As much as I love eating out in Hong Kong, I do get a little bit fed up with how expensive Hong Kong restaurants are, especially when I convert it back into pounds (yes, I still do this after sevenRead more
Castelo Concepts is known for its successful cookie-cutter concept that it opens in every district and continues to attract the crowds. Every so often, however, the group throws a wild card into the mix (such as Missy Ho’s or ElRead more
You wouldn’t automatically connect a chef from New Orleans with a Japanese restaurant. Chef Max Levy, however, has been working in sushi restaurants from New York to Tokyo. His popular sushi and cocktail bar in Beijing, Okra 1949, opened itsRead more
A good meal often involves learning new things. Fish School, tucked away on Sai Ying Pun’s Third Street, is a collaboration between Yenn Wong of JIA Group (see Chachawan, Mak Mak, Aberdeen Street Social and Rhoda) and Hong Kong-born chefRead more
Anyone who’s been to Bali will be familiar with the ever-popular beach club, Potato Head. When I heard it was opening in Hong Kong, I fully expected it to be somewhere on the south side, in order to replicate thatRead more
Despite the fact that I don’t drink coffee myself, I still love the growing coffee culture in Hong Kong and the amount of effort that goes in to all the cute little coffee joints around town. One which we cameRead more
Hong Kong’s favourite French restaurant group, French Creations (behind Comptoir, Metropolitain and Pastis amongst others) has decided that man cannot live on French cuisine alone. With its latest opening of Flying Pig Bistro, the group has paired with Polish restaurateurRead more
Vietnamese and Spanish are two of my all-time favourite cuisines; Viet Kitchen and La Paloma are two of my favourite Vietnamese and Spanish restaurants respectively. You can therefore imagine the excitement when I heard that Chef Peter Cuong Franklin fromRead more
If you’ve been to Missy Ho’s in Kennedy Town, you’ll know what I mean when I say that it is possible for Castelo Concepts restaurants to break away from the cookie cutter mould. Co-owner Persi has yet again worked hisRead more
Brunch has got to be one of my favourite meals. Since it’s technically two meals combined into one, it gives you the right to eat twice as much as you normally would, without feeling too guilty about it…at least that’sRead more