Eat Drink Asia: Yakitori at Yardbird, the man who makes Cloudy Bay wines, nachos of the world and a durian dessert smorgasboard

In episode four, we speak to Yardbird chef and owner Matt Abergel, who has some big news about the ever popular Sheung Wan restaurant. We also sample Nachos of the World Cup, and talk to the winemaker from Cloudy Bay

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Published: 1:00pm, 12 Jul 2018Updated: 3:20pm, 20 Dec 2018

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Eat Drink Asia podcast.

In this episode, we head to Yardbird, one of Hong Kong’s most popular restaurants. Having opened in 2011, late last year it moved to bigger premises in Sheung Wan, and in May, worked with Phaidon to publish a high-end cookery book, Chicken and Charcoal.

We talk to Yardbird chef and owner Matt Abergel about how the restaurant was hatched, and he reveals some big news on the expansion front.

Matt Abergel is the executive chef and owner of Yardbird. Photo: courtesy of Chicken and Charcoal

Summer seems to be the season for food-eating contests. We’re still trying to digest the fact that American Joey Chestnut ate a staggering 74 hot dogs – buns included – at Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York last week.

Chestnut broke the contest record as he downed the dogs in just 10 minutes.

Competitors ate a burger with eight patties at Burger Joys over the weekend. Photo: Jonathan Wong