Why British chef Simon Rogan has not one – but two – new Hong Kong restaurants
The renowned restaurateur will open Aulis in January and Roganic in February after he fell for the city last year during his Dining at Murasaki collaboration
The latest award-winning chef to open restaurants in Hong Kong is the British restaurateur and chef Simon Rogan, best known for his two-Michelin-star restaurant L’Enclume, which opened in 2002 in the picturesque Lake District village of Cartmel in the North of England.
In 2016 the restaurant won annual British guidebook The Good Food Guide’s Best Restaurant in Britain award for the fourth consecutive year.
Rogan now has Aulis at L’Enclume – a chefs’ table where diners try new dishes before they are put on the main menu and Rogan & Co, a casual dining restaurant, also in Cartmel.
The chef opened Roganic in London as a two-year pop-up in 2011, and again last year – when it won its first Michelin star – and Aulis London, an eight-seater experimental hub for chefs of Roganic to try out gastronomical dishes, which opened in October 2017, and is more an omakase experience for diners.
Hong Kong has to be the [world’s] most exciting city and I just enjoy being here. I absolutely love its vibrancy, its colour, chaos – and it’s people! And obviously the food scene is quite unbelievable, too
Rogan also has a farm in Cartmel Valley that supplies his restaurants with local, seasonal ingredients.
In Hong Kong, he is opening Aulis this month and Roganic in February.
Check out our exclusive interview with Rogan.
Why have you decided to open restaurants in Hong Kong as opposed to other world cities?