Celebrity Cuisine

1/F Lan Kwai Fong Hotel, 3 Kau U Fong, Central. Tel: 3650 0066. Signature dishes: baby pigeon, fish maw with tofu (below), 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 King Restaurant

Shop 110, 1/F, Mikiki, The Latitude Tower, 638 Prince Edward Road East, San Po Kong. Tel: 2711 8233. Signature dishes: double-boiled soup with estuary garoupa, braised chicken with red scallions, jade melon with mixed fungi and bamboo pith. $$$

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, 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, braised winter melon balls stuffed with black olive mustard. $$-$$$

Hoi Yat Heen

2/F Harbour Grand Kowloon, 20 Tak Fung Street, Hung Hom. Tel: 2996 8460. Signature dishes: oven-baked crab meat with onion, trio of steamed seafood, 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: honey-grilled barbecued pork, chicken with sesame sauce and chilli oil, duck with taro, 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, poached geoduck in superior soup. $$$-$$$$

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. $$$$$

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, saut?ed 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. $$$

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). $$

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, sauteed 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 meats. $$$

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, sauteed prawns and crab roe with golden-fried pork and crab meat puffs. $$$$

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, sauteed 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 fresh crab claw with egg white, supreme snake bisque, braised pomelo skin, braised goose webs with pork tendon, saut?ed pork stomach with pickled vegetables and bamboo shoots. $$$$$

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, deep-fried spare ribs with sweet and sour sauce. $$$

Yan Toh Heen

G/F InterContinental Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2313 2323. Signature dishes: saut?ed wagyu beef with mushrooms, grouper rolls filled with walnuts, Yunnan ham and flowering chives in a black truffle crystal glaze, roasted Lung Kong chicken. $$$$

Yat Tung Heen

Basement 2, Eaton Hotel, 380 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2710 1093. Signature dishes: pan-fried chicken with dried mandarin peel, pan-fried lamb chop with black pepper and stewed Chinese lettuce with shrimp paste. $$

Yee Tung Heen

2/F The Excelsior, 281 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2837 6790. Signature dishes: saut?ed dried shrimp and dace fish balls with XO sauce, sauteed king prawns with wasabi sauce, braised spare ribs with preserved vegetables in clay pot, taro and chicken clay pot. $$

Yue

LG/F Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel, 1 Castle Peak Road, Gold Coast. Tel: 2452 8668. (Branch in North Point, tel: 2806 4918). Signature dishes: spotted garoupa roll with Yunnan ham and morels, simmered ka mei chicken with spring onions in special bean sauce, saut?ed prawns with egg white in truffle sauce. $$-$$$

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. $$-$$$

Korean

Arirang

Shop 1205, Food Forum, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2506 3298. (Branch in Tsim Sha Tsui, tel: 2956 3288.) Signature dishes: seafood and bean curd soup, barbecued meats, spring onion pancakes. five-grain rice wrapped in leafy vegetables. $$-$$$

Chang Won

1G Kimberley Street, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2368 4606. Signature dishes: seafood soup, beef ribs hotpot. $$

Chumchummi

Shop 9-10, 2/F Miramar Shopping Centre, 132 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2363 1100. Signature dishes: ox intestines, three-layered pork with chilli bean paste, chive mandu. $$$

Han Ah Rum Korean Restaurant

6/F Causeway Bay Plaza One, 489 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay. Tel 2877 7797. Signature dishes: rice with beef and vegetables stone pot, beef with mushrooms in casserole, pan-fried fish fillet with egg batter. $$-$$$

Imperial Korean Restaurant

B/F, 232 Mansion, 232 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2561 1063. Signature dishes: fresh kimchi, cucumber kimchi, Korean fatty bacon. $$

Jin Luo Bao Korean Restaurant

6/F Island Beverly Commercial Centre, 1 Great George Street, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2895 3986. Signature dishes: kimchi pancake, top-grade beef spare ribs. $$-$$$

Joon Ko

209 Jaffe Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2827 9287. Signature dishes: oysters and rice in soup, spicy blood sausage soup, spicy beef soup, spicy stewed cod with clams. $$

Kaya

6/F, 8 Russell Street, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2838 9550. Signature dishes: seared prime beef wrapped with vegetables, barbecued meats, Korean rice cake slices in soup. $$-$$$

Kimchee Korean Restaurant

Shop 363-366, L3 Grand Century Place, 193 Prince Edward West, Mong Kok. Tel: 2628 0680. (Branches in Tsim Sha Tsui, tel: 2628 0136 and 2628 0822). Signature dishes: chicken-in-one hotpot, barbecued meats, house-made kimchi. $$$-$$$$

Lee Fa Yuen Korea House Restaurant

UG43-48A Empire Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2367 5674. Signature dishes: barbecued meats, chicken ginseng soup, cold noodles. $$

Myung Ga Korean Restaurant

Shop 2702, 27/F iSquare, 63 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2369 1177. (Branches in Causeway Bay, tel: 2882 5056; Taikoo Shing, tel: 2539 6398.) Signature dishes: Korean-style bacon with wine, chuck tail flap beef. $$$

Secret Garden

Shop 5, Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road, Central. Tel: 2801 7990. Signature dishes: braised codfish with carrot and potato, fried bean curd with onion and beef. $$-$$$

Sorabol Korean Restaurant

18/F Lee Theatre Plaza, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2881 6823.(Branches in Tsim Sha Tsui, tel: 2375 2882; Chek Lap Kok, tel: 3559 1111.) Signature dishes: barbecued meats, soybean paste casserole, kimchi soup. $$$

Taste In

Shop 201, Grand Millennium Plaza, 181 Queen's Road Central, Sheung Wan. Tel: 2525 3699. Signature dishes: cow bones with vegetables in soup, spicy fried seafood, kimchi dumplings in soup, $$

Western

Ambrosia Oyster Bar & Grill

Shop 2802, 28/F iSquare, 63 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2368 6901, 2368 6902. Signature dishes: fresh oysters, pan-fried salmon with lemon butter sauce, char-grilled French organic marinated yellow free-range baby chicken. $$$$$

AVA Restaurant Slash Bar

38/F Hotel Panorama by Rhombus, 8A Hart Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 3550 0262. Signature dishes: wild mushroom ravioli, grilled king prawns with black truffle vinaigrette and baby spinach. $$$$$

Classified

5 Sha Tsui Path, Sai Kung. Tel: 2529 3454. (Branches in Wan Chai, tel: 2528 3454; Central, tel: 2147 3454; Tai Hang, tel: 2857 3454; Happy Valley, tel: 2891 3454; Stanley, tel: 2563 3454.) Signature dishes: Moroccan lamb with lemon-herb couscous, deep-fried brie, lemon meringue tart. $$

Coast Bistro and Bar

1/F Kinwick Centre, 32-36 Hollywood Road, Central. Tel: 2544 5888. Signature dishes: mezze platter, crab and asparagus risotto, kangaroo and pork pies $$$

Gough 40 Cafe Bar

40 Gough Street, Central. Tel: 2851 8498. Signature dishes: seafood soup, linguine with clams. $$$$$

Gusto

41 Yik Yam Street, Happy Valley. Tel: 2838 2689. Signature dishes: macaroni and cheese gratin, Gusto burger, rigatoni Bolognese. $$

Liberty Exchange Kitchen and Bar

G/F Exchange Square, Block 2, 8 Connaught Place, Central. Tel: 2810 8400. Signature dishes: house-made sausages, mussels cooked with sake, miso and yuzu. $$$$

Lily and Bloom

6/F LKF Tower, 33 Wyndham Street, Central. Tel: 2810 6166. Signature dishes: roasted bone marrow, onion soup, pappardelle Bolognese, Iberico pork chop with smoked ribs. $$$$$

Palace Cafe Shop

Shop 1058-1059, Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance Street, Central. Tel: 2167 7321. Signature dishes: cream of mushroom with scallops and truffles, roasted chicken, gammon ham and cheese panini. $$

The Phoenix

29 Shelley Street, Mid-Levels. Tel: 2546 2110. Signature dishes: Greek salad, creamy mushrooms on toast, pasta with Serrano ham, cream, lemon and parsley, pan-roasted duck breast with cranberry sauce and pan-roasted thyme potatoes. $$$

Quarterdeck Club

1 Lung King Street, Wan Chai. Tel: 2827 8882. Signature dishes: seared scallops, Peking duck in sticky soy, fillet of lamb wrapped in parma ham served with eggplant caviar, tomato and raisin jam, club sandwich, fresh seafood platter, white chocolate and Turkish delight souffl? with espresso sorbet. $$$

Shore

3/F-4/F The L Place, 139 Queen's Road Central. Tel: 2915 1638. Signature dishes: grilled scallops with green pea pur?e and hot bacon vinaigrette, dry-aged US beef, 'this little piggy' (pork chop with apple and fennel salad and cider mustard vinaigrette). $$$$$

SkyZone Restaurant & Lounge

33/F Rosedale on the Park, 8 Shelter Street, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2127 8828. Signature dishes: seafood platter with tomato salsa and mango salsa, herb-crusted garoupa fillet and king prawns with miso butter sauce bouillabaisse. $$$

Staunton's Wine Bar + Cafe

10-12 Staunton Street, SoHo. Tel: 2973 6611. Signature dishes: classic burger, barbecued chicken breast sandwich, Caesar salad. $$