in defeat.

Argentina’s Leandro Paredes clashes with Spain’s Gavi after the end of the World Cup 2026 final. Spain won 1-0. Like in sports, tantrums and meltdowns are also aplenty in the hospitality world, Charmaine Mok says. Photo: Imagn Images via Reuters
Where to eat in Hong Kong

‘Hong Kong on a plate’: a German chef’s favourite places to eat in the city

Peter Find of Heimat shares his Hong Kong picks for beef brisket noodles, clay pot rice, reinvented classic French cuisine, and more.

Vietnam

Forget pho: Da Nang food tour spotlights a different Vietnamese noodle dish

Vietnamese food expert Helen Le takes us to her favourite restaurants in Da Nang for mi quang noodles, banh mi, banh xeo and more.

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for July 24-26

Eat your way through this weekend with a brand new afternoon tea at Tai Kwun, a Swiss-Italian summer brunch at Nocino, and Italian comfort food for all at a new trattoria.

Ninetta, a new Italian trattoria opened in Central in June. Photo: Handout
Style Edit

Style Edit: Regent Hong Kong dishes out Hong Kong cinema at the harbour’s edge

The Lobby Lounge’s lobster wonton noodles, char siu egg rice and French toast are homages to memorable scenes in Hong Kong films.

New Openings

Hong Kong’s hottest new openings, from homestyle Italian at Ninetta to meat-centric Marrow

Discover the city’s latest dining delights: from Santa Nata’s authentic Portuguese egg tarts and the finest Wagyu at Tanaka, to cosy trattoria Ninetta and meaty pop-up Marrow.

Hong Kong culture

Hong Kong brands that rose hand in hand with the city over generations

From the 100-year-old Garden Bakery to TikTok-fave Twemco, these brands tell the story of the city’s evolution into a major metropolis.

(From left) An old Camel vacuum flask, porcelain made by Yuet Tung China Works and a Red A toothpick holder. Iconic brands like these have shaped Hong Kong’s evolution into a global metropolis. Photos: Handout, Jimmy Jim, Winson Wong
Canada

Canadian provinces defy Trump’s tariff threat, keep US alcohol bans

Some provinces have pulled US wine and spirits from government-operated stores, costing American booze-makers millions of dollars in sales.

A banner reading “Buy Canadian”, in response to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on goods from Canada, is held aloft by a pair of hockey sticks in front of a house in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in March 2025. Photo: Reuters
Indonesia

Indonesia further cuts budget of president’s free meals scheme

More cuts are possible to the original US$15 billion initiative, officials say.

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What to do in Hong Kong

9 dog-friendly cafes, bars and restaurants in Hong Kong to visit

If you need a recommendation or two for where to go with man’s best friend for food and drink, we have narrowed down a few options for you.

Tourism

A byte to eat: immersive dining goes hi-tech from Los Angeles to Hong Kong

From animated artworks to ‘floating chairs’, immersive dinners are turning to multimedia tech like never before. Are guests eating it up?

Projections fill up the dining table during meals. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
South Korea

Beggar’s banquet: South Korea’s viral app helps youth find cheap meals

South Korea’s youth unemployment rate reached 7.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2026 – the highest since 2021.

People walk through a food alley in Seoul, South Korea, on June 27. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong dining & recommendations

This Hong Kong artisan ice cream maker will recreate a flavour you crave

With its handcrafted premium French-custard-style ice cream, Ernest Fung’s Fun Kee Scoops brand can’t even begin to keep up with requests.

Mainland China

China’s regional cuisines: survival strategies written in flavours

From Sichuan’s humidity to the Dongbei deep freeze, Chinese food isn’t about taste, it’s about not dying. A journey through five cuisines that reveals how geography shaped what a billion people eat.

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Mainland China

US$1,100 for 1kg? Hunting the wild mushrooms of Yunnan

In China’s wild-mushroom capital, there are more than 1,000 species of edible varieties, and many are highly prized in Chinese dishes.

Ganbajun, Jianshouqing and Songrong, some of many mushrooms grown in Yunnan. Photos: Hong 0871
Hong Kong economy

Letters | Why transparency on pre-made meals would help Hong Kong dining

Readers discuss diners’ expectations of transparency and accountability, teaching children not to waste food, and dog-friendly restaurants.

South Korea

‘Gateway to Asean’: South Korea bets on Vietnam hub for food expansion

Vietnam will be positioned as a logistics and distribution base aimed at growing demand for South Korean food products across the region.

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Drink in Focus: Five Flower Tea at Clan & Company

The bar’s co-founder Dennis Mak hopes the floral, fizzy herbal tea-based cocktail can ‘heal’ drinkers with peace and nostalgia.

Clan & Company’s Five Flower Tea. Photo: Handout
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, July 17-19

Get a Pilates session in before a quick run, explore the Hong Kong Book Fair, dance it out on a rooftop terrace and more this weekend.

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Visitors browse books on July 15, 2026, the first day of the Hong Kong Book Fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. Photo: Sam Tsang
Chinese cuisine

Meet the Chinese-Indonesian baker transforming Mumbai’s bread scene

Shannen Alexandra talks about overcoming injury to bake for Mumbai-based Mag St. Bread Co. and how her breads and pastries honour her past.

Hong Kong chefs

How 3 Hong Kong chefs reimagine classic beef dishes

The culinary minds behind Carna, Moo-Lah and Duddell’s share how they bring their unique childhood traditions to the table.

United States

Mouthing Off | How the World Cup has given tourists a new perspective on American food culture

Wide-eyed tourists have marvelled at everything from ranch to jumbo-sized Cheetos containers to gargantuan packs of supermarket meat.

Everything is bigger in the US, from crisp packets to portions in restaurants, and first-time visitors to the country for the World Cup are often overwhelmed. Photo: Shutterstock
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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for July 17-19

DarkSide’s new menu honours local craft, The Opposites blends cinema with mixology, and Montana celebrates World Daiquiri Day with playful riffs.

Just 3 Minutes from DarkSide’s new menu, Echoes. Photo: Handout
Where to eat in Hong Kong

Authentic French, ‘divine’ duck: a Frenchman’s Hong Kong food picks

Champagne house Billecart-Salmon’s sales manager, Thibault Casoli, shares where he enjoys fancy French, Italian, Spanish and Cantonese food.

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for July 17-19

Book a steakhouse-inspired pop-up in Wan Chai, try a new summer tasting menu in West Kowloon and enjoy a lively Sunday brunch at The Mira.

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