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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword. Here’s how Hong Kong’s fine dining is improving its green policies: from Amber at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental and Michelin-starred Mono to Vicky Lau’s Mora, Roganic and the Marriott group. Photo: Ting Lung Heen

How Hong Kong’s fine dining scene is getting greener – at last

The staff of Socio at the the 100 Top Tables Tables 2025 Unveiling Ceremony and Awards. Photo: Jordan Chan

Celebrating 100 Top Tables’ top restaurants and bars in Hong Kong and Macau

Bar Leone co-founder Lorenzo Antinori. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Why neighbourhood bars in Hong Kong are gaining popularity

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More than 30 employees from King Parrot Group have reached out to labour authorities after the closure of nine restaurants. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong economy

30 Hong Kong workers complain as King Parrot Group debt hits HK$5 million

Closure of nine restaurants affects about 120 employees and results in about HK$5 million in unpaid entitlements, union says.

Chinese culture

Language Matters | What to know about intangible cultural heritage amid Hong Kong celebrations

Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, June 8-14

Hong Kong economy

‘Vicious circle’ for Hong Kong restaurants: how many more on chopping block?

Trade group says situation is ‘pretty dire’ for both low-cost and high-end operators, as drop-off in local spending bites hard.

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A comparison of licence numbers reveals 2,034 restaurantsclosed in the past year, while only 1,779 licences were newly issued. Photo: Eugene Lee
Where to eat in Hong Kong

Hong Kong French bistro brings ‘macabre’ fine-dining dish to the masses

Hong Kong bistro Le Colvert serves pressed duck, a bloody dish usually seen only at fancy restaurants in France and which has had a revival.

China manufacturing

Baijiu blues and plum pickings: tastes of China’s Gen Z rewrite liquor industry

Young Chinese are driving a shift from the traditional white spirit to fruity, lower-alcohol beverages, in a sign of as evolving lifestyles.

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Thailand

How far would you travel for fine food? Thailand has its kitchen stars

At Michelin-starred Aulis and Pru a focus on local produce and skilfully executed fine dining draws foodies from far and wide.

Lovers of fine dining travel from all over the world to experience the dishes at Pru in Phuket, Thailand. Photo: courtesy Pru
Hong Kong

This week in PostMag: a queer-friendly football team, Innsbruck and Michelin

Discover what belonging means through a London football team for the Asian diaspora; how lone Michelin-starred restaurants operate in Thailand; and more.

Food and agriculture

Fukushima farmer, 25, grows kiwis in former disaster zone

In Okuma, Japan, Takuya Haraguchi grows fruit to show how far the Fukushima area has come since tsunami triggered reactor meltdown in 2011.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s food delivery scene soars with drone services to Ma On Shan

Keeta starts delivering orders from two fast-food restaurants in Science Park to Ma On Shan Promenade.

The launch of the delivery route follows the company’s completion of its first low-altitude instant delivery order in March. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Asian recipes

All about turmeric, how to use it in cooking, and a recipe idea

A key ingredient in Indian cuisine, dried turmeric adds complexity and subtle bitterness to dishes. It is also used in Vietnamese food.

Turmeric is used in Indian spice mixtures, giving dishes a distinct, slightly bitter flavour. The spice also has a range of health benefits. Photo: Shutterstock
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend June 6-8

From the ultimate celebration of cocktails to ballet, Thai massage and a Lane Crawford pop-up, our picks for your Hong Kong weekend.

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Thailand

‘Unacceptable’: Thai teachers’ group slams deal on beer discounts

Teachers’ network calls for partnership between state agency and brewery to be withdrawn as it promotes harmful behaviour.

Korea Times

Move over sesame – in Korea, perilla oil is making a comeback

Believed to have been introduced from China and in use in Korea since the 15th century, perilla oil is a mainstay of Korean cuisine.

A collection of perilla oils and dishes from Okhee Mills. Photo: @okhee_mill/Instagram
Hong Kong

The flavours of Hong Kong? 5 up-and-coming chefs weigh in

Inspired variously by street food, Cantopop and locally caught fish, chefs put new and flavourful spins on familiar Hong Kong dishes.

Butter-aged lobster at Hong Kong restaurant Ankoma. Photo: Ankoma
Malaysia

Japanese chef on moving to Malaysia, being wowed by its tropical ingredients

Hidemichi Seki, formerly chef at RyuGin in Hong Kong, applies Japanese cooking techniques to the bounty of produce he finds in Malaysia.

History

Explainer | What’s in a Chinese olive? The history behind the congee ingredient

Chinese olives are not a local variant of what you put in your martini. One Hongkonger recalls her first encounter with the umami-rich fruit.

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Art Basel

Is food art? How Hong Kong creatives are bridging the gap

What happens when culinary creations meet artistic vision? From chefs to photographers and artists, a new wave of Hong Kong creatives are exploring the compelling intersection of food and art.

Detail from the A & G Boulangerie exhibition at JPS Gallery. Photo: Jonathan Wong
100 Top Tables

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 6-8

From fresh takes on classic sips at C108 to can’t-miss guest shifts at Bar Leone and The Aubrey, here’s where to drink this Friday to Sunday.

100 Top Tables

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for June 5-7

Experience a live tuna-cutting ceremony at Nobu, check out new Kennedy Town restaurant Voon, and celebrate World Oceans Day with sustainable seafood.

Indonesia

Angel Delight drug mules: British trio caught smuggling cocaine into Bali

Indonesian customs officers found nearly 1kg of cocaine in their luggage, hidden inside sachets of Angel Delight powdered dessert mix.

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(From left) Phineas Float, Jonathan Collyer and Lisa Stocker sit inside a courtroom in Bali, Indonesia, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Asia travel

Insiders’ guide to Kunming: what to eat, drink and do in Yunnan’s capital

Enjoy a vegetarian meal at a Buddhist temple, local beer at Chaba Brewing and a hot springs dip at Yunshang Spring.

Around Mayuan Station, buildings have been reconstructed in the colonial style. Photo: Thomas Bird
What to do in Hong Kong

Where a congee lover in Hong Kong eats food that tastes of home

Architect Wong Kam-sing talks about villages he visits for home-grown coffee and Hakka cuisine, and his go-to restaurants in urban Hong Kong.

Fame and celebrity

Mouthing Off | Why do people obsess over what celebrities like Beyoncé and Dua Lipa eat?

From carbs to weight-loss diets to Diet Coke with jalapeño sauce, celebrity food and wellness trends are everywhere, but what do they know?

Hong Kong

Buzziest new openings in Hong Kong, from Japanese-Korean fusion to craft beer

Slurp noodles at The Bridge at Hong Kong International Airport, grab a pint at Goose Island Taproom or an on-tap cocktail from Bar Oasis, and enjoy Japanese-Korean fusion cuisine at Yoruchu.

Yorucho merges Japanese and Korean culinary traditions with Western flair. Photo: Yorucho
Japan

From sushi to ramen to tempura, what makes Japanese food so good?

Japanese cuisine is among the world’s most loved, but why? Preparing dishes in a way that lets seasonal ingredients shine plays a big part.

Instant Shoyu Ramen Hack from one of Japan’s BEST Ramen Chefs. Photo: YouTube
Hong Kong society

80% of Hong Kong’s disadvantaged children suffer nutritional imbalance: survey

Insufficient intake of fruits and vegetables, grains, meat and dairy also recorded among 426 children.

IPO

Why Chinese fresh-drink firms could leave investors high and dry

Too much money could be chasing the same growth story, S&P Global Ratings says.

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