Brunch in Melbourne, beef in San Sebastian, the best sourdough in London: an entrepreneur’s favourite food places around the world

Karen Ng, co-founder of a collective clothing brand and an e-commerce platform, can’t get enough of the ‘Nando’s of Sydney’ and its garlic sauce

In Hong Kong she recommends a sashimi shop in Kowloon City with no English name that attracts famous actors and pop stars

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Karen Ng is the co-founder of Carnaby Fair and co-founder of greenrice.store. Photo: Karen Ng

Published: 4:45pm, 20 Jan 2021Updated: 4:45pm, 20 Jan 2021

Karen Ng is the co-founder of collective clothing brand Carnaby Fair and co-founder of greenrice.store, a start-up e-commerce platform hoping to make health-oriented CBD products available in Hong Kong.

I’m a millennial and I want to bring new ideas to Hong Kong. To do that, I love to explore countries like a local and going to local places.

I would love to revisit the town of San Sebastian in Spain. The bars are great, the people are passionate. My happiest memories are the beaches, the tapas and food. There is so much creativity and culinary skill. I like a restaurant called Atari (Calle Mayor 18, 20003 San Sebastian, Spain, tel: +34 943 44 07 92). They do this really good foie gras and white chocolate dish that combines sweet and savoury. The price range is decent as well.

I don’t eat beef now, but when I still ate it, another favourite was a pintxos (small snacks) place called La Cuchara de San Telmo (Calle 31 de Agosto, 28, San Sebastian, tel: +1 617 953 3735) for the ox cheeks and the creamy duck risotto.

The Hardware Société’s pork belly works as a brunch dish.

Order the garlic sauce when you’re at the chicken chain El Jannah. Photo: Facebook/El Jannah

I also miss Australia. They do the best brunch and coffee, especially in Melbourne. The Hardware Société (123 Hardware Street, and 10 Katherine Place, Melbourne, VIC 3000, tel: +61 03 9621 2100) has a full-on pork belly dish you wouldn’t normally think of for brunch – but it works.