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Char siu and dim sum in Hong Kong, xiaolongbao and jianbing in Shanghai: where a feminine products company CEO likes to eat
- Olivia Cotes-James is the founder and CEO of Luüna, which makes sustainable period products
- She loves to eat at Mott 32 and Yardbird in Hong Kong, and enjoys street food in Shanghai
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Hong Kong-based Olivia Cotes-James is the founder and CEO of LUÜNA. As told to Andrew Sun.
I am adventurous with food. I don’t think I’ve ever turned down the opportunity to try something new.
A group I really love is Maximal Concepts. I admire how they’ve built such a strong brand and amazing dining concepts. Their restaurant Mott 32 (Basement, Standard Chartered Bank Building, 4-4A Des Voeux Road Central, tel: 2885 8688) has long been one of my favourite places to go for amazing Cantonese dishes, though I save this for special occasions. I’m dying to try their new concept, The Aubrey (25/F, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 5 Connaught Road Central, tel: 2825 4001).
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For a celebration, it’s Yardbird (154-158 Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan, tel: 2547 9273) every time. Their menu – and their playlist – is second to none, including amazing vegetarian dishes. The staff are attentive and welcoming. It’s the first restaurant I went after dining restrictions were lifted.
For cocktails, it has to be Terrible Baby (4/F, Eaton Hong Kong, 380 Nathan Road, Jordan, tel: 2710 1866), which is a venue I love, not only for its great drinks menu, but because the Eaton team put so much work into supporting local artists, creatives and communities.
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