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Hong Kong dining & recommendationsi

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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A top sushi joint makes a splash in Macau, and there’s more Japanese food to try, more Roman pizza, a retro American bar and – just in time for the summer heat – a new gelateria in Hong Kong.

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Ruth Lee, the founder of Master Ruth TCM Clinic, shares her favourite Hong Kong restaurants – including a place for healthy halal curry, where she eats Sichuan boiled fish, and a weekend brunch tip.

The new Hong Kong-Beijing sleeper service offers a wide range of food, but the real treats are fast and efficient food deliveries at stations en route.

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Victor Dizon, a co-founder of A2A Safaris, shares his favourite Hong Kong restaurants, from a spot that serves excellent sushi to a place with perfectly cooked Peking duck.

The 2024 World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is out, with Spanish restaurants dominating at the top, an Asian restaurant in the top 10 and two Hong Kong places among the highest risers.

Panama native Divya Tourani knows where to find great Latin food in Hong Kong. The home decor seller shares where she goes for relaxed fine dining, steak ‘cooked to perfection’ and a taste of Bangkok.

A photographer and artist reveals where he loves to eat in Hong Kong and mainland China, including the restaurant he says has the ‘best roast pork’ and where he gets one of his ‘ultimate comfort foods’.

Japanese-Italian fusion, pizzas with Chinese toppings, Hong Kong street food with a modern twist, Indian restaurants, and a pop-up bar with a ball pit are among the new June offerings in Hong Kong.

Samantha Tam, a lecturer in hospitality, shares her favourite restaurants in Hong Kong, from a busy Chinese dessert spot to an Indian restaurant that is popular with chefs.

Bjoern Alexander, once of Whisk! and the Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong, has overcome a life-changing injury to open Charcoal Bar, an open-fire restaurant where the German chef’s creativity shines through.

Sonny’s Pizza in SoHo is one of the rare Hong Kong pizzerias selling by the slice. Its founders talk up the special dough their New York-style pizzas use, and working with hot dog and ice cream vendors.

Teodora Lazarova, a former model and founder of skincare line La Thea, shares her favourite places to eat in Hong Kong, from a noisy hotpot place to a French restaurant with ‘extraordinary’ dishes.

David Yip, who came up with the idea for Ming Pavilion, a restaurant serving Hokkien food in Hong Kong’s Island Shangri-La hotel, reveals why he wanted to spotlight a “neglected” regional Chinese cuisine.

CJ Jalandoni, the head chef of Brut in Sai Ying Pun, shares his favourite Hong Kong restaurants, from a pizza joint that makes its dough ‘perfectly’, to a particular Thai place with ‘fantastic’ dishes.

On Hong Kong’s Cheung Chau island, hip cafes and restaurants exist alongside traditional vendors selling noodles, seafood and dumplings. We’ve selected 15 of the best ones to try on your next visit.

Hong Kong diners are spoiled for choice for new restaurants to try in May. Here are 10 must-visit places that serve Japanese favourites, Korean chicken, banh mi, Singaporean pizza and more.

Food writer Annabel Jackson reveals where she goes in Macau for Portuguese seafood rice, Macanese crab curry and minchi, a favourite Hong Kong restaurant, and a go-to place for cheese in London.

The Hong Kong-based executive producer of musical The Sound Of Music shares her favourite restaurants, including one where she has had ‘many happy dim sum visits’ to a place that ‘never disappoints’.

Nashville, Tennessee, famous for music, is making a name for itself among foodies. We try three of its best restaurants – Chauhan Ale and Masala House, XiaoBao, and Aubrey.

Stefan Gross, the managing director of food and wine importer Blue Danube Gourmet, reveals where he likes to eat in Hong Kong, from where to get ‘the city’s best fish and chips’ to ‘real comfort food’.

‘Old school’ dim sum, Japanese fare, late-night Chinese street food – Hong Kong-based DJ and restaurant music director Johnny Hiller shares where he goes to eat a variety of cuisines in the city.

From a newly opened themed complex that pays tribute to 1960s and 70s Rome to a favourite dim sum restaurant’s revival, 12 of the best new restaurants and bars to try in Hong Kong.

Vita Chan, the organiser of Hong Kong’s Songkran festival celebrations and a second-generation Thai in the city, shares her go-to places to eat Thai food.

A fan of Hong Kong dumplings, roast pork belly and char siu, Swede Per Henrik Jonsson has worked around the world. Some of the best Peking duck he has eaten was served at a restaurant in Dubai.

Nepalese food may not get as much attention as Indian cuisine, but there are restaurants in Hong Kong serving delicious, authentic versions of it. Here are five of the best for momo, pani puri and more.

The chef-owner of Italian restaurant Casa Cucina shares his favourite restaurants in Hong Kong, including a hotspot that closes at 2am and a place that oozes old Hong Kong glamour.