Dickson Leung of Town restaurant on his favourite places to eat Japanese

I was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Hong Kong and Canada. If I had the choice, my preferred cuisines would be Japanese, Chinese and French.

As with a lot of Hong Kong people, I could never get enough of Japanese food. Oedo (shop B10, B/F Island Place, 500 King's Road, North Point, tel: 2960 0099) is one of my regular hangout places for good-value sushi. I always sit at the sushi bar for omakase, where the experienced sushi chef master Shun will just do his thing. And now is the perfect time to enjoy sanma (Pacific saury) fish.

For more of a special night out, Wagyu Kaiseki Den (263 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, tel: 2851 2820) never fails to impress. Watching chef Hiroyuki Saotome prepare each dish to perfection is another enjoyment on its own. I love the sesame seaweed sauce, for which I always ask for seconds. It goes excellently with grilled beef. I also take double on their mochi cake any time.

Japanese ramen noodles, a trend in Hong Kong, is what I eat for quick lunches. I like Ramen Kureha (20-22 Wun Sha Street, Tai Hang, tel: 2808 4468) the most.

Victoria City Seafood restaurant (2/F Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, tel: 2827 9938) is a classic Cantonese restaurant for dim sum and a family gathering. I often take overseas guests there, especially during hairy crab season. My other favourite is Hing Kei (1/F Po Wah Commercial Building, 180 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, tel: 2722 0022). Their duck rice noodle soup is superb and unbeatable and it still tastes the same as in the 1980s when they were located in the Causeway Bay Pier. The signature typhoon shelter-style fried spicy crab is also very good.

When I do dine with customers or friends from overseas, Peking Garden (shop B1, B/F Alexandra House, 16-20 Chater Road, Central, tel: 2526 6456) is the best for various reasons. The hand-pulled noodle-making performance is always a highlight to visitors. And their noodles taste better than those that I found in Beijing.