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Hong Kong dining & recommendations
Hong Kong people eat out more than most. We regularly ask some of them – food and beverage insiders, entrepreneurs, and others – about the best restaurants for every day and for special occasions, and the restaurants they like to take visitors from out of town.
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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Some of the mahjong tiles in Conspiracy Chocolate’s special set for Lunar New Year. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Conspiracy Chocolate’s mahjong set brings good luck this Lunar New Year

Pandan Man co-founders Brian Kwan (right) and Caroline Yuen are among Hong Kong’s F&B power couples who share space at work and home. Photo: Handout

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Hotel chef’s Hong Kong picks for Italian fine dining, French food and more

Genoa native Fabio Mariella shares his favourite restaurants for top Italian dishes, French chicken, dim sum, Peking duck and Indian.

Tagliolini with white truffle at Italian restaurant 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana, where Holiday Inn Golden Mile’s executive chef Fabio Mariella goes for “something different”. He also shares his Hong Kong picks for “simple but good” clay pot rice, dim sum, Peking duck, French and Indian food. Photo: Otto e Mezzo Bombana
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Try two new menus at Michelin-starred Hansik Goo, combine alcohol and tattoos at Cordis Hotel’s Alibi bar, or enjoy retro-futuristic neon art at Tai Kwun.

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for February 6-8

Sip on single-origin matcha, sink into a black sesame flan afternoon tea at Rosewood, then feast on an Italian-led Sunday roast at Island Shangri-La.

Aokomi is located in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Photo: Aokomi
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Head to Tai Kwun this Friday for sushi and sashimi, channel Aussie vibes with a sausage sizzle on Saturday, and swing by Festival Walk’s newest bakery on Sunday.

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