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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Dieci’s co-founders in Hong Kong worked with Dix Design + Architecture to bring its interiors to life. Photo: Handout

How Hong Kong’s new restaurants are using thoughtful design to draw crowds

Saicho afternoon tea at Tiffin, and a Chocolatier x Saicho takeaway gift box, at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for April 24-26

Bourke’s Wattleseed cocktail is part of the Australian bar’s new drinks menu, in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Drink in Focus: Wattleseed cocktail at Bourke’s

Six Hong Kong outlets are celebrating Art Month with special offerings, such as this roasted quail dish at Akira Back. Photo: Handout

5 art-inspired menus to indulge in during Hong Kong’s Art Month

The Bleu Martini, one of the new cocktails at Jean-Pierre’s Le Bar, in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 23-25

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Chef Josh Boutwood at Salisterra at The Upper House in Hong Kong. Once a reluctant cook, he now helms Manila’s two-Michelin-starred restaurant Helm. Photo: Jonathan Wong
The Philippines

He swore he wouldn’t be a chef. Now he has a 2-Michelin-starred restaurant

Josh Boutwood began with the belief that a chef’s life was ‘not the life for me’. Today, he has a culinary empire in Manila.

What's hot in Korea

Viral ube drinks and desserts are taking over South Korean cafes

Chinese cuisine

Not just home to Lao Gan Ma, Guizhou is where China’s chilli culture was born

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Video | China’s hidden chilli capital, and the birthplace of the chilli crisp

The people of Guizhou were the first in China to embrace the heat during a chapter of their culinary history dating back over 260 years to the Qing dynasty.

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Where to eat in Hong Kong

11 of the best Mother’s Day 2026 menus in Hong Kong for a special treat

With restaurants spotlighting cuisines from around the world, you’re sure to celebrate Mother’s Day in style in Hong Kong.

Japan

Burger King in Japan dangles US$250,000 to lure rival franchisees

Meanwhile, Philippine fried chicken chain Jollibee has announced a record operating income and is accelerating its global expansion.

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What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, April 24-26

Take part in a yoga session doubling as a dog adoption day, explore Chinese fashion at an exhibition and indulge in desserts.

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The Hive, in collaboration with Stray Friends Sai Kung, will host a dog adoption day and puppy yoga on April 25, 2026. Photo: the Hive Sai Kung/eventbrite
Indonesia

Can Indonesia’s front-of-pack nutrition labels help fight rising obesity?

Indonesians welcome the new labelling system to reduce sugar, salt and fat intake, but experts warn it is not a ‘silver bullet’.

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100 Top Tables

Dish in Focus: Fxxking Peace Out Mapo Tofu at Golden Gip

Chef Shun Sato remixes nostalgic mapo tofu with local flower crab, Korean tteokbokki and wok hei in his cheeky ‘peace out’ fusion of flavour.

Wellness

Is your family addicted to screens and junk food? How to change their habits

In her book Dopamine Kids, Michaeleen Doucleff examines our reliance on ‘magnets’ that hamper happiness and explains how to overcome them.

Ultra-processed food and screens are dopamine “magnets” that can be avoided for a better quality of life, according to biochemist Michaeleen Doucleff, whose new book Dopamine Kids explains how to reshape your family’s habits. Photo: Shutterstock
Asian diaspora

The soy sauce artisans making the Chinese condiment with a dash of attitude

Two craft soy sauce makers in Sweden and Australia are turning away from ‘boring’ mass production methods to make the condiment in new ways.

Handcrafted soy sauce from Sweden-based producer Ramona Lee, aka the Soy Sauce Lady. She and Australia-based Mike Fung of Cinwaan Soy Sauce are producing the ancient Chinese condiment in exciting new ways. Photo: Ramona Lee
ParknShop

Mouthing Off | Why a ParknShop-Wellcome merger isn’t cause for worry – we have plenty of choice

A potential monopoly involving Hong Kong’s two biggest supermarket chains is not as bad as some think, at least for those who shop around.

5050

Meet the women in whiskey breaking the glass ceiling in male-dominated industry

A growing number of women are becoming leaders in the traditionally male-dominated US whiskey industry, from making it to promoting it.

100 Top Tables

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 23-25

Parisian bistro Jean-Pierre launches new cocktails, Qura at the Regent is doubly taken over, and Osaka’s Craftroom heads to The Aubrey.

The Bleu Martini, one of the new cocktails at Jean-Pierre’s Le Bar, in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Weddings

His wedding cakes start from US$23,500. Many of them cost much more

Bastien Blanc-Tailleur’s cakes are one-off, handmade and pure show-stoppers – just expect to pay a minimum of five figures for one.

Netra Mantena and Vamsi Gadiraju on their wedding day with the Bastien Blanc-Tailleur designed cake. Photo: Instagram/thejoee
Macau

Top Macau dining spots for an F&B boss, from soup noodles to Portuguese ribs

Galaxy Macau’s Sammy Wu reveals his favourite Macau restaurants for everything from Portuguese to Cantonese to Shunde cuisine.

100 Top Tables

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for April 24-26

Opt for an Alpine spring tasting menu, a Saicho afternoon tea or a sustainable Earth Day feast this weekend.

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Taiwan

Who makes the best panettone in the world? Ask this Taiwanese baker

Giovanna Chen Shih-chieh shares her journey to leading a team of Taiwanese bakers to victory in the 2025 Panettone World Championship.

Panettone by Taiwanese baker Giovanna Chen Shih-chieh. A team led by Chen won the 2025 Panettone World Championship. Photo: Instagram/iloveitalybygiovanna
Asia travel

Asia’s next cocktail capital? The rise of Phnom Penh’s vibrant drinks scene

Bars in the Cambodian capital are redefining the city’s mixology with their focus on local ingredients, creativity and sustainability.

Healthy eating

How asparagus benefits your health – and the different ways to cook it

Chefs share their tips, from simple grilling to fermenting, highlighting the vegetable’s versatility and seasonal appeal … but why does it make your urine smell?

Hong Kong culture

Hong Kong’s famous Oi Man Sang dai pai dong opens dessert shop

At Oi Sweet by Oi Man Sang, a former Michelin-star-restaurant pastry chef makes sweet treats that honour Hong Kong culinary heritage.

Oi Sweet serves its banana sago pudding in a clay pot, in an ode to the classic Hong Kong dish, clay pot rice. The new dessert shop in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po neighbourhood blends nostalgia with modern patisserie techniques. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Wellness

Is this soup being culturally appropriated? Dispute boils between 2 nations

Greece and Turkey are arguing over a traditional soup’s origins as one restaurateur attempts to register it as a dish of Greece with Unesco.

A woman prepares to eat traditional tripe soup known as “patsas” in Greek and “iskembe” in Turkish, at Epirus restaurant in central Athens, on Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Luxury Hotels

Review | Rosewood Amsterdam blends luxury and heritage in the heart of the city

The historic building dates back more than 300 years, and has been restored to its former glory by the Hong Kong-based hotel group.

Chinese culture

Reflections | What an old Chinese snack can teach people about the ‘proper’ way to eat dishes

The evolution of ‘biluo’ in Tang-dynasty China highlights how there is no unchanging way in which a dish ought to be prepared and enjoyed.

100 Top Tables

Drink in Focus: Wattleseed cocktail at Bourke’s

Peel Street’s Bourke’s has just launched a new drinks menu, with the Wattleseed cocktail paying tribute to the native Australian ingredient.

Bourke’s Wattleseed cocktail is part of the Australian bar’s new drinks menu, in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Egypt

Kunafa prawn? From Shandong to the Nile, Cairo’s love affair with Chinese food

From a 63-year-old restaurant chain to high-end hotels, Cairo has no shortage of Chinese food, tweaked for the local palate.

A chef at work at the Four Seasons Hotel Cairo’s 8 Restaurant. The woks used at the Cairo restaurant are sourced from China. Photo: Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza
South Korea

South Korean police investigate mother for feeding rice cake soup to infant

The case went viral after the mother posted a photo on social media and admitted to giving her infant son some of the ‘tteokguk’ broth.

Architecture and design

How Hong Kong’s new restaurants are using thoughtful design to draw crowds

At Dieci and Yurt, 2 of Hong Kong’s newest restaurants, thoughtful interior design creates breathing room and improves the guest experience.

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