‘You’ll miss the food,’ they said when I left Hong Kong. They were right –...
Settling into life in the English countryside after 28 years in Hong Kong, Cliff Buddle is missing authentic Chinese food like that served at his go-to seafood restaurant in Mui Wo.
View Article‘Non-Asians loving dim sum will always be a golden moment’: Chinese siblings...
The Leong brothers have helped raise the bar for Asian food in Britain, from serving Londoners authentic Chinese soup dumplings and fine Japanese food to a new venture delivering Asian meal kits to homes.
View ArticleLotte’s Koala’s March: cookie with hundreds of designs, and the fans on...
The filled cookie from South Korea’s Lotte is popular around Asia and there are more than 600 koala designs, including an ‘eyebrow koala’ said to bring good luck. Fans have gone to great lengths to...
View ArticleThe Thai food revolution, and the young chefs who’ve put Bangkok on the...
A revolution has swept through Thai cuisine, and it has made Bangkok a cutting-edge dining destination. We meet some of the chefs leading the change.
View ArticleHead chef of Hong Kong’s only Michelin-star Korean restaurant on how...
Steve Lee, the head chef of Hansik Goo, talks about his journey from Seoul to Hong Kong, via Sydney, and how rediscovering flavours of his past and ‘making lots of mistakes’ has been key to his...
View Article‘Dishes we’ve never seen before’: chefs take Indonesia’s fusion cuisine to...
One of the most complex yet misunderstood cuisines, Indonesian cookery continues to redefine itself for the modern era. Chefs are creating new fusion menus by blending cooking styles from across the...
View ArticleTomatoes from his mother’s garden: we see where 3-Michelin-star French chef...
Yellow, green, golden, striped, red – 25 tomato varieties grow in the garden in France’s Loire Valley of Four Seasons Hong Kong executive chef Guillaume Galliot’s mum and stepdad, which he serves...
View ArticleDavid Beckham, Michelle Yeoh, LeBron James – Dragon-i guestlist has been a...
Gilbert Yeung Kei-lung, kingpin of the Hong Kong nightlife scene, digs into the archives of his Wyndham Street club in preparation for its delayed 20th anniversary celebrations.
View ArticleAsia’s Best Sommelier Della Tang, of Shenzhen’s Ensue, on her meteoric rise...
Sommelier extraordinaire Della Tang reflects on her meteoric rise as beverage director at high-end Shenzhen restaurant Ensue, and offers advice for those trying to emulate her success.
View Article3 Hong Kong bar crawls for elegance, edginess and eclectic patrons, with...
Hong Kong’s hosting of the Asia’s 50 Best Bars awards in July 2023 shines a spotlight on the city’s nightlife spots. We propose 3 contrasting bar crawls to get to know some of them better.
View ArticleWhich came first, the chicken or the egg? Neither: why Asia is at the...
Asia is at the forefront of the race to produce high-quality lab-grown meat and, increasingly, other forms of protein, but chefs remain divided over their use.
View ArticleA Hong Kong-style diner in London, Hoko serves milk tea, French toast and a...
With its Hong Kong diner menu, including silky milk tea, and details such as orange wheat pattern takeaway cups, Hoko Cafe, in East London, is a place for exiles and others to connect with the Chinese...
View ArticleFrom 3-Michelin-star Forum to a housing estate shopping centre restaurant in...
From working the room at Forum to pushing nostalgic dishes in a housing estate, CK Poon Kin-wai is nothing if not versatile. He explains how late singer Leslie Cheung inspired his start in the...
View ArticleAsia’s 50 Best 2023 Bartenders’ Bartender Beckaly Franks of Hong Kong bar The...
Beckaly Franks of Hong Kong bars The Pontiac, Artifact, Call Me Al and Ponty Café is the first woman to be voted Bartenders’ Bartender at the Asia’s 50 Best Bars awards. She talks about her road to...
View ArticleBlockchain with your burgundy: how NFTs are being minted by wine and spirits...
Do Web3 and wine mix? Will blockchain technology be a silver bullet when it comes to the complex authentication of premium wines and spirits? The jury remains divided.
View ArticleHow a cookbook on Indian royal cuisine changed a Hong Kong culinary...
Palash Mitra, who gained a Michelin star when heading Hong Kong’s New Punjab Club, talks about how ‘Dining with the Nawabs’ goes deep into all aspects of Indian royal cuisine.
View ArticleMichelin Guide Singapore triple awardee Kevin Wong on his four-hands dinner...
From Malaysia via France and California to Singapore, Kevin Wong is fusing all his past experiences into a cult restaurant that is 100 per cent him, and which has just earned a Michelin star and green...
View Article10 of the best Singaporean restaurants in Hong Kong – for laksa, bak kut teh,...
Prawn mee, fish head curry, laksa in all its varieties, Hainanese chicken rice – there’s a wealth of authentic Singaporean food, and Singapore-inspired dishes, for Hong Kong diners and the homesick to...
View ArticleRestaurant with most Michelin stars for Singaporean food… is in Taiwan....
Chef Jimmy Lim’s JL Studio in Taichung is making waves in the culinary scene for showcasing Singaporean flavours using the best produce that Taiwan has to offer.
View ArticleBlindfolded and relying on sound, touch and smell to make Italian bread,...
Blindness can make the simplest tasks difficult, and the Bake in the Dark Challenge in Hong Kong aims to show this while promoting inclusion, with participants donning eye masks to make Italian bread.
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