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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Shelley Tai of Mius is 100 Top Tables 2026’s best bartender. Photo: Sun Yeung

100 Top Tables 2026: the finest restaurants and bars in Hong Kong

Taipei remains a premier foodie destination, home to an evolving culinary scene that includes the likes of Chicken Bar by Weekend. Photo: @chickenbar_taipei

Unsung Eats: 5 best places to eat and drink in Taipei

Pictures from 100 Top Tables 2026 award event/ceremony at The Murray. Photo: SCMP / Jocelyn Tam

The best restaurants and bars in Hong Kong, Macau and the GBA, revealed

Fxxcking Peace Out Mapo Tofu at Golden Gip in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

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

Fireside’s fridges for dry-ageing meat and fish in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Beyond steak: 3 Hong Kong chefs share dry-ageing tips for fish, lamb, poultry

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Brendan Kelly stands behind the bar at Kelly’s Pub in Seoul’s Nonwon district. The Irish-American expat shares how his bar attracts locals and “foreigners from all over the world” as the face of the neighbourhood changes. Photo: Korea Times
Asia travel

The Irish-American pub helping put a quiet Seoul suburb on the cultural map

Seoul’s Nowon district has never been known for nightlife. Irish-American Brendan Kelly shares how his bar, Kelly’s Pub, is changing that.

Thailand

Thai vendor crackdown threatens to gobble up Bangkok’s street food culture

Japan

Spam musubi? How American flavours were absorbed and adapted in Okinawa

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100 Top Tables

Unsung Eats: 5 best places to eat and drink in Taipei

Fresh takes on Taiwan’s famed fried chicken and breakfast, to tea cocktails and artisanal coffee, here are our Taipei foodie picks.

Taipei remains a premier foodie destination, home to an evolving culinary scene that includes the likes of Chicken Bar by Weekend. Photo: @chickenbar_taipei
Where to eat in Hong Kong

13 new Hong Kong restaurants and bars to try in May 2026, from steak to fondue

New openings include a steakhouse with an Asian-inspired twist, a modern Indian chophouse and a creative omakase spot.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong on Labour Day weekend, May 1-3

Hunt for rare Pokemon cards, enjoy French wine and cheese, shop for antiques, prepare for Hyrox or watch the new Aaron Kwok film.

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What to do in Hong Kong

5 new cafes and coffee shops to try in Hong Kong in May 2026

From new branches of established coffee brands to newcomers offering comfort and even flowers, these 5 new Hong Kong cafes are worth a visit.

A coffee from Tai Ping, a new coffee shop on Sheung Wan’s Tai Ping Shan Street that doubles as a florist. It is one of five new cafes opening in May 2026 that offer something exciting for caffeine fans. Photo: Instagram/taiping.hk
Chinese cuisine

Asian-American mother challenges tough Chinese traditions for new mums

Clarissa Wei’s cookbook ‘Sitting the Month’ puts a modern spin on the traditional Chinese foods typically given to post-partum mothers.

Chinese culture

On the Menu | It is sweet how Chinese desserts are having their moment again

Dubai chocolate, croffles and matcha tarts are temporary, while Chinese sweet soups – known as tong sui in Cantonese – are forever.

Vietnam

Le Le redefines Vietnamese fine dining in Hong Kong with Saigon soul food

Discover Hong Kong’s Le Le: progressive Vietnamese fine dining rooted in Elizabeth Chu’s Saigon childhood memories, Michelin-starred innovation and bold culinary storytelling.

Elizabeth Chu, chairwoman of ZS Hospitality. Photo: Alexander Mak
100 Top Tables

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 30-May 2

Mandarin Oriental The Landmark opens a new champagne bar, Artifact brings us the best of Rome, and Cruise at Hyatt Centric Victoria Harbour transports us to Mexico.

The interiors at Blanc De Noirs, Mandarin Oriental The Landmark Hong Kong’s new champagne bar. Photo: Handout
100 Top Tables

The best restaurants and bars in Hong Kong, Macau and the GBA, revealed

SCMP’s 100 Top Tables Guide 2026 – its biggest ever – awarded winners in the Greater Bay Area and celebrates the region’s vibrant F&B scene.

Hong Kong chefs

Beyond steak: 3 Hong Kong chefs share dry-ageing tips for fish, lamb, poultry

Dry-ageing isn’t reserved for beef only – chefs from Fireside, Kyanbasu by Mt. Yotei and Tori Jukusei offer techniques for home cooks.

Chinese cuisine

‘Exceptional’ steak, Chiu Chow cuisine: wine lover’s Hong Kong food picks

New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel’s Sam Chong shares where he goes for Chiu Chow-style dim sum, charcoal-grilled meats and more.

Dry-aged bone-in ribeye at Prohibition Grill House & Cocktail Bar. Photo: Prohibition Grill House & Cocktail Bar
100 Top Tables

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 1-3

Enjoy Red Lantern chilli dishes at Hutong, a Cantonese odyssey at Sheraton’s Celestial Court, and surf-and-turf at Harbour City’s The Orient Steakhouse.

The Orient Steak House is a new restaurant in Hong Kong. Photo: The Orient Steak House
On Our Radar

Amigo restaurant: 59 years of Hong Kong fine dining and new caviar delights

French fine-dining hotspot Amigo’s golden sun still shines – with 59 years of Hong Kong history and, now, Heilongjiang caviar.

Vietnam

Survival of the sweetest: Choco Pies save Vietnamese hiker lost for 37 hours

The student’s 37-hour agony on Tam Dao Mountain – sustained by Choco Pies – has boosted the snack’s survival kit status.

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Hong Kong

At London restaurant Ikoyi, Jeremy Chan gives a taste of his Hong Kong childhood

Jeremy Chan spent his first eight years in Hong Kong. His menu on April 23 for two-Michelin-star restaurant Ikoyi, in London, reflected that.

Chef Jeremy Chan’s one-off menu on April 23, 2026, at Ikoyi, London, was inspired by his Hong Kong childhood. Photo: Haejo Nam
100 Top Tables

100 Top Tables 2026: the finest restaurants and bars in Hong Kong

Read on for our list of the top talent in the region’s dining scene this year, from best new restaurant to champion of sustainability.

Asia travel

Profile | Meet the Hong Kong chef serving tastes of city’s past using new techniques

Celestial Court chef Kan Wong talks about tapping into memories to recreate flavours of 1980s Hong Kong, and the ingredient he doesn’t miss.

New Openings

Hong Kong’s hottest new openings, from Amalgamate to Happy Samurai

Amalgamate brings its ‘beyond West, beyond East’ menu to Causeway Bay, while plant-friendly Happy Samurai is set to make the cut in Central.

The interior of Bistrot du Vin. Photo: Bistrot du Vin
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.

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
What's hot in Korea

Viral ube drinks and desserts are taking over South Korean cafes

Ube, a vibrant purple yam, is the latest craze in South Korean cafes. Here’s where to go for lattes, cakes, shakes, ice cream and more.

Chinese cuisine

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

Guizhou people were the first in Chinese history recorded as eating chillies. Now the spice-loving province is China’s top chilli producer.

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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.

Beef tenderloin and braised short rib with celery and Bordelaise sauce from Terrace Boulud in Central, Hong Kong, part of its Mother’s Day celebration menu on May 10. Photo: Terrace Boulud
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.

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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