I Know a Place: Andrew Stevens, CNN anchor

Andrew Stevens is the morning co-presenter of CNN Newsroom, Live from Hong Kong

As a man who has to be in bed far too early, I have become a lunch person. I try to be in bed by 9pm and I'm usually catching up with the day's news for an hour or so before lights out. That leaves lunch, and I'm discovering I'm pretty good at lunching.

I am happy anywhere as long as the service and food are good. Italian and Japanese are at the top of my list. I still like the hole-in-the-wall dining that Hong Kong is famous for, especially dumplings and noodles.

After work, I often go to the Foreign Correspondents' Club (2 Lower Albert Road, tel: 2521 1511) for well-priced, dependable food in a great location. I enjoy the chilli con carne, a club classic, as well as the steamed salmon and silken tofu.

Sometimes I go over to The Chinnery (1/F Mandarin Oriental, 5 Connaught Road, Central, tel: 2825 4009) for overpriced but very good pub grub and Giando (1/F The Fleet Arcade, 1 Lung King Street, Fenwick Pier, Wan Chai, tel: 2511 8912) for excellent Italian. At The Chinnery, I like the steak and kidney pudding, and bangers and mash. Everything is good at Giando, but be sure to ask for the burrata and tomato.

A guilty pleasure is the set lunch at Caprice (Podium 6, Four Seasons Hotel, 8 Finance Street, Central, tel: 3196 8860). Where else can you get three-star Michelin food at a reasonable price? And if you don't have to get back to work, the wine list is spectacular.

Outside Hong Kong, I am spending more time in Melbourne these days as I have a daughter at boarding school. I make it a point to have breakfast at the Duchess of Spotswood (+61 3 9391 6016) in Yarraville, which serves possibly the best breakfast in the world. In Tasmania, where my parents live in Ulverstone, I am always at Pedro's (+61 3 6425 6663) for fish and chips. And in London, it's The Red Fort (+ 44 20 7437 2525) in Soho for Indian food.

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