Food
Shanghainese
China House
Shop L3-1, Level 3, APM, Millennium City 5, Kwun Tong
Tel: 3580 1882
Open: 11.30am-11.30pm
Signature dishes: Mung bean noodles with goose, braised boneless fish head with beancurd, fried crab with chilli.
$$
Liu Yuan Pavilion
3/F The Broadway, 54-62 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai
Tel: 2804 2000
Open: noon-2.30pm, 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Steamed buns with preserved vegetables, crab with salted egg, fried hairy crab in bean paste.
$$-$$$
Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant
3/F, Shop 305-308 Causeway Bay Plaza 1, 489 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
Tel: 3690 2088
Open: 11.30am-3.30pm, 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Xiao long bao, puff pastry with cashew nuts.
$$
Ning Po Residents Association (Shanghainese/Ningpo)
4/F Yip Fung Building, 2-18 D'Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong
Tel: 2523 0648
Open: noon-3pm, 6pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Braised pork leg, minced vegetable with beancurd and sesame oil, soup noodles with shredded pork and preserved vegetable.
$$
Shanghai Garden
1/F Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Admiralty
Tel: 2524 8181
Open: 11.30am-3pm, 5.30pm-11.30pm
Signature dishes: Deep-fried boneless duck stuffed with walnuts, braised Mandarin fish with chilli sauce, deep-fried mashed squid with almond.
$$-$$$
Shanghai Restaurant
1/F Cambridge House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Road, Quarry Bay
Tel: 2284 4899
Open: 11.30am-3.30pm (Saturday and Sunday from 10am), 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Country-style stewed pork leg, rice patties with crab roe.
$$$
Wang Jia Sha
Shop 101, 1/F Cityplaza II, Taikoo Shing
Tel: 2560 3668
Open: 11am-10pm
(Branches: Elements, tel: 2382 0101; Kowloon Tong, tel: 2265 8488)
Signature dishes: Crabmeat dumplings, tea-smoked duck with butterfly-shaped buns, sauteed large prawns in spicy sauce.
$-$$
Wu Kong Shanghai Restaurant
Alpha House, Basement, 27-33 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2366 7244
Open: 11.30am-11pm
(Branch in Causeway Bay, tel: 2506 1018)
Signature dishes: Salty ham with lotus seeds and steamed bread, braised eel with bean sprouts and yellow leeks, hairy crab dishes.
$$-$$$
Xia Mian Guan
Shop 1079-82, Level 1, Elements, 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2196 8121
Open: 11am-10.20pm
Signature dishes: Shanghainese and Suzhou-styled noodles.
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Xiao Nan Guo
Shop 301-302, Level 3, Man Yee Building, 68 Des Voeux Road, Central
Tel: 2259 9393
Open: 11.30am-3pm, 6pm-11pm
(Branches in Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, tel: 2369 8899; Peking Road, tel: 2527 8899; Causeway Bay, tel: 2874 8899; Kowloon Bay, tel: 2545 0880)
Signature dishes: Hairy crab with rice cake, braised gluten with mushrooms, cold chicken in wine sauce.
$$-$$$
Yellow Door Kitchen (Sichuan and Shanghai)
6/F Cheong Hing Building, 37 Cochrane Street, Central
Tel: 2858 6555
Open: Monday-Friday noon-2.30pm, Monday-Saturday 6.30pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Dan dan noodles, spicy beancurd, dumplings.
$$-$$$
Ye Shanghai
Level 3 Pacific Place, Admiralty
Tel: 2918 9833
Open: 11.30am-2.30pm, 6pm-10.30pm
(Branch in Tsim Sha Tsui, tel: 2376 3322)
Signature dishes: Steamed pork dumplings, spicy sliced sea cucumber, saut?ed minced chicken with pine nuts.
$$$
Yi Jiang Nan
Shop GA-11, Site A, 55 Tai Hong St, Sai Wan Ho
Tel: 2136 0886
Open: noon-3pm, 6pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Hot and sour soup, fried fresh shrimp with egg white, crispy lamb.
$$
European
Basement Restaurant
Basement, 29 Gough Street, Central
Tel: 2854 0010
Open: Monday-Saturday 11.30am-3pm (Saturday until 4.30pm), 6.30pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Grilled Japanese sea scallops, organic fresh clam spaghetti, flambeed banana crumble.
$$$$$
Belgos East (Belgian)
G/F Oxford House, Taikoo Place, Island East
Tel: 2250 5020
Open: 11am-11pm
Signature dishes: Parmesan and spinach mussels, sole with grilled vegetables and goat's cheese.
$$
Black Sheep
330 Shek O Village, Shek O
Tel: 2809 2021
Open: 6.30pm-midnight (Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from noon)
Signature dishes: Roasted sweet pepper soup, fresh artichoke salad with three sauces, moussaka.
$$$
Chesa (Swiss)
1/F The Peninsula Hotel, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2315 3169
Open: noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Thinly sliced air-dried meat, traditional Swiss barley cream soup with vegetables and air-dried beef, raclette du Valais, traditional Swiss fondue with gruy?re
and emmental, Toblerone chocolate fondue with seasonal fruit.
$$$$
Daisy
35 Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok
Tel: 2384 8998
Open: 7am-9pm
Signature dishes: Sauteed mushrooms, baked pigeon with risotto, creme brulee.
$$$
The Dublin Jack (Irish)
1/F, 17 Lan Kwai Fong, Central
Tel: 2543 0081
Open: noon-1am (Sunday from 4pm)
Signature dishes: Irish stew, fish and chips, steak sandwich.
$$-$$$
Finds (Scandinavian)
2/F LKF Tower, 33 Wyndham Street, Central
Tel: 2522 9318
Open: Monday-Friday noon-3pm, Monday-Saturday 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: House-smoked shrimp, crispy-fried whole baby vendace.
$$$$
Fourth Floor Restaurant and Bar
Harvey Nichols, 4/F The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road Central
Tel: 3695 3389
Open: Monday-Saturday noon-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Breaded frog's legs with garlic butter escargots, pig's head with honey and cloves, pumpkin ravioli with leek and mild camembert filling served with sage and walnut emulsion.
$$$$$
Frites
1/F Queen's Place, 74 Queen's Road Central, Central
Tel: 2179 5179
Open: noon-11pm
Signature dishes: Moules marinieres, roasted pork knuckle with caramelised roasted vegetables.
$$$$$
Fusion 5th Floor
5/F The Pemberton, 22-26 Bonham Strand East, Sheung Wan
Tel: 2854 1801
Open: noon-3pm, 6pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Wagyu tongue with pickled peppers and shaved foie gras, slow-cooked egg with salted cod, roasted rack of lamb with ratatouille.
$$$$
Ivan The Kozak (Eastern European)
46-48 Cochrane Street, Central
Tel: 2851 1193
Open: Monday-Friday noon-11pm, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 6pm-midnight
Signature dishes: Chicken and mushroom crepes, Ukrainian pea and bacon soup.
$$$
Orange Tree (Dutch)
17 Shelley Street, SoHo
Tel: 2838 9352
Open: 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Lamb fillets and eggplant baked in puff pastry on creamed leeks and rosemary jus, combination of grey shrimps, smoked eel and matjes herring.
$$$$
Sauce
9 Sha Tsui Path, Sai Kung
Tel: 2791 2348
Open: Monday-Friday, 11.30am-10.30pm, Saturday-Sunday 11am-11pm
Signature dishes: Lamb cutlets, spring chicken.
$$
Scala Restaurant
11/F, Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai
Tel: 2802 8888
Open: Monday-Friday noon-3pm, Monday-Saturday 6.30pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Black Angus rib-eye steak, organic chicken and spinach cannelloni with roma tomato-thyme ragout, lobster risotto with wilted baby spinach and red wine reduction, chocolate pudding with chocolate chip ice-cream.
$$$$-$$$$$
SML
Shop 1105, 11/F Times Square, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2577 3444
Open: 11.30am-midnight (Friday, Saturday and the eve of public holidays until 1am)
Signature dishes: Linguine with sea urchin and chilli oil, crisp pork belly with red cabbage, red mullet with tapenade and pesto.
$$$
St George 1/F Hullett House, 2 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 3988 0220
Open: Monday-Saturday noon-2.30pm, 7pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Snail and duck tartlet with cuttlefish, foie gras soup with black pudding and spicy citrus sorbet, roasted Iberico pork cutlet with prunes, white miso, Bellota ham and snails, Mediterranean white Jaffa.
$$$$$
Swiss Chalet
12-14 Hart Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2191 9197
Open: Monday-Saturday noon-2.45pm, nightly 6pm-10.45pm
Signature dishes: Sauteed frogs legs in a saffron sauce with mushrooms, tomatoes and mixed rice, barley soup with air-dried meat, deer medallions with herbs and mixed mushroom sauce served with spaetzle and red cabbage, traditional cheese fondue.
$$
The Verandah
1/F The Peninsula, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2315 3166
Open: 7am-10am (Sunday and public holidays until 10.30am), noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Hickory-smoked
goose liver escalopes on minted melon salsa, wild mushroom tortelloni in a truffle butter sage, soy-glazed cod fillet on angel hair in a wild mushroom broth.
$$$$-$$$$$