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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
At Mesa by José Avillez, the restaurant’s namesake chef (left) works closely with head chef Herlander Fernandes to craft a menu that reinterprets Portuguese cuisine for international diners in Macau.

Mesa by José Avillez celebrates artistry of Portuguese cuisine in Macau

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Enjoy a classic Christmas turkey at Regent Hong Kong this festive season. Photo: Handout

Where to enjoy Christmas dinner in Hong Kong this festive season

Beloved Hong Kong bar The Daily Tot, one day after its closure this month. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Looking back on a bruising year for Hong Kong’s bar industry

Terrible Baby at Eaton HK is throwing a Back to the Future party on New Year’s Eve. Photo: Handout

The best New Year’s Eve countdown parties in Hong Kong for ringing in 2026

Hong Kong’s hospitality sector faces staffing shortages, but start-up Shift Happens is offering a recruitment solution. Photo: Jelly Tse

Need restaurant staff? Shift Happens is here to help

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A poster for Netflix’s cooking show Culinary Class Wars season two. The Netflix hit cooking competition returned on December 16. Photo: Netflix
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How Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars season 2 stays ‘true to the original essence’

Amid off-screen scrutiny on one of the show’s judges, season two of Culinary Class Wars returns with a focus on its intense cooking battles.

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 26-28

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How Singapore’s unforgiving food scene can go hot and cold on brands

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How to use dried pomegranate seeds, or anardana, to give dishes a bold flavour

Dried pomegranate seeds, also known as anardana, offer a deeper, complex flavour that is perfect for stews, spice rubs and more.

Pomegranate seeds can be dried and used as a sour spice in Indian, Pakistani and Middle Eastern cuisines. Photo: Shutterstock
Chinese culture

Explainer | What is the winter solstice? History, food and how Hong Kong celebrates

Known as dung zi in Cantonese and dongzhi in Mandarin, the winter solstice is one of the most important celebrations for Chinese families.

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Why it’s still hard to get a table at Singapore’s Burnt Ends 12 years on

Burnt Ends’ chef-owner Dave Pynt talks about his searing success at the Michelin-star grilled-meat restaurant and his plans for the future.

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Mouthing Off | American cuisine better than Vietnamese, Korean? New ‘best’ list stirs tempers

The ‘100 Best Cuisines in the World’ list from TasteAtlas is angering people with its contentious food rankings. Singapore at number 90?

Bowls of pho from Bep in Hong Kong. Vietnamese cuisine is ranked at number 16 on TasteAtlas’s latest list of the “100 Best Cuisines in the World”, one place below American cuisine. Photo: Bep
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Best places to eat in Hangzhou, China’s rising fine-dining hotspot

Hangzhou has become a gourmand mecca in recent years, with its Michelin Guide full of top restaurants serving a range of Chinese cuisines.

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This week in PostMag: festive tables, Cantopop and Christmas lights

As the holidays arrive, we reflect on food, memory, music – and the Hong Kong rituals that still anchor the season.

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What to eat on Peng Chau, food-filled Hong Kong island great for day trips

Peng Chau is full of spots serving everything from old-school dim sum to pizza. Be sure to visit at weekends when most restaurants are open.

Alex Hung prepares dim sum at Hoi King Seafood, one of Peng Chau’s many popular restaurants. Head to the island at weekends to find delicious treats from Thai food to Hong Kong pineapple buns filled with ice cream. Photo: Kylie Knott
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Dish in Focus: Flower crab dan dan noodles at Path

Chef Tony Mok reimagines a Sichuan classic with Korean-inspired techniques, local crab, typhoon shelter crunch and chilled, cashew-based noodles.

Path’s signature flower crab dan dan noodles, in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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‘Hong Kong taught me balance’: Hutong chef on Sichuan spice and new menu

Sichuanese chef Ren Dingxu of Hutong Dubai talks about exploring spice in his new menu available in Hong Kong and his aim to ‘evoke emotion’.

Luxury Hotels

Is Hoiana Resort & Golf Vietnam’s ultimate seaside escape?

The luxury resort along the central Vietnam coast boasts over 20 F&B establishments, golf, a casino and endless activities for both grown-ups and children.

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 12-14

Enjoy alfresco fondue at Zoku’s The Terrace, a festive set dinner by Ask for Alonzo, and a one-day-only Christmas charity brunch by Ando.

Zoku’s sukiyaki cheese fondue in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Old Hong Kong

In pictures: a taste for winter warming fare, Hong Kong style

How Hongkongers keep warm in the winter, from steaming hotpot and snake soup to roasted chestnuts and bowls of crispy claypot rice.

On a cold winter night in 1984, people tuck into a hotpot meal at a street-side food stall in Hong Kong, locally called a “dai pai dong”. Photo: SCMP Archives
New Openings

Hong Kong’s hottest new openings, from a quiet coffee shop to Yunnan cuisine

Jija by Vicky Lau brings Yunnan province flavours to Tsim Sha Tsui, minimalist cafe Moonary serves espresso-based drinks and matcha lattes, and Carmela offers a Mediterranean touch.

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How to use lime leaves in a Thai fried chicken dish your friends will love

Seldom used by home cooks, citrus leaves flavour curries and Cantonese snake soup. Here’s a chicken dish that uses them to delicious effect.

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A taste of tribal recipes from the jungles of Borneo

Known for documenting the flavours of her native Kuching, Malaysia, Marian Chin is taking her culinary finds to Hong Kong for the first time.

A Sarawak native jungle cooking. Photo: courtesy KINO magazine
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Dish in Focus: Toasted sesame tofu at Mosu Hong Kong

The M+ museum restaurant’s signature ‘tofu’ dish is a study in detail and texture, uniting Korean creativity, Japanese inspiration and playful presentation.

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Why Hong Kong’s cooked food centres are so beloved and great ones to visit

Serving cheap and cheerful food with a dab of nostalgia, cooked food centres embody old Hong Kong and play a key role in the city’s identity.

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for November 29-30

Lean into winter comfort food with Honky Tonks’ festive turkey special and Samkeoli’s Korean hotpot this weekend.

The Rudolph Sandwich at Honky Tonks in Hong Kong is a new take on the classic Thanksgiving turkey dinner. Photo: Honky Tonks
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On the Menu | Why the future of food in Asia is about comfort dishes and ‘relaxed dining’

Chefs at a Bangkok event epitomised a focus on heritage over haute that Marriott International’s Future of Food 2026 report says is trending.

Chef Aruss “Jai” Lerlerstkull served this elevated version of the Thai comfort dish phanaeng curry at The Ritz Carlton, Bangkok, as part of Marriott International’s second Luxury Dining Series. Top chefs are embracing traditional cooking techniques and ingredients in a big way in Asia. Photo: Charmaine Mok
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Where to enjoy Christmas dinner in Hong Kong this festive season

For Christmas dining with flair, the city’s top restaurants Belon and The Magistracy, and hotels like Regent Hong Kong and Island Shangri-la, are laying on some delicious festive feasts.

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How Hong Kong-born chef’s Chinese kitchen knives are cutting through stigma

Chef says ‘made in China’ does not mean low quality and that his modern, affordable chef’s knives challenge ones from Japan and Germany.

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The rich history of cinnamon, from Ceylon to Cinnabon

A spice derived from the dried inner bark of evergreen trees, cinnamon’s warmth and versatility shine in sweet and savoury dishes alike.

The US chain Cinnabon uses Makara cinnamon from Indonesia for its buns. Photo: Handout
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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for November 21-23

Try new menus at a Chiu Chow private kitchen, enjoy kappou cuisine with rooftop views at The Henderson, and start the festive season with an afternoon tea at 181 at Fortnum & Mason.

The eight-dish appetiser at Hana no Kumo in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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How chestnuts make a nutritious addition to many dishes

In Asia, the nuts are used in soups and stews, while in Europe they appear in pasta dishes and in desserts like Mont Blanc and marron glacé.

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How to use ugly, tasty tamarind to make Thai crunchy fish

It may look like dog droppings in its natural state, but tamarind adds flavour to Southeast Asian and Indian dishes. Here’s a recipe idea.

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