Dim sum, dinner and dessert: Hong Kong food picks for visitors and favourite family-feel restaurants of a Hyatt interior designer

Leslie Lui likes treating visitors to the city with great local food and a good time, with the crowded dim sum spot Sun Hing and Tung Po wet market top picks

She also loves restaurants that have a family factor, such as For Kee, which is ‘filled with family squabbles and lazy cats’

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The egg waffle at Mammy Pancake on Temple street is a “Hong Kong must-try”, according to Hyatt interior designer Leslie Lui, who has the shop on her list of best places to eat in the city. Photo: Jojo Yuen

Published: 4:15pm, 13 Apr 2022Updated: 12:49pm, 13 Jun 2023

Interior designer Leslie Lui works for the Hyatt hotel group, developing and overseeing projects in the Asia-Pacific region. She spoke to Andrew Sun.

I grew up mostly in Alberta, Canada, surrounded by the prairies and the Rocky Mountains. My parents owned a Chinese restaurant and most of my extended family are involved in F&B too. Maybe that’s why I love restaurants that have a family factor.

Some of my favourites include For Kee (Shop J-K, 200 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, tel: 2546 8947), a very local, family-run business. Their pork chop rice with vegetables and fried egg is a favourite. Filled with family squabbles and lazy cats, it’s a great part of the neighbourhood.

I also like Pondi (14 Fuk Sau Lane, Sai Ying Pun, tel: 6556 4253), doing French-Indian fusion food with relaxed and personable interactions. It’s a very intimate restaurant with a great playlist.

For Kee in Sheung Wan. Photo: Edward Wong

Hung yogurt croquettes at Pondi. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Posso (12 Kau U Fong, Sheung Wan, tel: 9870 0898) is a new favourite for a great mix of tapas-style dishes. There’s also perfect pasta, the service is down-to-earth friendly, and again, a great playlist.