Arnault Castel is director of Working Unit Limited, which runs Kapok shops and distributes the Moleskine brand in Southeast Asia
As a French expat, there is a new restaurant that I love called Serge et le Phoque (shop B2, Tower 1, The Zenith, 3 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai, tel: 5465 2000). I wouldn’t call it homestyle as it’s quite sophisticated. The food is inventive without being stuffy, which is the problem with quite a few French restaurants outside of France.
I am very picky about French food – and very picky in general – but I enjoy most Chinese and Japanese food in Hong Kong. For authentic Cantonese I think Manor Sea Food Restaurant (shop F-G, 440 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay, tel: 2836 9999) is amazing. It feels a bit lost in time, but the waiters are super friendly and the food is wonderful.
I really enjoy the dim sum and the atmosphere at Island Tang (shop 222, The Galleria, 9 Queen’s Road Central, tel: 2526 8798).
It’s quiet, the service is attentive and it’s a nice place to have a relaxing Sunday lunch.
