While a stay in Hong Kong wouldn’t be complete without enjoying a bowl of noodles, the city is full of must-visit restaurants and bars designed to excite all your senses. Here are six spots you need to experience while visiting the city — just be sure to pack your appetite.
Located on the 102 level of The Ritz-Carlton hotel in the International Commerce Centre, enjoy a refined twist of traditional dim sum (think: steamed Alaskan crab meat and shrimp dumpling, baked abalone puff pastry and deep-fried taro dumpling with scallop) in the spacious contemporary Chinese dining hall of Tin Lung Heen. With a view of Hong Kong as the backdrop, the elegant two-star Michelin fine dining restaurant offers an elevated take on authentic Cantonese cuisine where the food is not only a feast for your eyes, but also for your tastebuds, too.
A trip to Hong Kong is not complete without slurping a bowl of wonton noodle soup and Mak’s Noodles is the spot that is dedicated to the local delicacy. Founded in the ‘60s, the food stall-turned-restaurant is a beloved lunch spot for those working in the Central area for its flavourful shrimp and pork wontons and gleaming egg noodles, that’ll you see being handmade in the steamy kitchen at the restaurant’s entrance.
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Mora
Tucked in on the storied Upper Lascar Row street that’s lined with charming antique boutiques, Mora is a Michelin Green Star restaurant led by award-winning chef Vicky Cheng. Blending her background in French and Chinese cuisine, Chef Cheng makes soy the main character of her creative tasting menu, showing off its diverse potential of textures and flavours. Featuring house-made soy products–from milk to tofu–look out for fan favourites like the cold lobster udon in soymilk and the delicately sculpted Chrysanthemum tofu served in a hot broth, which is truly a work of art.
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Penicillin
Just off the road of the buzzing night district of Lan Kwai Fong, Penicillin is a discreet cocktail bar inspired by the farm-to-table (or in this case, the bar) movement. It’s the city’s first sustainable bar and is known for locally sourcing ingredients or up-cycling food and drink ingredients from restaurants in the area. Think: recycled seashell vodka, leftover duck fat applejack, upcycled orange bitters. One climate positive cocktail for us, please.
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Located on the 25th floor of the iconic Mandarin Oriental hotel in Central, the charisma and flair of this modern Japanese izakaya and bar undoubtedly attracts the cool locals and globetrotters. Overlooking the Victoria Harbour, take a seat in one of its plush corners and spend hours unwinding, people watching or catching up with friends over its Instagram-worthy drinks and equally photogenic Japanese dishes (looking at you, wagyu tartare and wagyu katsu sando). Don’t miss out on its one-of-a-kind omakase cocktail experience where the mixologist team will take you on a gastronomic adventure through Japanese spirits and flavors you may or not have encountered before.
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