Netflix and chill: how to beat winter when the polar vortex hits Hong Kong this weekend

A freak weather system is about to push icy conditions straight from the Arctic Circle to Hong Kong, so we’ve put together a guide to the best ways you can stand up to winter and experience the best warming fun this city can offer.

Dong Lai Shun at the basement of the Royal Garden Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui East offers its signature mutton hotpot, with the meat from Inner Mongolian black-headed mutton sliced so thinly it’s cooked in seconds and stays tender even when boiled for a long time. The restaurant also serves a mean ma po tofu.
B2/F, Royal Garden Hotel, 64 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East. Tel: 2733 2020

For the adventurous eaters out there, Megan’s Kitchen offers colourful dumplings and soup bases to keep your meal interesting, like Parma ham consommé hotpot soup base, anchovy pork balls and courgette and cherry tomatoes with Parma ham dumplings.
5/F, Lucky Centre, 165-171 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2588 8305

Or head to where the hipsters are going to warm themselves up over in Tsim Sha Tsui to the newest hotpot place in town, The Drunken Pot. There the hotpots pack an alcoholic punch with “sake bombs”. Or spice it up with Szechuan Mala. Fill the hotpot with items from Angus beef to Alaskan King crab.
Restaurant 1, 2/F, No. 8 Observatory Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2321 9038