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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Amigo’s six-course dinner in Hong Kong includes its house-brand caviar. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for April 10-13

Quanzhou was a global maritime trade centre in the Song and Yuan dynasties. In 2025, Unesco awarded it the title Creative City of Gastronomy. Photo: Xinhua

Quanzhou offers a taste of the Maritime Silk Road

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Sunlover from from Honky Tonks Tavern’s spring cocktail menu. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 9-11

Chef Ricardo Chaneton of Mono, a Michelin-starred Latin American restaurant in Central, is showing how a more environmentally friendly F&B industry is possible, even in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

How Sustainability Hero Mono is championing eco-conscious F&B in Hong Kong

Chinese wines are increasing in popularity and holding their own against old world vintages. Photo: AFP

The Chinese Wine Awards shine a spotlight on flourishing mainland vineyards

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Feuille’s beetroot pre-dessert creation in Hong Kong has made diners rethink the flavour of the vegetable entirely. Photo: Studio PMK
Food and Drinks

Dish in Focus: Beetroot – juniper – roses at Feuille

Feuille’s Joris Rousseau turns beetroot into a quietly radical pre-dessert that bridges his vegetable-first philosophy with a pastry finale.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for March 6-8

Wellness

‘I fought back’: how Heather Mills took control of her health via her diet

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How a vegan diet can help prevent and manage cancer, and the foods to focus on

Experts talk about the links between diet and disease and why one of the best reasons to eat a plant-based diet is to help prevent cancer.

Plants contain phytochemicals, which fight harmful cell growth and reduce the risk of many types of cancer. Different coloured vegetables have different health-giving properties. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

He had cancer, she had a rare disorder. How two 85-year-olds came out on top

Bob and Fran German share how going vegan changed their lives and helps them keep fit, healthy, full of energy – and sniffle-free.

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This Chinese-Vietnamese plant-based influencer makes even haters love tofu

Wendy the Food Scientist is on a mission to make plant-based eating simple, healthy and satisfying – no ultra-processed ‘fake meat’ required.

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Chinese chef of 2-Michelin-star restaurant is redefining plant-based cuisine

Chef Dai Jun talks about his philosophy at Beijing’s Lamdre, a restaurant that sits at the vanguard of the Chinese vegetarian food scene.

‘Sunflower’ by Lamdre. Photo: Wynn Resorts (Macau)
Hong Kong

Opinion | How to invite meaning to your Christmas feast in a turmoil-filled world

Helping others, starting meaningful conversations and making the festive season more sustainable are just a few ways to celebrate this year.

Wellness

How to avoid gaining weight this Christmas while still enjoying great food

Diet experts weigh in on healthy festive eating to avoid weight gain, from foods with nutritional ‘superpowers’ to alternatives to sugar.

China consumption

Flash in the pan: how China’s plant-based meat craze fizzled

The closure of Beyond Meat’s China business, despite heavy financing and marketing, underscores challenges that scuppered many vegan meat firms.

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Beyond Meat burger patties on sale in New York. Photo: Reuters
Wellness

What is the Green Mediterranean diet and is it your brain’s best ally?

The plant-focused Green Mediterranean diet delivers even more brain benefits than the regular Mediterranean diet, experts say.

The Green Mediterranean Diet maintains the same foundation as the Mediterranean Diet but incorporates more polyphenol-rich foods, such as green tea, walnuts. Photo: Shutterstock
European Union

EU votes to ban ‘burger’ and ‘steak’ labels for plant-based foods

The ban helps farmers who view plant-based foods as a threat amid growing concerns about animal welfare and greenhouse gas emissions.

Wellness

‘Planetary health diet’ could stop 15 million deaths a year, climate disaster

Global shift to healthier, mainly plant-based diets could save millions of lives and avert the worst effects of climate change, report says.

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Could plant-based egg be answer to UK’s allergy and sustainability concerns?

Just Egg’s vegan egg has just launched in the UK, one of the world’s most allergic countries, where one in 20 people develop an egg allergy.

Just Egg claims that its plant-based egg, which is made from mung beans, looks, cooks and tastes like chicken eggs. Photo: Instagram/eatjust
Food and Drinks

Famous French chef goes all vegan at his 3-Michelin-star Paris restaurant

Alain Passard has switched to an entirely plant-based menu at L’Arpege. Here’s why he’s ‘extremely confident’ about the move.

Alain Passard at L’Arpege. The French chef, who switched to an entirely plant-based menu at the restaurant on July 21, says he is not worried about his Paris restaurant losing its three-Michelin-star status. Photo: AFP
Food and Drinks

What is hoisin sauce? How the condiment spread from China to Trader Joe’s

Originating in southern China, hoisin sauce is now found in supermarkets from the US to Japan and is even used in cocktails and desserts.

Wellness

No statins: how 56-year-old reversed heart disease with a plant-based diet

Lauren Bernick adopted a vegan diet after being diagnosed with coronary artery disease at 46. A decade on, she’s thriving without statins.

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Dish in Focus: Seasonal vegetables cooked together with black truffle

At the two-Michelin-star Alain Ducasse at Morpheus in Macau, this dish surprises even the most sceptical meat lovers.

The seasonal vegetables cooked together with black truffle is popular even among meat lovers. Photo: Jordan Sapally
Wellness

Protein, the new darling of women’s wellness

From Rae’s Vital Proteins and Williams’ Happy Viking lines, to Kardashian’s Khloud Protein Popcorn, celebrities are increasingly targeting female consumers with protein-enriched products.

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Profile | Chef behind Asia’s only Michelin-star vegan restaurant on his big gamble

‘People tried to talk me out of it,’ says Sung Si-woo of Légume. Now his Seoul restaurant is finding fans with all kinds of dietary needs.

Wellness

How eating whole food plant proteins lowers hypertension risk

Eating plant-based protein – as long as it is minimally processed – lowers the risk of suffering from hypertension, a long-term study shows.

Pulses, beans, seeds and nuts contain healthy plant-based protein. Photo: Shutterstock
Healthy eating

Editorial | Rely on science, not fads, for weight loss

A study found that 40 per cent of Hongkongers have tried alternative diets. But many promise more than they deliver and can be detrimental.

The keto diet is among many promoted online. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Explainer | Are weight loss diets like fasting, low carbs harmful? Hong Kong experts weigh in

The Post unpacks survey findings on where Hongkongers get their diet tips and what experts say can be risky.

Wellness

Vegan diets often lack 2 essential amino acids, study finds

Vegans may have adequate protein but often lack lysine and leucine, essential amino acids that are found in soy, nuts and grains.

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Can eating chocolate be good for you? Yes, as long as it’s dark chocolate

A dietitian and a chocolate craftsman explain why it is OK to indulge a chocolate craving – as long as it is dark, and only in moderation.

Macro. Sea salt and chocolate. Chunks of chocolate with sea salt. Photo: Shutterstock
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‘Phenomenal’ vegetarian food, ‘fantastic’ Peking duck in Hong Kong

Silver Spoon Restaurants’ Harshil Bhasin reveals his favourite Japanese and Chinese vegetarian joints and others in Hong Kong.

Tiger skin green peppers with spicy dressing at Madame Fu Grand Cafe Chinois, a restaurant at Tai Kwun in Central. 31JUL18 [FEATURES FOOD] SCMP / Xiaomei Chen
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How to make TikTok sensation Lao street food naem khao

Naem khao is a popular dish in Laos, made from deep-fried rice balls that are broken up, baked and served with peanuts and dressing.

Wellness

Is a vegan diet healthy? Not always, but here’s how to get it right

Nutrition experts give tips on avoiding plant-based pitfalls such as eating too many processed foods and not enough vitamins and minerals.

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