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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

Hot Wine at The Aubrey, Hong Kong, one of the many seasonal drinks on offer in the city this year. Photo: Handout

Your 2025 guide to the best Christmas cocktails in Hong Kong

Belon’s brioche beef tartare with caviar is a masterpiece of precision and presentation. Photo: Belon

Dish in Focus: Brioche beef tartare with caviar at Belon

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

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A variety of dishes at Yurt, including beshbarmak (top left). Photo: Yurt
Central Asia

New restaurant Yurt brings Kazakhstan’s horsemeat tradition to Hong Kong

Horsemeat is a central part of Kazakh and Central Asian culture and, for the team at Yurt, there was no question of it not being on the menu.

Social media

Old-fashioned cookbooks remain popular, including with many professional chefs

Hong Kong chefs

Q&A | At Jean-Pierre, the French bistro in Hong Kong celebrating 20 birthdays a night

Christmas

Hosting Christmas at home? Check out these gourmet Hong Kong catering packages

Michelin-star turkeys, Wagyu steaks, hams, traditional trimmings – here are some of the best local catering packages to choose from.

The 12-Person Set at Oliver’s the Delicatessen is an international feast. Photo: Oliver’s the Delicatessen
Saudi Arabia

No phones and cameras: inside Saudi’s discreet expansion of booze sales

The kingdom’s only outlet that sells liquor has expanded access to rich expatriates, marking a bold shift in Riyadh’s social policies.

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Singapore

How Singapore’s unforgiving food scene can go hot and cold on brands

Over 3,000 eateries shut their doors last year, the highest since 2005, in one of the world’s most competitive dining markets.

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Malaysia

Malaysia allows halal hotels, eateries to deck halls with boughs of holly

The multiracial country’s religious affairs minister says festive decorations or images are allowed where halal food is served.

Shoppers walk around Christmas trees at a mall in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. Photo: AFP
Best bars in Hong Kong

Christmas spirits: 10 Hong Kong bars shaking up festive cocktails

From a Chinese-style eggnog to creative takes on mulled wine, check out these Hong Kong bars and their innovative cocktail menus.

Wellness

How to avoid gaining weight this Christmas while still enjoying great food

Diet experts weigh in on healthy festive eating to avoid weight gain, from foods with nutritional ‘superpowers’ to alternatives to sugar.

Asian recipes

How to use dried pomegranate seeds, or anardana, to give dishes a bold flavour

Dried pomegranate seeds, also known as anardana, offer a deeper, complex flavour that is perfect for stews, spice rubs and more.

Pomegranate seeds can be dried and used as a sour spice in Indian, Pakistani and Middle Eastern cuisines. Photo: Shutterstock
Asia travel

Review | A luxurious stay in Phuket at Trisara, away from the hustle and bustle

Phuket is one of Southeast Asia’s most popular beach destinations, but at Trisara, one doesn’t have to compromise on privacy and luxury.

The main pool at Trisara in Phuket overlooks a quiet and pristine beach. Photo: Handout
What to do in Hong Kong

Hong Kong or Singapore? Top pastry chef with new bakery has big decision

At his Hong Kong patisserie Mimmo, Domenico Giammarella is blending French techniques with Italian flair. But another Asian city is calling.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, December 19-21

Head to a Christmas market, buy restaurant dinnerware to help Tai Po Fire victims, watch Two Seasons, Two Strangers and more this weekend.

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100 Top Tables

Drink in Focus: Tomatoberry Tree at Gokan

Built on a split base of gin and shochu, this nuanced cocktail was created to mimic the architecture of a tomato tree, from trunk to leaf.

The Tomatoberry Tree at Gokan in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Chinese culture

Explainer | What is the winter solstice? History, food and how Hong Kong celebrates

Known as dung zi in Cantonese and dongzhi in Mandarin, the winter solstice is one of the most important celebrations for Chinese families.

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A luxury poon choi from Hong Kong restaurant Duddell’s. Poon choi is a popular meal for family gatherings during the winter solstice in China. Photo: Nicholas Wong / Sixteen Photography
Singapore

Why it’s still hard to get a table at Singapore’s Burnt Ends 12 years on

Burnt Ends’ chef-owner Dave Pynt talks about his searing success at the Michelin-star grilled-meat restaurant and his plans for the future.

Asian Cuisine

Mouthing Off | American cuisine better than Vietnamese, Korean? New ‘best’ list stirs tempers

The ‘100 Best Cuisines in the World’ list from TasteAtlas is angering people with its contentious food rankings. Singapore at number 90?

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Christmas

A Christmas table built from grapes, radicchio and a single red chilli

Food stylist Gloria Chung presents a masterclass in creating a deliciously quirky tablescape.

An “East-meets-West” festive tablescape by Gloria Chung. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
100 Top Tables

Your 2025 guide to the best Christmas cocktails in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s bars are upping the ante with their festive cocktails, from exciting takes on mulled wine and eggnog, to gin ‘prescriptions’ and a cheesy pisco sour.

Wine and Spirits

‘Crazy cocktail menu’ at Macau bar honours bartender’s travels in Asia

At Wynn Palace’s Wing Lei Bar, Scottish cocktail maestro Mark Lloyd pours his spirit into tipples inspired by places from Seoul to Singapore.

Where to eat in Hong Kong

‘Excellent’ dumplings, tapas, Indian: Hong Kong hotel manager’s food picks

Julian Wipper shares where he eats dim sum and Catalan sandwiches, and top spots for casual Asian bites near his hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui East.

A sandwich at Casa Iberica in Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan neighbourhood. Photo: Casa Iberica – The Iberico Shop
100 Top Tables

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 19-21

Enjoy a festive menu from Bacha Coffee in Harbour City, pastries and hot chocolate courtesy of a Driscoll’s x Cupping Room collab, or a cured meats buffet at Hopewell Centre.

As Christmas approaches, Hong Kong’s restaurants are offering menus tailored for the festive season. Photo: Handout
Wine and Spirits

3 Hong Kong bars serving festive cocktails with a twist for Christmas

From Bar Q88’s Jingle Bird to DarkSide’s The New Century and Rajasthan Rifles’ spiked masala chai, here are the hottest tipples to spice up your holidays.

Christmas

Tiny oven, big traditions: one chef’s Christmas recipe book

Cary Docherty of Island Shangri-La’s Lobster Bar and Grill on the festive dishes he loves – and how to pull them off in a small kitchen.

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Need restaurant staff? Shift Happens is here to help

Since the pandemic, restaurants have had trouble finding staff – Roucou Cheese Omakase & Bar is among those that turned to Shift Happens.

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

Wine snobs and Wi-fi cards: it’s tough being a Christmas dinner party guest

In Hong Kong, dinner party etiquette is less about following rules and more about guessing which version of the rules your host subscribes to.

Remembering to remove your shoes at a Christmas gathering in Hong Kong is one thing; dancing on the table is quite another. Illustration: Silvia Celiberti
Christmas

Hong Kong’s best Christmas feasts, from traditional to more adventurous fare

Choices range from the Island Shangri-La and Four Seasons, to Feather & Bone, Little Bao and Tai Kwun’s Magistracy Dining Room.

Hong Kong property

With luxury absent, new entrants steady Hong Kong retail property

Newcomers from across Asia and Europe take advantage of cheaper rents while big-ticket brands delay major commitments.

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