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‘Old school’ dim sum, late-night street food, Italian brunch: a Hong Kong music entrepreneur’s go-to places to eat

  • Johnny Hiller, music director at a Hong Kong restaurant, is Eurasian, and seeks out diverse cuisines and record shops with equal passion
  • He has eaten Peking duck in the same place in Hong Kong for decades, and shares his Japanese lunch go-to and a Latin American restaurant that always impresses

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Dishes at Oi Man Sang in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po neighbourhood. DJ and music entrepreneur Johnny Hiller shares why this cafe is his go-to for late-night street food, and reveals his favourite restaurants in the city for dim sum, Italian and more.
Andrew Sun

Music entrepreneur and DJ Johnny Hiller is the music director at Melody – House of Food and Music (100 Third Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong). He spoke to Andrew Sun.

I’ve been into food since I was very young. I learned to cook at the age of eight out of necessity as my mum was bedridden.

She gave me play-by-play instructions on how to prepare a traditional Cantonese bak chit gai, or white poached chicken, which produces a nutritious clear broth.

These days, I make sourdough bread early in the morning, which is a grounding and meditative experience.
Johnny Hiller has been into food since he was young, and learned to cook when he was eight. Photo: Johnny Hiller
Johnny Hiller has been into food since he was young, and learned to cook when he was eight. Photo: Johnny Hiller

One of my favourite things was watching both my grandmas in Germany and Hong Kong cook elaborate family meals, from Cantonese dishes to European-style roasts and stews.

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