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100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
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Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, March 2-8

Enjoy International Women’s Day drinks, celebrate all things French, indulge in an enchanting gastronomic adventure and be greenside at the LIV Golf.

Hong Kong

This week in PostMag: Hong Kong’s art month, Ningxia’s wineries and more

Lessons from China's history

Reflections | Why a Chinese ruler ordered people put to death for drinking

Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: NYC Cheesecake at C108

The Old Bailey Street bar has made the dessert into a cocktail blending rich dairy and fresh citrus, topped off with a home-made butter biscuit.

C108’s NYC Cheesecake may just be the perfect nightcap. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for February 27 – March 1

Socio sources upcycled ingredients from its neighbours, Twenty Fifth Hour turns five, and DarkSide launches a Kowloon-inspired menu.

Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, February 23 – March 1

Experience some Yue opera or go for a special night at Argo, or perhaps try the anniversary omakase at Sushi Zinc after visiting the Maritime Museum.

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Food and Drinks

Wines from Ningxia, China get perfect food pairings at Hong Kong dinner

Chardonnay with chicken skin, Marselan with wagyu – how Ningxia’s best wines go with food is focus of event celebrating rising wine region.

Fei Tswei Reserve Chardonnay 2019. Photo: 818 The Seafood
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for February 20-22

Coa Shanghai is at Artifact, Dead Poets and Pony Up celebrate World Margarita Day, and Avoca at the Mondrian hosts Singapore’s 28 HongKong Street.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for February 21-23

Enjoy locally sourced omakase, a Chinese wine pairing dinner, Chiu Chow hotpot and special Japanese collaborations this weekend.

Tourism

Wine tourism set to boom as Asian travellers sip from Italy to Ethiopia

Wine regions from Australia to Bulgaria to Moldova look set to benefit in the next decade as demand from Chinese and Indian tourists grows.

Tourists enjoy an aperitivo in Chianti, Italy. Photo: Getty Images
Food and Drinks

How this bartender is bringing traditional Chinese medicine to cocktails

The West has been supping its medicinal liqueurs for fun for centuries: now, Dennis Mak has teamed up with a Chinese medicine doctor to turn Hong Kong on to the delights of TCM tipples.

Hong Kong bartender Dennis Mak poses for a portrait. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Food and Drinks

Plunging price of tequila ingredient agave gives farmers a headache

Celebrities from Elon Musk to LeBron James profited from tequila’s rising popularity. Farmers of key ingredient agave in Mexico face losses.

Food and Drinks

Spain’s energy woes as wine-producing regions block wind farms

Madrid’s push to install wind turbines in rural areas to meet national climate goals riles farmers, who fret over their impact on landscapes.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong drinks guide for Valentine’s weekend, February 13-15

Cheers to Valentine’s Day: Courtroom is raising funds for More Good, Pirata Group has Porn Star Martinis, Singular Concepts is keeping it classic, and 001 is doing a collab with Nutmeg & Clove.

TokyoLima’s Valentine’s Day 2025 cocktails: The Samurai’s Pledge (left) and Blossom’s Secret. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Drinks in Focus: Soya Sour and Scoop Me Up at The Opposites

The Opposites on Hollywood Road in Hong Kong is serving up two different takes on the Pisco Sour – and both of them involve a delightful use of foam.

Scoop Me Up (right) and Soya Sour (left), The Opposites co-founders Antonio Lai and Samuel Kwok’s respective takes on the Pisco Sour. Photos: Handout
Food and Drinks

Coffee and cheese go together. Yes, really. Why they work, and pairing tips

Need a cheese pairing? Ask a barista. Coffee is a better choice than many wines, experts say. They reveal which beans are best for the job.

Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, February 9-15

Catch Green Day in Macau, join a Margarita bar crawl in Central, enjoy Valentine’s dinner at Té Bo, and see a dance show inspired by Bei Dao.

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Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for February 7-9

Le Chamber and The Bombay Canteen are both paying visits to the city’s esteemed bars, and Terrible Baby has conjured a special cocktail.

Terrible Baby’s special cocktail for February, At the APT. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for February 7–9

Tuck into a Friday lunch buffet at Pier 7, check out La La on opening night, and relax with a Sunday afternoon tea set at The Murray.

Food and Drinks

Pig farmer turns winemaker as climate change warms northern Europe

Thanks to global warming, white wine is now produced in Belgium and northwest Germany, and champagne grapes grow in southern England.

Food and Drinks

Goodbye dry January, hello breakfast wines. What to quaff with a croissant

As January’s annual sobriety challenge draws to its close, sommeliers suggest their pairings for salmon, eggs Benedict and even croissants.

A breakfast set with German sparkling wine served at Cafe Blum in Wiesbaden, Germany. Sommeliers suggest breakfast wine pairings, from riesling to sparkling wines. Photo: Instagram/cafeblumwiesbaden
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 30-February 1

Ready to drink your way through the Chinese New Year holidays? Try cocktails inspired by Hong Kong’s streets at Skye Bar, aperitivo offerings at La Favorita, and Hennessy-infused cocktails at Duddell’s.

Sycamore Street cocktail from Skye Bar in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Australia

Is China losing its taste for Australian wine? Industry frets over demand

‘Chinese wine consumption is much lower than it was before the import tariffs were imposed’, said a researcher for Wine Australia.

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Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Milk & Honey at Kinsman

A nostalgic journey through Hong Kong’s past, the cocktail blends local Yuk Bing Siu Zhao spirit with milky oolong tea, lychee honey, and a touch of licorice.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 23-25

Get the Chinese New Year party started with mixology collabs at Mizunara: The Library and Avoca at the Mondrian, and a vinyl and natural wine pop-up at La Cabane.

Lion Cheng of Wan Chai outfit Dirty Laundry and Marco Tam of Zendo Cafe are taking over the bar at Mizunara: The Library on January 23. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, January 19-25

Sha Tin at New Town Plaza, new bar Not 2 Sweet, Yuen Kee Dessert reopens at Tin Hau and Sleep Well Eat More expands to Sheung Wan.

Yuen Kee Dessert Cafe has reopened in Tin Hau, Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak
Food and Drinks

Word on the StrEAT: Hong Kong’s F&B experts on their resolutions for 2025

Maintaining a healthier work-life balance, taking a break from social media and keeping an eye on the small steps to success are among the goals for the new year.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 16-18

Bid adieu to Dr Fern’s Gin Parlour, indulge in a new menu at Bar Q88, and celebrate Kinsman’s first anniversary with a special cocktail event.

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