Favourite Hong Kong restaurants of Candice Suen-Sieber, restaurateur
Director of company behind Triple O’s, Grom and Yo Mama tells us where she gets her fill of beef soup noodles, radish salad and uni pasta in Hong Kong, her favourite Vancouver restaurants, and where she takes her kids for pizza and xiao long bao
I’m a casual person, I like to enjoy my food and have a good time with friends. I don’t like a lot of “fluff”.
I really like Nadaman. I go to the one in Pacific Place (7/F Island Shangri-La, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, tel: 2820 8570) because I rarely cross the harbour. It’s [my husband] Kape’s favourite – he normally doesn’t eat much, but he does eat there. It’s so reliable. We both love the radish salad – it’s just very thinly sliced radish with sesame dressing. They add a bit of frisée – normally I can’t stand frisée, but I eat it anyway.
I also love Crystal Jade – it’s so satisfying. I get the beef soup noodles, made with beef shin, and the Beijing dumplings. The kids love it – my stepdaughter, Elisha, eats five baskets of xiao long bao to herself – that’s a lot, because she’s only seven.
Normally I go to the one in IFC (shop 2018-2020, 2/F IFC, 1 Harbour View Street, Central, tel: 2295 3811) but if that’s busy I go to the one in Queensway (shop E01-E06, 1/F Lab Concept, Queensway Plaza, 93 Queensway, Admiralty, tel: 2529 9908).
Of course I like my own restaurant, Ciao Chow (California Tower, 30-32 D’Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong, tel: 2344 0005). Everybody goes there for the pizza, but I love the kale salad.