Favourite Hong Kong restaurants of Caroline Soubanh, Teakha operations manager

My dining style is pretty casual. I like to eat at home most of the time. Home-cooked food is the best. However, Hong Kong has so many options, it’s sometimes hard to resist the convenience.

One of my frequent choices is BEP Vietnamese Kitchen (LG/F, 9-11 Staunton Street, SoHo, tel: 2522 7533). I am originally from France. There, you’re spoiled with authentic and affordable Vietnamese food, which is surprisingly hard to find here. BEP is the only place I go to for pho. The soup is fragrant, the beef is thinly sliced and the rice noodles are not ove cooked unlike in other places.

I like Maison Libanaise (10 Shelley Street, SoHo, tel: 2111 2284) because you can have an all-vegetarian meal without feeling like you’re missing the meat. It’s tasty, colourful, full of spices, and the portions are just perfect for sharing. My favourites include the roasted cauliflower and golden fried eggplant. The staff are friendly and the atmosphere is warm, albeit a bit noisy in the evening.

I might be biased but I would take visitors to Teakha Kitchen (18 Po Tuck Street, Sheung Wan, tel: 3956 9009) after a walk around the city. The masala chai is my favourite tea from the menu and the only place in Hong Kong I get it.