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Hong Kong people eat out more than most. We regularly ask some of them – food and beverage insiders, entrepreneurs, and others – about the best restaurants for every day and for special occasions, and the restaurants they like to take visitors from out of town.
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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Daulat ki chaat, a regional variation of makhan malai, at Indian Accent. Chefs are recreating this dish with modern equipment, extending the seasonal street food’s availability throughout the year. Photo: Handout

What is makhan malai, Lucknow’s favourite winter street food?

Enjoy a selection of exciting new goodies at LMO Freshly Baked in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

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Peridot’s Durian’s Consent cocktail in the making. Photo: Alexander Mak

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Father and son team Chui Wai-kwan and Daniel Chui Tak-yiu at their restaurant Seventh Son in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Meeting father and son at Hong Kong’s legendary Seventh Son restaurant

A take on the traditional Central Asian dining space, known as dastarkhan, at Yurt in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

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Take a long lunch at Associazione Chianti, head to The Hari for a Japanese brunch, and pick up staples at Mandarin Oriental’s LMO Freshly Baked.

Enjoy a selection of exciting new goodies at LMO Freshly Baked in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for January 23-25

Head to Tai Kwun this Friday for sushi and sashimi, channel Aussie vibes with a sausage sizzle on Saturday, and swing by Festival Walk’s newest bakery on Sunday.

Bakery by the Grand has just opened a branch at Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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He wasn’t allowed to grill for years. That’s how he mastered yakitori

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Avoca at Mondrian Hong Kong renders the classic snack in cocktail form with Michter’s whiskey, Advocaat and more.

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Retired banker Ernesto Ng is equally happy in a private members’ club as he is munching on curry braised beef brisket in a cha chaan teng.

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for January 16-18

Indulge in Michelin-starred Huaiyang cuisine, a French free-flow champagne brunch with theatrical desserts, and a royal Indian banquet.

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Dish in Focus: Sicilian artisanal busiate at Tosca di Angelo

Southern Italian soul meets Hong Kong’s skyline atop The Ritz-Carlton, in this coastal classic turned elegant signature.

Sicilian artisanal busiate with Mediterranean red mullet at Tosa di Angelo in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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First Look: Yurt, Hong Kong’s ‘first modern Central Asian restaurant’

The Kazakh founders of this SoHo restaurant eventually aim to expand it into a cultural hub, seeing an outpouring of support from the local Central Asian community.

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Indulge in a culinary journey this weekend, from limited-time yakitori to a Nordic-inspired afternoon tea, and a brand new weekend Mediterranean brunch.

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How this new Hong Kong restaurant is authentically Italian in every way but one

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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for January 2-4

Ring in 2026 with a seafood buffet, a winter set menu that celebrates Ningbo cuisine or a limited edition bourbon-aged steak.

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The original Yong Fu’s sister branch uniquely adapts Ningbo cuisine, blending tradition with innovation to cater to regional tastes.

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rench onion soup gratinated with Salers, Comté and Gruyère cheese at Somm. Photo: Handout
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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 26-28

From Boxing Day through Sunday, enjoy a French Riviera lunch at La Petite Maison (LPM), a modern Indian sharing brunch at Leela, and festive dim sum at Duddell’s.

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