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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Little Cove is one of many restaurants with roots in Sai Kung, Hong Kong. Photo: Facebook

How Sai Kung became an F&B launch pad for some of the city’s biggest names

Shake Shack has a French onion line-up that reimagines classic French onion soup into stacked burgers. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for March 6-8

The 2025 International Cities of Gastronomy Fest opens today in Macau, featuring food from China, Brazil, Thailand, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines. Photo: Getty Images

2025 International Cities of Gastronomy Fest Macao opens, themed around spices and herbs

Supported byMacau Government Tourism Office
Jin Bo Law’s new menu features drinks inspired by Hong Kong, like the Kai Tak Airport. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for March 6-9

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

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

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Tofu pudding, or tofu fa, is one of the most popular dishes at Hong Kong’s Kung Wo Beancurd Factory. Photo: Kylie Knott
What to do in Hong Kong

‘Best’ tofu fa dessert and French toast: where a Frenchman eats in Hong Kong

Business strategist Jean-Francois Goyette reveals where he goes for noodles, dessert, snacks and a ‘cinematic view of Hong Kong’.

New Openings

Hong Kong’s hot new openings, from Yamamoto Hamburg to Chouchou

Mainland China

Shenzhen’s The Bay by Chef Fei awarded 1 diamond in ‘China’s Michelin Guide’

Icons and Influencers

Q&A | In their words: Kevin Poon’s favourite trends in Hong Kong and beyond

The cultural entrepreneur is one of the city’s most connected creatives, with Pharrell Williams, David Beckham – and, of course, Clot co-founder Edison Chen – on his speed dial.

Cultural entrepreneur Kevin Poon is a man of all trades – a key player in the Hong Kong art scene, a mover and shaker in celebrity circles worldwide, and a successful entrepreneur. Photo: @kpee/Instagram
100 Top Tables

Unsung Eats: 5 best places to eat – and drink – in Paris

Beyond the usual tourist spots lie the city’s hidden culinary gems, in quiet courtyards, basement micro-cinemas and neighbourhood bistros.

Central Asia

Why horse meat and nomadic tea rituals anchor this new eatery in Central

For the Kazakh founders of Yurt, opening the new Central Asian restaurant was written in the stars.

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Malaysia

1 holy month, 1 year’s income: Malaysia’s Ramadan bazaar boom

Rents have doubled, ingredient costs keep climbing, yet for the stallholders at Malaysia’s bazaars, no other month comes close.

Asyraf Ahmad (left) sells drinks at his Ramadan stall after switching his business model from food. Photo: Ushar Daniele
Your Perfect Week

Our cheat sheet for the best things to do in Hong Kong and Macau, March 8-14

Enjoy Max Levy’s pizza at 10-seat studio Salisterra, sip Magnolia Lab cocktails at Clan & Co. Lounge, or book into the new Capella at Galaxy Macau.

Food and agriculture

Shine muscat grapes grown in Hong Kong? She’s doing it – using baby formula

Yan Fuqin’s organic farm in Kwu Tung uses Mead Johnson formula to grow soft, creamy shine muscat grapes, but its future is under threat.

100 Top Tables

How Sai Kung became an F&B launch pad for some of the city’s biggest names

A number of family restaurants took off in this seaside neighbourhood before becoming household names with venues across the city.

Little Cove is one of many restaurants with roots in Sai Kung, Hong Kong. Photo: Facebook
Susan Jung's recipes

How to make herbes de Provence to give grilled meat and fish a French accent

While this herb mixture has no fixed recipe, basil, thyme and oregano commonly feature, and it can be fine-tuned to suit different dishes.

Spring chicken herbes de Provence. The French herb mix adds flavour to various meat and fish dishes. Here is how it is made and how to fine-tune it to suit different foods. Photo: Gaia Group
The Philippines

Filipino food’s secret weapon: vinegar, sharpening dishes for centuries

Cooks in the Philippines have used the ‘ingredient of 2026’ to bring out complexity in dishes long before the condiment started trending.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, March 6-8

Enjoy a coffee and music festival, indulge in art for free, take part in a women’s yoga session and more this weekend in Hong Kong.

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Korea Times

‘I am currently unemployed’: Culinary Class Wars’ Venerable Seonjae on her fame

South Korea’s first designated master of temple food shares why she’s avoiding commercial hype and her most important cooking virtue.

The Venerable Seonjae attends a press conference for the Netflix series Culinary Class Wars: Black and White Chef Season 2 at the JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul, in South Korea, on December 17, 2025. Photo: Imazins via Getty Images
100 Top Tables

Dish in Focus: Dark chocolate covered Medjool dates at Migas Hong Kong

At the H Queen’s restaurant, Migas Hong Kong, chef Jarrod Verbiak distils the concept’s cross-Mediterranean spirit into two-bite ‘bonbons’.

Dark chocolate covered stuffed medjool dates at Migas Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong's music scene

The Hong Kong vinyl bars offering music lovers ‘a glimpse into the past’

From a Japanese-style jazz cafe to a ‘relaxed’ DJ bar, these venues offer city revellers musical experiences ‘outside the algorithm’.

Singapore

How Southeast Asia’s coffee chains are brewing cross-border success

Home-grown brands such as Zus Coffee are betting on cultural fluency, halal positioning and digital tools to make further inroads.

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Asian diaspora

‘My dad thought I was crazy’: Thai-American chef pushes family joint forward

Justin Pichetrungsi shares how he is transforming Anajak Thai in Los Angeles, which counts John Legend and The Bear actors as regulars.

James Beard Award-winning chef Justin Pichetrungsi of Anajak Thai is pictured at his family’s restaurant in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. Photo: Carter Hiyama
Wellness

Why electrolyte drinks like Gatorade and Pocari Sweat aren’t always beneficial

Health professionals explain who does and doesn’t benefit from electrolyte supplements and why making them at home isn’t a good idea.

100 Top Tables

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for March 6-9

Celebrate International Women’s Day with unDer Lab’s scientific cocktails, Jin Bo Law Skybar’s city-inspired menu, and women bartenders’ star turns.

Hong Kong property

McDonald’s sells Hong Kong shop outside disposal plan for US$11.9 million

Latest sale of Hong Kong restaurant site by the Chicago-based food chain reflects a retail valuation reset as rents stay subdued.

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McDonald’s Hong Kong announced that from January 1, the average salary increase for restaurant management groups will be 3 per cent. However, the company is also selling off restaurants across Hong Kong as the retail property sector remains under pressure. Photo: Sam Tsang
What to do in Hong Kong

Dim sum, brunch, ‘a sinful treat’: where a food lover eats in Hong Kong

A food marketing veteran reveals her top dim sum spots and Italian food with a Hong Kong view, as well as her top pick in South Korea.

A weekend brunch spread at Chinesology, one of food marketing expert Catherine Yuen’s favourite dining spots. Photo: courtesy of Chinesology
100 Top Tables

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for March 6-8

Check out three-Michelin-starred Amber’s refreshed look, Shake Shack’s limited-time Korean-French menu, and Marmo Bistro’s brunch with a Parisian vibe.

Asian diaspora

She hated working at her parents’ Chinese restaurant. Now she’s made it viral

Anna Peng shares the daily joys and challenges of running Canada’s Great Fountain Fast Food to its nearly 40,000 followers on Instagram.

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Wine and Spirits

Party sober? Asia’s bars and drink giants shift gears as Gen Z ditch alcohol

As young Asians turn more health-conscious and watch their spending, drinks giants and bars are planning more low- and no-alcohol options.

Funkytown, a cocktail bar in Bangkok, offers non-alcoholic versions of its signature cocktails, including Green Curry. Photo: Funkytown
Coffee

5 new cafes and coffee shops to try in Hong Kong in March 2026

Whether you’re a fan of rich brewed coffee, delicate tea cocktails or matcha drinks, these five new outlets have something for you.

A drink is poured at Chas by the Time, new multi-level cafe, restaurant and retail space in Sheung Wan dedicated to tea. Photo: Instagram/@chas_bythetime
Susan Jung's recipes

How to use chervil, known as ‘French parsley’, and 2 delicious recipes

Chervil is a close relative of parsley and its subtle aniseed flavour is used in the French fines herbes and bouquet garni herb mixes.

What to do in Hong Kong

12 new Hong Kong restaurants to try in March 2026, from bistros to boat noodles

New openings include a Japanese-French bistro, a 10-seat culinary studio, Korean and Thai noodle restaurants, plus a whisky bar in Macau.

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