Restaurateur returns to the helm of Hong Kong’s Pirata Group, having stepped down as CEO in 2019, and looks ahead to expansion to new markets – and back at how he and Manuel Palacio got started.
A decade after Kennedy Town’s MTR station opened, the Hong Kong neighbourhood isn’t the hip dining hub it looked poised to become. This unfulfilled potential speaks volumes about the city in general.
From a newly opened bar with panoramic views of the harbour to a Chinese restaurant serving contemporary Chiu Chow food, here are 8 of the best restaurants and bars opening in Hong Kong in February 2024.
China-born Charlene Hua founded Africa Coffee & Tea in Hong Kong. She tells us her go-to restaurants for Japanese, Thai and Italian food, and dumplings, and her favourite whisky and cocktail bars.
Hong Kong-based chef Charmaine Cheung shares where she goes for old-school fish balls and wonton noodles that are the ‘ultimate comfort food’ and favourite Korean and Vietnamese spots in her native LA.