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It used to be that the fast-food chain idea was to cram as many people as possible into a cookie-cutter space, ...
Arriving at The French Window - the Miramar Group's new eatery in the old Lumiere space at IFC Mall - it's ...
The airy bar eases you into the evening you as soon as you set foot in the door. It has higher ceilings than ...
Korean fusion This place is styled in the fashion of lots of other hip eateries in the area: ash wood, ...
Retro local heart-warmer The story of the modern-day dai pai dong is a sad one, as yet another piece ...
Here's the full list of Hong Kong restaurants that received Michelin stars in the 2010 guide. THREE STARS Caprice Lung ...
Below par French bistro The design team has done a great job converting a once-stale, neon-lit bar ...
Shopping, eating and fucking seem to be the major preoccupations of Hong Kong's wealthy elite, if the just-opened ...
Forty-four Hennessey Road has recently swapped one Italian restaurant for another, with the second ...
On its third day of opening, word had already gotten out that beloved Wan Chai Chinese restaurant Fu Sing ...
American pie With king lobster, short ribs, grilled halibut and mussels on the menu, you'd be forgiven ...
Transforming the old Marine Police Headquarters into Hullett House, an 11-room boutique hotel complete ...
Go with the grain Not even the staff seem able to explain Bo-Lo' Gne's unusual moniker. Ask them about ...
Veg out Dining out at this place lends new meaning to the term "guilty pleasure". On a wall featuring ...
It's pretty much a given that you have to lower your expectations when you eat in an airport. For so long ...
In North Point, it's easy to do a noodle shop crawl and not hit the same dish twice. Almost every region of ...
We've never reviewed Kenjo's because there is no point in telling people what they already know - that it's ...
What's the point? Due to its preponderance of celebrities, Happy Valley is a happy hunting ground ...
There's really no meal quite like brunch. Occasionally referred to as bruncheon, it's the perfect meal ...
The interior-design shop Homeless has done a great job of stirring mismatched items into this beautiful ...
Time-honoured favourite Peking Duck has had its fair share of controversy. While regarded as a precious ...
With the opening of its fourth steakhouse, in Wan Chai, Wooloomooloo has added yet another option for ...
This is Hong Kong's answer to London's Wagamama. My obsession with instant noodles has finally found ...
Tasty Thai It's not the easiest place to find, hidden away on the second floor of a building in Li Yuen ...
Views to kill Hands down, Le 188 has the best views in Hong Kong. Better than The Peak, better than Aqua, ...
The rumoured connection to a local celebrity may have drawn in the crowds, but it's the great Cantonese ...
It's often been said that the sign of a good kitchen is the ability to turn out a perfectly roasted chicken. ...
Happy Noodles does what it says on the sign - it serves you healthy portions of delectable noodles that leave ...
It might be hard to imagine, but it wasn't so long ago there was little alternative to Pizza Hut if you wanted ...
Soho's Staunton Street is now bookended by Nepalese restaurants. At one end, close to the escalator, Nepal ...
If you're a first-timer at this new Sichuan spot, a word of advice: take their spice ratings seriously. ...
This new Japanese eatery in the Shama building opposite Times Square specialises in simple fare such ...
Most of Causeway Bay's drinking is done up in the clouds, in unassuming buildings on Hennessy Road, Jaffe ...
First, let me state my bias: I am from New York and I was sitting at a table of homesick New Yorkers. When the ...
We've been saying for a long time that culinary excellence is to be found at the far end of Hollywood Road, ...
Hong Kong should be renamed the city of sweets. There is a cake shop on every block, and even our 7-11s and ...
If you've been to London lately, you'll have noticed that the capital's hottest restaurants don't bear ...
La Luna has a tough job ahead - the last occupant in its Elgin Street premises, the deliberately misspelled ...
Life is not always happy in the Valley. Despite the fun of the Wednesday races, convenience of three lively ...
Our first impression of Ippei-an-higomon's Ramen and Bar was: ‘so what?' Another noodle chain ...
Fans of do-it-yourself restaurants, be warned - Ariel's fish is a bold combination of barbecue and hot ...
For an authentic Catalan meal, Uno Mas is as close to Barcelona as you're going to get here in Hong Kong. Virtually ...
When it comes to restaurants, there are two things we struggle to forgive: overpricing and bad service. ...
Soho isn't exactly short of spots that serve up British-style pub food, but something about Yorkshire ...
Steak has always been a gentleman's game. According to the New Yorker, in the early 1900s, when the first ...
The first bite, they say, is with the eye, and if it were judged on this criteria alone then modern French ...
The song goes Me and Mrs Jones/ We got a thing goin'on/ We both know that it's wrong/ But it's much too strong/ ...
Offering an ambitious range of Chinese provincial cuisines, House of Beijing - owned by the Maxim's group ...
Think of all the Mexican beers you have ever consumed, imagine a shelf packed full of premium tequilas (including ...




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As the Year of the Tiger dawns, Alasdair Nicol suggests some wines to enhance your festive feast Chinese ...
It's not often a French drop gets me excited, but there is a new wine in town that has my attention. And it's ...
If you've ever celebrated January 26 with a bunch of true blue, dinky di Aussies, you might think that Australia ...
If you're looking for Hong Kong's best restaurants, you've come to the right place. Here are the best restaurants ...
It seems that the price of wine in Hong Kong is very much affected by exchange rates. As the Euro, the New Zealand ...
Of course, Christmas is one of the best excuses for a drink. You may think it's all done with for another year, ...
Hong Kong's airport food is evolving from homogenised food-by-numbers to something that might actually ...
Alasdair Nicol shakes up the festive period by embracing the other bubbly Christmas is traditionally ...
If you've been good this year, make sure you set out milk and cookies for Santa come December 24. If your one ...
Above its fine Japanese cuisine, Mark Tjhung finds popping corks and ballsy ballads in one of Causeway ...
Alasdair Nicol goes black as the weather starts to cool As we enter winter, less people drink white wine ...
So you fancy yourself as a poet. Your first poem required the genius of finding a rhyme for "dinosaur." You ...
Andrew James finds the bar scene slowly spreading west to the city's new place to be Amante This relaxed ...
With days of pure consumption at the Wine and Spirits Fair behind him, Alasdair Nicol peers into our drinking ...
He really was a man of vision. "I think this would be a good time for a beer," said President Franklin Delano ...
Rex Gregg explores the stellar attractions of this chilled enclave on the cusp of Wan Chai and Admiralty 1/5 ...
Alasdair Nicol surveys the finest tipples from the rising Iberian Peninsula The popularity of Spanish ...
If your idea of saying "I love you" involves a long, stiff stick, this day was made for you. This South Korean ...
Winner M at the Fringe We decided to go old-school with this one, because no matter where we went, nothing ...
Winner Cafe Gray For Chef Gray Kunz to be making your dinner personally, and for around $250 at lunchtime ...
Winner Emma Renfrew, head pastry chef, The Press Room Group She is not reinventing the wheel with showy, ...
Winner The Pawn Getting the tempo right for a good date is what The Pawn does well. Here your date is interactive: ...
Winner Kam Chun Dumpling Food This is one large helping of oversized, overstuffed pan-fried dumplings. ...
Winner Tak Lung Restaurant Dishes modern Chinese kitchens think are too outdated are resurrected ...
Winner Chi Lin Vegetarian Located inside a 35,000sqm Tang Dynasty-styled garden lives this happy ...
Winner Coco Thai This bikini-casual hut offers real outdoor dining. Sprawling terraces with views ...
Winner Bubba Gump Shrimp Though originally known for its ‘wall of fire' hot sauce collection, ...
Winner Simpatico Who would have thunk dreamy rustic Italian food could come out of this Teflon-sleek ...
Winner Wagyu Kaiseki Den You have to be willing to part with a minimum of $1,600 per person to get a seat ...
Winner Fuel Espresso These New Zealanders take their coffee very, very seriously. Who else in Hong ...
Winner Tim Ho Wun When you work for a restaurant that has just won three Michelin stars, the only reason ...
Winner Wooloomooloo This superb rooftop space affords 180-degree views of the harbour and Happy ...
Winner Bistecca There is something wonderfully visceral about having a great big steak in the casual ...
Winner Sushi Shin When the best sushi team in town breaks away from their master (Kenjo) to start their ...
Winner Burger Mix We've had our fill of Wagyu burgers, emu burgers, foie gras burgers and any other ...
Mark Tjhung travels the globe on one of Tsim Sha Tsui's old favourites Mes Amis Although disappointingly ...
Alasdair Nicol laps up a little Roman flair Italian wine is as excitingly diverse as it is difficult to ...
Death and partying seem like unlikely bedfellows, but some folks are willing to tangle up the sheets. Particularly ...
Paul Kay climbs the cobbles to find the Central thoroughfare's best watering holes Mrs Jones The newest ...
Alasdair Nicol is determined to stay on white while the weather cools As the humidity falls and we say ...
Pull out the dirndl and tie on your Loden cape - it's time to celebrate Austrian National Day. This holiday's ...
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Alasdair Nicol drinks in the best of wine literature I read about wine whenever I get the chance. Wine ...
As the name suggests, World Animal Day celebrates the many creatures of our world, from the furry to the ...
Song Yee Paik slips on her riding boots and has a gallop through the Island's equestrian enclave The Jockey Especially ...
Two thoughts went through my head watching Miles in the movie Sideways scoffing a burger and drinking 1961 ...
If you have ever wanted to call your wife a wench without getting slapped in the face, mark September 19 on ...
Mark Tjhung declines a trek through the Sai Kung wilderness to check out the northeast haven's boozers Anthony's ...
Alasdair Nicol refuses to deliver last rites to the much-maligned white wine Wherever I go, and whichever ...
While this date marks the obvious, it's also La Diada, the National Day of Catalonia. Catalonia isn't ...
A funny thing happened on the way to North Korea. Two American journos were caught sneaking into the Hermit ...
Michael Guan finds amazing views, cover bands and much-needed serenity. Deck n Beer The name really ...
Alasdair Nicol rides out the stormy weather with a glass of wine in hand. I love the onset of typhoon ...
It's difficult to know whether King Ludwig is going for the genuine beer hall experience or a piss-take ...
Despite its name the Waterfront Vietnamese is nowhere near the water; instead, it is in the middle of ...
Michael Guan dons his novelty dreadlocked beret, gets rabies shots, and heads out to the territory's favourite ...
Alasdair Nicol goes in search of the roots of his love for the grape The history of the product one eats ...
August 6 is Jamaica Day, technically the day when the island became independent but, in reality, just a ...
On August 1, we'll be drinking to Yorkshire Day, a day usually accompanied in the United Kingdom by brass ...
Michael Guan wines and parties on Noho's chic strip Sparkz Although only a year old, this casual wine ...
Parched for a drop in these tough financial times, Alasdair Nicol considers making his own wine I've ...
July 11 is Flemish Day - an obscure Belgian event that half the country doesn't celebrate. The date commemorates ...
Staring up at the glowing screens, we wondered where the day was going to take us. It's been on my life's checklist ...
The great American actor and comedian W.C. Fields once mused "I cook with wine; sometimes I even add it to ...
Alasdair Nicol prepares his mohawk and goes to Italy in search of wine to rock out to Italian wines have ...
The Reverend Elijah Craig was always going to make an impact on the world. As a businessman, he established ...
Rye vs wheat. East vs west. Pot vs column. Mark Tjhung writes about the vodka wars and how to choose your side. Vodka ...
Mark Tjhung hits Tsim Sha Tsui's north-eastern corner, and discovers a microcosm of the city's drinking ...
Alasdair Nicol gets lost in a fantasy paradise of wine I love islands. I live on one: Hong Kong. I come ...
As many long-time residents of Kennedy Town bemoan, the far western tip of the island is no longer the sleepy ...
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Angie Wong investigates Hong Kong's dining room thieves Every time my grandmother leaves a restaurant, ...
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We all like to play master of the kitchen but, asks Angie Wong, where do we get the goods without getting off ...
I had a premonition one morning that I was going to die. As I closed my apartment door, I took one last look ...
Bridget Chen investigates our ongoing obsession with all things brunch Peak SMS traffic hits Hong Kong's ...
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Sam Yates fires up the grill for a perfect summer barbecue In a city boasting this many beaches, country ...
Bored of foie gras, caviar and lobster? Angie Wong reveals the new generation of ‘gourmet' foods The ...
Recent price hikes have put the spotlight on the rice we eat, and the experts who choose it. Bourree Lam reports. Until ...
I went to 1/5 Nuevo for a nightcap with a friend recently, and we found ourselves in the midst of a Girls Gone ...