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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Indigenous fats like shea butter provide livelihoods for rural women producers in Africa, but are often unknown to or dismissed by consumers. Photo: Shutterstock

Young chefs are turning food traditions into tools for global change

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In Hong Kong, Duddell’s cocktails draw inspiration from the Ba Gua and are specifically designed to pair with the restaurant’s Cantonese cuisine. Photo: Handout

‘Liquid yin and yang’? How Hong Kong bartenders work with Chinese chefs

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

Celebrate a very special Mother’s Day at Jija by Vicky Lau this year. Photo: Jija

Your Mother’s Day weekend food guide for May 8-10

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

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In Hong Kong, Duddell’s cocktails draw inspiration from the Ba Gua and are specifically designed to pair with the restaurant’s Cantonese cuisine. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

‘Liquid yin and yang’? How Hong Kong bartenders work with Chinese chefs

Leading mixologists from Duddell’s, Vea and Mott 32 share their tips on curating ideal flavour pairings between cocktails and courses.

Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Lee cocktail at The Green Door

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 6-8

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.

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
Food and Drinks

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.

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, savour French wine and cheese, shop for antiques, enjoy a Cantopop Pilates party or watch Aaron Kwok’s new film.

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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
Food and Drinks

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.

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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 23-25

Parisian bistro Jean-Pierre launches new cocktails, Qura at the Regent is doubly taken over, and Osaka’s Craftroom heads to The Aubrey.

Banking & finance

Liquid courage: Hong Kong fund pitches whisky as alternative investment

Fund pitches spirit as hedge and sees downturn as a rare entry point, citing emotional buying and shifting consumption trends.

Whisky has been gaining traction among wealthy investors seeking alternatives to traditional safe havens, according to an investment firm. Photo: Shutterstock
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 17-19

Artifact celebrates its third year, Peridot launches a new mezcal menu, and The Green Door unveils 15 new cocktails in collaboration with indie band Mr Koo.

The Green Door’s Mina Sue cocktail features in the Hong Kong establishment’s latest menu. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

How Hong Kong’s best bars and mixologists embraced spicy cocktails

Spicy cocktails – think jalapeño-infused liquors or drinks spiced with peppercorns – are still niche, but they’re increasingly seen on menus across the city.

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Alcohol-free drinks are on the rise. Here’s what’s new on menus

From Chinese-style sparkling tea to shrubs and verjus to spirit alternatives, here are some non-alcoholic alternatives now on menus.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for April 9-11

Pony & Plume hosts a guest mixologist, Honky Tonks unveils new spring cocktails, and Bad Times Records offers wine and vinyl for its Steps party.

Sunlover from from Honky Tonks Tavern’s spring cocktail menu. Photo: Handout
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How sake breweries near Japan’s Mount Fuji are taking the drink to new heights

From elevated premium spirits to sparkling sake and even a rosé-inspired red sake, two Yamanashi sake makers are elevating the drink.

The wide selection of sakes available from Shichiken, a brewery in Daigahara, Hokuto city, in Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, includes sparkling sake collaborations with French chef Alain Ducasse (pictured on the left and right). Photo: Shichiken
Art

Top Hong Kong bartender swaps cocktails for cameras for first photo exhibition

Jay Khan of Coa and The Savory Project compares mixology and photography as his first photography exhibition opens at Sin Sin Fine Art.

100 Top Tables: Cities of Gastronomy

The Chinese Wine Awards shine a spotlight on flourishing mainland vineyards

Local restaurants and the Chinese Wine Awards mark the increasing interest in home-grown vintages.

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Your Hong Kong drinks guide for Easter weekend

Asia’s 50 Best Bars No 22 winner St Regis Bar Jakarta is heading to the city, while cocktail creations made for the warmer weather await.

Bourke’s Wattleseed cocktail. Photo: Handout

Video | Ningxia winemakers aim to be more than ‘Bordeaux of China’

Some Chinese winemakers are focusing on growing a unique grape varietal named cabernet gernischt and have renamed it “cabernet loong”.

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Can wine from ‘Bordeaux of China’ rival French bottles?

Emmanuel Macron ‘loved’ it. Now red wine from Ningxia, in northern China, is finding fans around the world while remaining ‘uniquely Chinese’.

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Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Tropical Spicy Brew at Friday After Class

Friday After Class, one of the latest additions to buzzing Peel Street, is launching a new cocktail menu that features fruity, tropical creations that evoke summer holidays.

The Tropical Spicy Brew at Friday After Class in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for March 26-28

Easter might not be here yet, but Hong Kong’s bars are keeping things lively with guest shifts at Gokan and The Pottinger’s Dr Fern’s, as Bar Anima reopens.

Bar Anima’s interiors in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Trailblazing Chinese restaurant is showing Swedes what the culture is all about

From baijiu to Sichuan cuisine, Surfers in Stockholm has it all. Now, this Chinese culture hub is gearing up to celebrate 20 years.

Food and Drinks

A quick guide to sake, traditional Japanese drink that’s as nuanced as wine

Junmai, honjozo, ginjo, daiginjo – find out how sakes are classed, their best food pairings and more with these useful facts.

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Your Perfect Week

Our cheat sheet for the best things to do in Hong Kong, March 22-28

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants brings big name chefs to town, edible art comes to Central, and Hong Kong Ballet channels 80s pop.

A bite of banana at Central Yards Edible Art Fair, where galleries pair art movements with real food. Photo: courtesy of Central Yards Edible Art Fair
Food and Drinks

5 art-inspired menus to indulge in during Hong Kong’s Art Month

The city’s chefs and mixologists add to March’s colours with masterpieces like Banksy-style desserts, a Van Gogh highball and Warhol Wagyu.

Six Hong Kong outlets are celebrating Art Month with special offerings, such as this roasted quail dish at Akira Back. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

How to ruin a classic cocktail and which one people need to stop drinking

Top bartenders from around the world converged in Macau for guest shifts and a revealing discussion on classic cocktails.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for March 19-21

Problem Child pops up at Dead Poets, Overstory takes over Ozone at The Ritz-Carlton, and Argo at the Four Seasons debuts a locally focused menu.

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