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Hong Kong chefs

Hong Kong chefs
Get to know Hong Kong’s best chefs, from icons of Michelin-starred fine dining restaurants to talented young chefs in the kitchen.
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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
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

The World’s 50 Best Bars awards ceremony was held at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong this year. Photo: Dickson Lee

Word on the StrEAT: Hong Kong’s F&B gurus on the highs and lows of 2025

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

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 12-14

Arm Coffee in Sai Kung, Hong Kong, serves a delicious brunch. Photo: Handout

Seaside and sunshine: Sai Kung offers fertile grounds for independent cafes

Raiza Carrera (centre) takes over Dead Poets in Hong Kong as part of their second birthday celebrations. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for December 12-14

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Lobster Bar and Grill’s Cary Docherty. Photo: courtesy Island Shangri-La
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Tiny oven, big traditions: one chef’s Christmas recipe book

Cary Docherty of Island Shangri-La’s Lobster Bar and Grill on the festive dishes he loves – and how to pull them off in a small kitchen.

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Word on the StrEAT: Hong Kong’s F&B gurus on the highs and lows of 2025

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

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Why Francis founders changed tack for their new Hong Kong restaurant Carmela

Carmela in Sheung Wan offers more southern Mediterranean dishes than Francis’ Middle Eastern ones, with dishes including pasta and seafood.

(L to R) Carmela’s co-owners James Ward and Asher Goldstein, pose for a picture at Carmela in Central. 11NOV25 SCMP / Edmond So
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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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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.

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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.

Enjoy a classic Christmas turkey at Regent Hong Kong this festive season. Photo: Handout
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11 of the best places to eat hairy crab in Hong Kong in 2025

From steamed Jiangsu crabs to dumplings, soups and even a pizza featuring the seasonal delicacy, here’s where to get your hairy crab fix.

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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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Male vs female hairy crabs: which are tastiest? Hong Kong chefs explain

Top Hong Kong chefs point out the key differences between male and female hairy crabs, which are best for newbies and how they cook them.

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Steamed hairy crab at Ying Jee Club. The two-Michelin-star Hong Kong restaurant’s head chef, Cheung Kin-ming, is among those who help us understand the differences between female and male hairy crabs, and which might be best for first-timers. Photo: Ying Jee Club
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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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A jewel to crown Hong Kong’s newest skyscraper, Peridot really shines

Topping Central’s Zaha Hadid-designed The Henderson building, this new cocktail bar and restaurant offers a vision all of its own.

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Dish in Focus: Aged rice duck à l’orange at Épure

At Épure in Hong Kong, head chef Aven Lau reimagines French classic duck à l’orange with Asian sensibilities – here’s how he does it.

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Style Edit: Meet Baken, the world’s first all-bacon snack line

Philippine brand Baken aims to make bacon a pantry staple in Hong Kong and beyond – beginning with a dinner at Michelin-starred Louise.

All-bacon snack brand Baken’s pop-up at the HKTDC Food Expo Pro in August. Photo: Handout
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World’s best young chef Ardy Ferguson on plating up ‘the spirit of Asia’

The San Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition 2024-25 winner never planned to cook. Now his dishes tell stories of his past – and future.

Ardy Ferguson speaks at the San Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition 2024-25 final in Milan. Photo: S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy
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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for November 7-9

Enjoy a guest meal from Dutch duo Blend Brothers, a spicy taste tour at Hutong, or an Indian kitchen takeover by Jhol Bangkok.

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On the Menu | Why Hong Kong might be the best place in the world for Japanese yakitori

Does the mix of Japanese yakitori masters and Cantonese chicken, like at Yoshiteru Ikegawa’s new restaurant Torikaze, set Hong Kong apart?

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New pasta bar puts a casual Hong Kong spin on Italian favourites

Twist Pasta Bar serves a Hong Kong-inspired take on Italian dishes and cocktails, from the bone marrow macaroni to milk tea gelato.

Bone marrow macaroni with curry Wagyu brisket ragu and pecorino cheese, inspired by Hong Kong-style curry, at Twist Pasta Bar, a new restaurant in Hong Kong’s Central neighbourhood that puts a local spin on Italian favourites. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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Best things to eat in Shunde, China’s ‘cradle of Cantonese cuisine’

Hong Kong chef Silas Li takes us on a food tour of Shunde for specialities including ‘unforgettable’ fish, Chencun noodles and Lunjiao cake.

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Explainer | Hong Kong’s Wine and Dine Festival: how to taste the best of all worlds

Event runs from Thursday to Sunday and features Michelin-starred chefs, larger gourmet avenue, sunset tasting party and exclusive promotions.

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Must-try abalone, incredible lobster: chef’s favourite Hong Kong restaurants

Chef Saito Chau of Chinesology reveals where he goes to eat Michelin-level abalone, lobster that’s so good he asked how to make it, and more.

Chef Saito Chau, culinary director of Chinesology in Hong Kong, demonstrates classic Cantonese cooking skills with a wok. He is a fan of high-end Chinese food, and Japanese and Spanish dishes. Photo: Miramar Group
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Look out Japan, Australia: British Wagyu has entered the Hong Kong market

A ‘healthier’ option because of its mainly grass-fed diet, British Wagyu beef is looking to make its mark in Hong Kong. But is there room?

British Wagyu beef, from Warrendale Wagyu in England, has now entered the Hong Kong market. Can it challenge the dominance of Japanese and Australian Wagyu? Photo: Eastern Point Trade
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Dim sum, Thai, hotpot: Mauritian chef’s favourite Hong Kong restaurants

The Mira’s Smita Grosse shares her top Hong Kong dining spots, from where she goes for a taste of home to a place for dim sum with a view.

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Hong Kong’s new openings, from Aera restaurant to L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon

Experience Aera’s tasting menus at its new home, visit a refreshed L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon, and explore To Summer’s first Hong Kong store.

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What is Shandong cuisine? Chefs’ Hong Kong dinners bring out food’s best

Chef Wang Haoquan’s Shandong cuisine and Tsang Chiu-King’s Cantonese dishes were a match made in heaven at recent dinners in Hong Kong.

Chef Wang Haoquan’s signature braised sea cucumber with scallions is quintessentially Jiaodong cuisine. Photo: Ming Court
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They spent decades at Metropol. Then it shuttered

For years, they served dim sum to thousands.

The Metropol’s kitchen staff preparing dim sum last month. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
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Top Chinese chef’s YouTube cooking series stirs up buzz – and bickering

Andrew Wong of London’s two-Michelin-star A.Wong teaches the basics of Chinese cooking to home cooks, but not everyone agrees with his views.

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The last days of the Metropol

The 1,200-seat restaurant was the epitome of Hong Kong’s boom years of the 1980s and 90s. Last month it closed.

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