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100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
Auspicious dishes of Ming Pavilion at Island Shangri-La Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

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A customer selects dishes from the menu at a Café de Coral branch at Uptown Plaza in Tai Po, Hong Kong. Fast food chains rely on visuals to help their customers order - could more upmarket establishments also benefit? Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong

Mouthing Off | I don’t care if it’s not posh, give me more food pictures on menus

‘Buddha Jumps Over the Wall’? What’s that? Restaurants should use more visuals in their menus, and maybe that could help draw more people in.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Bobby Flay’s new girlfriend, Brooke Williamson – a fellow Food Network chef

Malaysia

Alamak! 12 words in Malaysia, Singapore enter Oxford dictionary

Australia

Australia to warn young travellers about methanol poisoning after Laos deaths

Foreign ministry warns travellers to ‘be suspicious of unusually cheap drinks’ following the death of two 19-year-olds.

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Australia is warning its youngsters about alcohol dangers. Photo: Shutterstock
Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | Grand Maison Paris: Takuya Kimura goes to France in Japanese chef drama

TV show La Grande Maison Tokyo spin-off with Ok Taec-yeon and Kyoka Suzuki a feast for the eyes but not the ears as Kimura butchers French.

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What to do in Hong Kong

13 of the best new places to eat and drink in Hong Kong in April 2025

From cheese omakase and Mongolian hotpot to Japanese skewers and limited-edition pastries, here’s what to look forward to in April.

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100 Top Tables

Why neighbourhood bars in Hong Kong are gaining popularity

The city’s bar scene is shifting from high-end molecular mixology to cosy neighbourhood watering holes that offer a welcoming and community-focused atmosphere.

Bar Leone co-founder Lorenzo Antinori. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Asia travel

6 top Korean chefs’ favourite comfort foods and where to eat them in Seoul

From noodle soups to spicy seafood hotpots, Korean chefs of Michelin-starred restaurants share their comfort food picks.

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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for March 27-29

It’s the Rugby Sevens weekend! Despite the new Kowloon digs, there’s no stopping the celebrations at Honky Tonks, Artifact and The Opposites.

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Dish in Focus: New Zealand coastal lamb rack and lamb fillet Wellington

Australian steakhouse Omaroo Grill steps away from the traditional use of beef in favour of showcasing the versatile flavours of lamb.

Omaroo Grill’s New Zealand coastal lamb rack and lamb fillet Wellington. Photo: Handout
100 Top Tables

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for March 28-30

Grab the best of BaseHall on the go, take the last opportunity to try Ming Court’s four-hands dinner, and enjoy a leisurely Sunday at Omaroo Grill.

Omaroo’s rooftop bar in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong dining & recommendations

Where a Hong Kong Italian chef eats seafood and late-night snacks

Marco Antonio Li Voti of Sabatini Italian restaurant shares his favourite places for Cantonese and Korean food, hotpot and after-work bites.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong to proceed with premium food branding push, set up certification system

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department wants to ‘provide residents with confidence [in local food]’, according to director Mickey Lai.

Hong Kong

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, March 23-29

From a home-grown boba brand’s new Kennedy Town outpost to hearty sandwiches at LMO Freshly Baked, here’s this week’s hottest spots.

LMO Freshly Baked’s lunch offerings. Photo: Handout
Where to eat in Hong Kong

Hong Kong in 2nd, 3rd spots in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 – full list

Bangkok restaurant Gaggan regains top spot in the 13th edition of the annual rankings announced at a ceremony in Seoul, South Korea.

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 awardees on stage at the awards ceremony held in Seoul, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. Photo: Charmaine Mok
South Korea

From soju to noodles, South Korean food brands are targeted by copycats

If counterfeit products are left unchecked, South Korean food companies could suffer damage to their reputation, analysts say.

Chinese cuisine

Cantonese meets Catalan: Spanish cuisine in Hong Kong

To the untrained eye, Cantonese and Catalan cuisines might seem a world apart, but with their focus on the freshest ingredients cooked simply and for sharing, they are more alike than they are unalike.

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Malaysia

Malaysia’s Perlis port vows faster halal deliveries to China, but Thai support key

Malaysia’s Perlis mega-port aims to revolutionise halal cargo delivery to China, contingent on Thai rail agreements and regional stability.

A container truck leaves the Padang Besar Container Terminal in Perlis, Malaysia. The northern state bordering Thailand is a key transit point for exports from the kingdom’s southern provinces. Photo: Joseph Sipalan
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Drink in Focus: 1881 at DarkSide

The Rosewood Hong Kong bar’s new drinks menu celebrates its Kowloon location and famous sites such as Kai Tak Airport and 1881, the latter of which inspired a tequila- or mescal-based savoury cocktail.

Hong Kong chefs

Profile | ‘If you survive, you’ve succeeded,’ says chef on hard-to-please Hong Kong

Daisuke Mori was sad to close Michelin-star restaurant Takumi, but relishes the freedom of cooking for members at private club Carlyle & Co.

Where to eat in Hong Kong

On Google Maps, actor Nicholas Tse lists go-to places to eat in Hong Kong

‘Chef Nic’s Choice’ list of places to eat in Hong Kong on Google Maps’ Shared List Feature runs the gamut from comfort food to sushi.

Google Maps asked Hong Kong actor and singer Nicholas Tse to list his favourite places to eat in Hong Kong using its new Shared List Feature, as the app marks its 20th anniversary. Tse will perform at the city’s new stadium in April. Photo: Google Maps
Wine and Spirits

Take a hammer to a US$48,000 whisky? Scotch distiller’s smashing gimmick

Amid a dip in the rare whisky market, The Glenrothes has made its exclusive The 51 single malt ‘effectively impossible to resell’.

The Glenrothes The 51 comes with a flathead hammer for buyers to smash the outer packaging with. Photo: The Glenrothes
Japan

There’s a rat in my soup! Dead rodent hurts Japan restaurant chain’s stock price

Zensho Holdings, which operates the Sukiya chain, saw its shares fall as much as 7.1 per cent after it revealed the grisly discovery.

Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, March 23-29

Experience the Hong Kong Sevens at the new Kai Tak stadium, enjoy free art exhibitions at Tai Kwun Contemporary, try a Bruce Lee cocktail, or relish two-Michelin-starred Arbor’s latest tasting menu.

Seoul

Foodie K-pop stars spill the beans on favourite Seoul places to eat

Doyoung of NCT loves a street vendor’s spicy rice cakes, Itzy’s Yuna and Chaeryeong like Mexican and G-Dragon goes for Korean beef tartare.

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Members of K-pop girl group Itzy Chaeryeong (right) and Yuna bite into their favourite tacos in one of the episodes of their YouTube show 2SDAY. Photo: Itzy/YouTube
Malaysia

In Malaysia, one chef’s daily grind preserves Melaka Peranakan food traditions

Sharon Ann De Souza’s mission is to preserve Malacca Peranakan cuisine, by embracing traditional methods in a modern world.

The ubiquitous Peranakan style udang masak lemak nenas, or prawn and pineapple stewed in a delectable coconut curry, paired with a flavour-packed nasi ulam or rice mixed with raw herbs. Photo: Joseph Sipalan
Lessons from China's history

Reflections | Ancient China’s cooking oil revolution and how it brought us stir-fry

When vegetable fats, especially sesame oil, replaced tallow and lard 1,500 years ago in China, people were able to ‘fry everything’, and did.

Malaysia

Slap heard around Malaysia: viral Ramadan altercation sparks memes, debate

Social media users are poking fun at the absurdity of the viral video of an elderly Malay man confronting a non-Muslim for not fasting.

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