Celebrity Cuisine

1/F Lan Kwai Fong Hotel, 3 Kau U Fong, Central. Tel: 3650 0066. Signature dishes: baby pigeon, fish maw with tofu, chicken wings stuffed with bird's nest, fish head with ginger and spring onions. $$$

Che's

4/F The Broadway, 54-62 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2528 1123. Signature dishes: abalone braised in brown sauce, steamed buns stuffed with grilled pork. $$-$$$

The Chinese Restaurant

3/F Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, 18 Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2311 1234. Signature dishes: crispy bean curd with spicy salt, deep-fried spare ribs with shrimp paste, Sichuan-style poached eel with spicy broth and mung bean sheets, almond cream with egg whites. $$$$

Chung's Cuisine

Shop 1001, 10/F Times Square, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2506 9128. Signature dishes: diced rib-eye steak with crispy rice, pan-fried grouper balls, steamed Chinese birthday buns. $$-$$$

City Hall Maxim's Palace

2/F City Hall Low Block, 7 Edinburgh Place, Central. Tel: 2521 1303. Signature dishes: fried chicken with garlic, braised duck, dim sum. $$-$$$

Cuisine Cuisine

3/F The Mira Hong Kong, 118 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2315 5222. (Branch in Central, tel: 2393 3933.) Signature dishes: deep-fried bean curd with shichimi powder and braised spare ribs, braised chicken with preserved plum and salted lemon, poached Chinese cabbage with bean curd skin in almond cream, green apple gelee. $$$$

Dim Sum

63 Sing Woo Road, Happy Valley. Tel: 2834 8893. Signature dishes: steamed shrimp dumplings, spring rolls, siu mai, baked sago pudding. $$

Dragon Court

Jumbo Kingdom, Shum Wan Pier Drive, Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen. Tel: 2553 9111. Signature dishes: typhoon shelter crab, clams with pepper, lobster braised in stock. $$$$$

Dragon Seal

101/F ICC, 1 Austin Road West, West Kowloon. Tel: 2568 9886. Signature dishes: eastern star garoupa with huangjiu and wolfberries, steamed eggplant with bamboo pith (below), charcoal roasted pigeon. $$$$$

Dynasty

3/F Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2584 6971. Signature dishes: barbecued pork with honey, steamed crab claw with garlic. $$$-$$$$

East Ocean Seafood Restaurant

3/F Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2827 8887. (Branches in Quarry Bay, tel: 2887 7112; Tsim Sha Tsui East, tel: 2723 8128; The One, tel: 2698 0990; Olympian City, tel: 2367 1135; K11, tel: 2722 5622; Tseung Kwan O, tel: 2367 1136.) Signature dishes: iced abalone, lobster cooked with rice noodles. $$

Farm House Restaurant

1/F Phase 1, China Taiping Tower, 8 Sunning Road, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2881 1331. Signature dishes: fried chicken wings stuffed with glutinous rice, steamed egg white with seafood, red-cooked pork ribs. $$$-$$$$

Fook Lam Moon

35 Johnston Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2866 0663. (Branch in Tsim Sha Tsui, tel: 2366 0286.) Signature dishes: roasted suckling pig, fried stuffed crab shell, almond soup with egg white, steamed dumplings with prawns and leaf amaranth. $$$$$

Forum

485 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2869 8282. Signature dishes: braised abalone with goose webs, crispy chicken, roasted pork. $$$$

Golden Leaf

Lower Lobby, Conrad Hotel, Pacific Place, Admiralty. Tel: 2822 8870. Signature dishes: saut?ed king prawns, baked crab meat with onions served in crab shell, saut?ed asparagus with bamboo pith, poached chicken with chicken essence. $$$-$$$$

Good Fortune Restaurant

9/F Grand Plaza Apartments, 2 Kornhill Road, Quarry Bay. Tel: 2186 6960. Signature dishes: whole winter melon soup, steamed bamboo pith with crab meat, roe and egg white. $-$$

The Grand Stage

2/F Western Market, 323 Des Voeux Road, Sheung Wan. Tel: 2815 2311. Signature dishes: braised chicken, pork chops with soybean paste. $$

Hoi King Heen

B2 InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong, 70 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2731 2883. Signature dishes: braised crab claw coated with lotus root paste and served with pomelo skin, steamed grouper rolls with Yunnan ham, braised Chinese cabbage with gingko nuts, meat and Chinese mushroom. $$-$$$

Hoi Yat Heen

2/F Harbour Grand Kowloon, 20 Tak Fung Street, Hung Hom. Tel: 2996 8460. Signature dishes: baked crab meat with onion, steamed lobster mousse, stir-fried egg whites. $$

House of Canton Restaurant

Shop 506 Cityplaza, Taikoo Shing. Tel: 2886 8861. (Branch in Kowloon Tong, tel: 2265 7888.) Signature dishes: Peking duck, saut?ed foie gras with Angus beef tenderloin, asparagus and black pepper, sweet and sour pork in deep-fried vermicelli nest. $$$

House of Tang

2/F Metropark Hotel Kowloon, 75 Waterloo Road, Ho Man Tin. Tel: 2761 1711 ext 3519. Signature dishes: fish head in clay pot, boiled beef in spicy sauce. $$

Island Tang

Shop 222, The Galleria, 9 Queen's Road Central. Tel: 2526 8798. Signature dishes: roasted honey-grilled barbecued pork, duck with taro, baked crab meat with mild curry sauce in crab shell (below), glutinous rice rolls filled with strawberry pur?e. $$$$-$$$$$

Jiang Shun Fresh Water Seafood

Shop 303, 3/F Silvercord Centre, 30 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2375 6888. Signature dishes: pan-fried fish jowls, steamed river carp. $$

Ka Kee

Johnson Mansion, 438 Queen's Road West, Sheung Wan. Tel: 2540 8266. Signature dishes: mutton casserole with water chestnuts and bean curd skin, pomelo skin with shrimp roe, abalone with sea cucumber, Chiu Chow congee with baby oysters. $$

King's Palace Kitchen

7/F Cubus, 1 Hoi Ping Road, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2972 2000. Signature dishes: roasted meats, egg foo yung, grouper potage with puffed rice. $$

Lee House Restaurant

2/F Cre Building, 303 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2821 3368. Signature dishes: double-boiled fish head soup with Chinese herbs, steamed crab with egg white in Chinese yellow wine, Lee House-style chicken, steamed minced pork with salted fish. $$$

Lei Garden

Shop 3008-3011 IFC Mall, 1 Harbour View Street, Central. Tel: 2295 0238. (Branches in North Point, tel: 2806 0008; Wan Chai, tel: 2892 0333; Mong Kok, tel: 2392 5184; Tsim Sha Tsui, tel: 2722 1636; Sha Tin, tel: 2698 9111; Kwun Tong, tel: 2365 3238; Kowloon Bay, tel: 2331 3306; Elements, tel: 2196 8133.) Signature dishes: black beans and shrimp, shrimp in salted egg yolk, crispy fried chicken. $$$-$$$$

Loong Toh Yuen

3/F, 1881 Heritage, Hullett House, 2A Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 3988 0107. Signature dishes: roasted duck feet stuffed with chicken liver, roasted duck, barbecued pork and duck intestine, Angus beef with white mushrooms and garlic, braised house-made bean curd with abalone. $$$$$

Luk Yu

Luk Yu Building, 24-26 Stanley Street, Central. Tel: 2523 5464. Signature dishes: braised ham with fried squab, pig's lung soup with almonds, chicken wings with frogs' legs. $$

Lung King Heen

4/F The Four Seasons Hotel, 8 Finance Street, Central. Tel: 3196 8880. Signature dishes: Peking duck, saut?ed king prawns in crystal sauce, braised goose liver in abalone sauce and fish maw, baked chicken with Perigord truffle, saut?ed wagyu beef cubes with Japanese green peppers. $$$$$

Man Ho Chinese Restaurant

Level 3, JW Marriott Hotel, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty. Tel: 2841 3853. Signature dishes: steamed crab claw with egg white, saut?ed grouper fillet with lotus bulbs and Chinese chives, baked frogs' legs in soy sauce, steamed spare ribs in pumpkin, baked stuffed sea whelk with Portuguese sauce. $$$$

Man Wah

25/F Mandarin Oriental, 5 Connaught Road, Central. Tel: 2825 4003. Signature dishes: steamed crab claw with ginger and rice wine, sauteed fillet of sole in black bean sauce, braised whole fresh abalone in brown sauce, poached pear in tangerine tea. $$$$$

Manor Restaurant

G/F Lockhart House, 440 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2836 9999. Signature dishes: steamed flower crab with hua diao wine and chicken fat, golden coin chicken, roasted suckling pig, clay pot oysters with ginger and spring onions, lettuce with fermented shrimp paste. $$$

Ming Court

Level 6, Langham Place Hotel, 555 Shanghai Street, Mong Kok. Tel: 3552 3300. Signature dishes: stir-fried sliced grouper with assorted mushrooms and dried shrimp roe, crispy fried chicken, stir-fried shrimp with egg white, braised fresh mushrooms with fried bean curd skin topped with dried shrimp roe sauce. $$$

Nam Fong

3/F Le Meridien Cyberport, 100 Cyberport Road, Pok Fu Lam. Tel: 2980 7410. Signature dishes: deep-fried scallops with pears, roasted crispy chicken, double-boiled fish maw with black mushrooms, deep-fried beef fillet with mango. $$$

One Harbour Road

7/F and 8/F Grand Hyatt, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2584 7938. Signature dishes: slow-cooked duck with mushrooms and Chinese herbs, pan-fried scallops stuffed with shrimp mousse in carrot sauce, braised spare ribs Wu Shek style, simmered fillet of grouper with hot chilli and vegetables. $$$$

Rainbow Seafood Restaurant

16-20 and 23-24 First Street, Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island. Tel: 2982 8100. Signature dishes: fried crab with honey and pepper, fried lobster with butter sauce, fried star grouper fillet. $$

Regal Palace

3/F Regal Hongkong Hotel, 88 Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2837 1773. Signature dishes: fried smoked chicken with tea leaves, fried shrimp with salted egg yolk. $$

Rouge

1/F Regal Airport Hotel, 9 Cheong Tat Road, Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok. Tel: 2286 6868. Signature dishes: deep-fried and stuffed roasted duck meat with mashed taro, steamed crab rice in bamboo basket, baked spare ribs with honey and preserved red bean paste, braised grouper belly with eggplant and bean paste. $$-$$$

Royal Garden Chinese

Basement 2, The Royal Garden, 69 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East. Tel: 2724 2666. Signature dishes: steamed red crab with rice wine and chicken oil, whole grouper cooked two ways, deep-fried gluten puffs stuffed with black mushrooms, black fungus and bamboo, braised perch with bean curd sauce (above), steamed whole yellow coral crab. $$

Royal Park Chinese Restaurant

G/F Royal Park Hotel, 8 Pak Hok Ting Street, Sha Tin. Tel: 2694 3939. Signature dishes: explosive crab, drunken baby pigeon. $$-$$$

Sing Yin

W Hotel, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon. Tel: 3717 2848. Signature dishes: wood-smoked half chicken, kelp and Chinese celery with sesame oil, bean curd, bamboo pith and mushrooms with shrimp roe sauce. $$$$

Spring Moon

West Wing, 1/F The Peninsula, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2315 3160. Signature dishes: roasted pigeon flavoured with cinnamon, dim sum, saut?ed prawns with XO sauce. $$$$$

Sun Tung Lok Chinese Cuisine

Shop D, 4/F Miramar Shopping Centre, 123 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2152 1417. Signature dishes: century eggs with pickled ginger, braised chicken feet in abalone sauce, almond cream with egg white. $$$$$

The Square

Shop 401, 4/F Exchange Square, Podium, Central. Tel: 2525 1163. Signature dishes: braised conpoy with vegetables and bean curd in chicken broth, steamed chicken and sliced Yunnan ham, rice with preserved meat and preserved duck. $$$

T'ang Court

1/F Langham Hotel, 8 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2375 1133 ext 2250. Signature dishes: stir-fried lobster with spring onion, red onion and shallots, saut?ed prawns and crab roe with golden-fried pork and crab meat puffs (below). $$$$

Tao Heung Pier 88

Shop 4, 1/F Sino Plaza, 255-257 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2892 0988. (Branches in Heng Fa Chuen, tel: 3520 1288; Mong Kok, tel: 2390 0882; Kowloon Bay, tel: 2243 3855; Tseung Kwan O, tel: 2701 3800; Tsuen Wan, tel: 2499 0032; Tuen Mun, tel: 2449 2822; Sha Tin, tel: 2681 3828; Jordan, tel: 2771 3922; Kwun Tong, tel: 2717 6860; Aberdeen, tel: 2555 3908; Hung Hom, tel: 3691 8933; Kwai Fong, tel: 2410 0886; Causeway Bay, tel: 2831 9155; Ma On Shan, tel: 2630 9381.) Signature dishes: curry king, light soy sauce marinated chicken, grouper served in two styles, hotpot with chicken marinated with wine. $$

Tien Yi Chinese Restaurant

Levels 2 and 3, The Peak Tower, The Peak. Tel: 2907 3888. Signature dishes: baked Australian lobster with chicken broth, saut?ed Angus beef tenderloin and Australian scallop with scallions. $$$$

Tim's Kitchen

G/F and 1/F, 84-90 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan. Tel: 2543 5919. Signature dishes: steamed whole crab claw with egg white, supreme snake bisque, braised pomelo skin, braised goose webs with pork tendon. $$$$$

Tung Kee Restaurant

98-102 Man Nin Street, Sai Kung. Tel: 2792 7453. Signature dishes: red crab steamed in yellow wine, shrimp in salt and pepper. $$

Xin Dau Ji

2/F Holiday Inn Express, 33 Sharp Street, Causeway Bay. Tel: 3162 8899. (Branch in Jordan, tel: 2388 6020.) Signature dishes: roasted suckling pig, steamed spotted grouper, bitter melon with spare ribs, crispy skin chicken. $$$

Yan Toh Heen

G/F InterContinental Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2313 2323. Signature dishes: sauteed wagyu beef with mushrooms, grouper rolls filled with walnuts, Yunnan ham and flowering chives in a black truffle crystal glaze, roasted Lung Kong chicken, poached lobster and bird's nest in egg white. $$$$

Yung Kee

32-40 Wellington Street, Central. Tel: 2522 1624. Signature dishes: roasted goose, liver sausage, mutton casserole with water chestnuts and bean curd skin. $$-$$$