Where to eat hotpot, teppanyaki and Chinese desserts in Hong Kong: a pie-loving Englishman’s go-to restaurants

Rob Davenport is an Englishman who loves his pie and mash. He reveals his favourite places to eat Chinese comfort food and satisfy his sweet tooth

He likes the lobster and abalone at Lamma’s Rainbow Restaurant, and the hike afterwards, and goes to high-end hotel restaurants for clay pot rice and teppanyaki

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The teppanyaki grill at Nadaman at the Kowloon Shangri-La. It’s food that brings everyone together, says Rob Davenport, whose company makes ecological Japanese kitchenware. Photo: SCMP

Published: 4:15pm, 30 Mar 2022Updated: 12:09pm, 31 Mar 2022

Rob Davenport is the founder and CEO of the TaKe Group, an eco-minded enterprise creating Japanese-inspired household products and kitchenware using renewable and sustainable bamboo from its own farms and factories. He spoke to Andrew Sun.

As a child, I grew up in a green area in Cheshire, outside Manchester [in northwest England]. We had an allotment, growing all sorts of vegetables. It was a working-class upbringing and it put me close to the land.

We preserved things, made jam and pickled beetroot. It also made me understand where things come from and their carbon impact.

For me a splurge is Nadaman (7/F, Island Shangri-La Hong Kong, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, tel: 2820 8570). Splurge for me is not just high-end Michelin stars. It’s having a good experience with friends or family. Teppanyaki really brings everyone together, with a little sake.

I really like The Legacy House (5/F, Rosewood Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, tel: 3891 8732). The clay pot rice is tasty. I normally get the preserved meats option.