An adventurous eater’s favourite Hong Kong restaurants, and the African place in Chungking Mansion she can’t wait to try
- Hotel veteran Patsy Chan enjoys all kinds of food, but loves Asian cuisine, like cha chaan teng claypot rice and Japanese seafood rice
- For more refined dining, she likes George Private Kitchen and Uwe Opocensky’s new menu at Restaurant Petrus. A Ghanaian restaurant is next on her to-see list
Hotel veteran Patsy Chan worked for many years at the Kowloon Shangri-La, doing marketing and public relations. Recently, she was promoted to be the group’s area director of corporate social responsibility
I eat everything and any cuisine. I even like offal. I have eaten worms, insect, and soup with ants. I’ve been adventurous since I was little. I will eat at any restaurant but the location has to be clean. I don’t mind sitting street side on small stools but it has to be clean.
In general I enjoy Asian cuisine, and especially Japanese. But these days I am more cautious with raw fish.
I love really local cha chaan teng. One place that is always a bit crowded but is still quite hygienic is Sheung He i (25 North Street, Western District, tel: 2819 6190). The look is a bit tacky but they do really good claypot rice. They do over 20 different varieties but it’s only available at night. The eel rice is great, the rice crust is crispy, and it’s cheap and good.
For more refined dining, I recommend George Private Kitchen (9/F Charmhill Centre, 50 Hillwood Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, tel: 9094 2362).
