Essential food and wine experiences: Hong Kong
This article represents the personal favourites of Foodtourist’s editors Sue Dyson and Roger McShane. These are the places they haunt on their regular visits to Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is definitely one of the greatest cities on earth for lovers of fine food.
In Hong Kong dining does not have to be expensive. You can walk up Wellington St to either Mak's Noodle House or, on the other side of the street, the Tsim Chai Kee Noodle Shop and eat glorious food for just a few Hong Kong dollars.
Similarly you can have a Michelin one star experience at the Tim Ho Wun where you will need to queue for at least an hour for some of the best dim sum you will find anywhere.
Lately, we have been enjoying a small restaurant called The Chairman which offers traditional Cantonese dishes presented with modern flair. There is an added bonus here. They allow you to bring your own wine for a modest corkage which means you can call into La Cabane a Vin (just one block up the hill) and select a bottle or two of their great natural wine to accompany your meal.
However if you do want a fine dining experience then there are plenty of options available. We see little point in eating Western food when there is such a plethora of fine Asian food available. So we usually head for the great seafood at Victoria City Seafood Restaurant in Wan Chai, for refined modern Chinese food at Hutong at One Peking Road, the decadence of Spring Moon in the Peninsula Hotel, the stunning goose dishes at Yung Kee or the northern Chinese dishes at Xinjishi in the Causeway Bay Lee Gardens complex.
For a special treat you might like to try one of the 'secret' restaurants that have begun to mushroom here. These are restaurants in private home or art galleries that serve sometimes outstanding food to those in the know. Ask your concierge to try to secure a reservation at Da Ping Huo in Hollywood Road in Central. The food is fiery Sichuan and it is cooked beautifully. Another secret restaurant that is easier to get into is Mum Chau's Sichuan Kitchen in the Winner Building, also in Central.
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