Meet the 20-something women who are shaking up Hong Kong’s bar and restaurant scene
Young, determined and passionate about food – this entrepreneurial trio have turned their dreams of business ownership into reality
Late last month, a new vegetarian restaurant called Home – Eat to Live opened in the space that, somewhat ironically, was previously occupied by Burger King in Central. Inside there is lots of wood, an open kitchen upstairs and communal dining tables, lending it an informal atmosphere.
Christian Gerard Mongendre, formerly chef and co-owner of Mana! Fast Slow Food, Mana! Raw and Mana! Cafe, gets kudos for the salad bowls, vegetarian burgers and raw cakes. Meanwhile, another person gets praise from friends and associates for getting the restaurant off the ground.
Twenty-two year-old Elizabeth Chu Yuet-han is dressed in a black blazer decorated with a sparkly brooch with the initials “ZS”, which stand for ZS Hospitality Group of which she is the chairwoman.
During the Occupy protests, my friends were on the front lines, but I was planning to open a restaurant