Posted: May 15, 2022
Featuring: Clarence, Graceland, Grand Majestic Sichuan... THE first few months of 2022 has started in much the same vein to how 2021 ended. Inbound travellers still have to quarantine at their own expense in a designated quarantine hotel, and as...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine May June 2022 / 18 View / May 15, 2022
Posted: January 11, 2022
Featuring: Roganic, Tate Dining Room, Vicky Lau, T’ang Court... AS 2021 draws to a close and Hong Kongers are resigned to staying put due to the current quarantine measures in place (mandatory two or three weeks of quarantine in a...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine Annual 2022 / 12 View / January 11, 2022
Posted: November 20, 2021
Featuring: Awa Awa, Giacomo at the Crowne Plaza, Wood Ear... AS the current travel restricted situation in Hong Kong really does not look like it’s going away for the foreseeable (mandatory two or three weeks of quarantine in a designated...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine November December 2021 / 16 View / November 20, 2021
Posted: August 12, 2021
Featuring: Casa Cucina, Upper Deck Bar and Grill, Belon... AT the time of writing, the Hong Kong government has brought out a bewildering new multi-tiered categorisation of dining restrictions, depending on restaurant staff and patrons’ vaccination statuses. Spanning four categories,...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine July August 2021 / 29 View / August 12, 2021
Posted: May 5, 2021
Featuring: Man Wah, The Last Resort, Lady Nara... EXCITINGLY for Hong Kongers, we can greet the wet and humid season (everyone’s favourite time of year) with the extension of dine-in times at restaurants (to 10pm, from 6pm) and - gasp!...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine May June 2021 / 36 View / May 5, 2021
Posted: March 4, 2021
Featuring: Lucciola, The Hari, Passepartout Brunch & Coffee... AS we start the new year somewhat dispiritedly in Hong Kong, with restaurants closed after 6.00pm unless for takeaway purposes only, there are some resolute souls who have still decided to go...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine March April 2021 / 34 View / March 4, 2021
Posted: August 12, 2020
Featuring: Motorino, Royal Caviar Club, Belon... AT the time of writing, Hong Kong’s restaurants have been ordered to shut from 6pm-5am each day with only takeaway food available after 6pm until closing. This also applies to the sale of alcohol...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine August 2020 / 30 View / August 12, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Featuring: LucAle, Rubia, Luca De Berardinis.. DESPITE the clear downturn of Hong Kong’s restaurant and bar scene at the beginning of this year, the city’s folk are known for their resilience and green shoots are appearing to mark the changing of the...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine May June 2020 / 48 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: March 3, 2020
Featuring: Ming Court, Fortnum & Mason, The Pizza Project... AS Hong Kong welcomes the new year of the Metal Rat, the newly opened Ming Court in Wan Chai springs into view. Offering fine dining and traditional flavours with modern cooking...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine March April 2020 / 29 View / March 3, 2020
Posted: January 8, 2020
Featuring: Asaya Kitchen, Ruam, Baekmidang ... EVER since the glitzy new Rosewood Hotel opened in Tsim Sha Tsui earlier this year, the F&B offerings keep coming. Its newest restaurant is Asaya Kitchen, headed up by chef Renaud Marin, previously of...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine Annual 2020 / 44 View / January 8, 2020
Posted: November 28, 2019
Featuring: JALAN, The Park Lane Hotel, Honjo... FROM the same group who brought Hong Kong cool Brazilian/Japanese hybrid Uma Nota and the insanely popular Middle Eastern joint Bedu, comes JALAN, a Malaysian hawker-style eatery which graces SoHo. Incorporating the best...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine November December 2019 / 37 View / November 28, 2019
Posted: September 5, 2019
Featuring: Louise, Somm, The Leah... JULIEN Royer, the man behind Singapore’s Odette, which claimed the number one spot on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants this year, has now burst on to Hong Kong’s dining scene with the opening of Louise under...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine September October 2019 / 50 View / September 5, 2019
Posted: July 1, 2019
Featuring: House 1881, Fini's, Stable Steak House... ONE of Hong Kong’s iconic landmarks, Hullett House, has had a much needed facelift and has now unveiled itself as House 1881 with an eager new assortment of dining options to lure punters...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine July August 2019 / 49 View / July 1, 2019
Posted: May 2, 2019
Featuring: Roganic, Mr Brown, Nhau... NO sooner than Brit chef Simon Rogan opened his much anticipated Aulis restaurant, he followed up with Roganic, next door. While Aulis has that experimental, wacky tasting menu vibe to it - and only seats...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine May June 2019 / 86 View / May 2, 2019
Posted: March 1, 2019
Featuring: Hotal Colombo, Five Guys, AHA Restaurant & Bar... SPRING normally heralds the start of Hong Kong’s hot and steamy season, so why not check in to Hotal Colombo, a refreshing canteen-style eatery with vibrant splashes of pink and baby...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine March April 2019 / 41 View / March 1, 2019
Posted: January 10, 2019
Featuring: La Petite Maison, Feather & Bone... WHISPER it but can it really be winter in Hong Kong? In a city which is famed for its heat and humidity for around nine months of the year, the idea of putting...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine Annual 2019 / 27 View / January 10, 2019
Posted: November 2, 2018
Featuring: The Flying Elk, Ryota Kappou, Artemis & Apollo... SWEDISH chef, Bjorn Frantzen brought the effortlessly cool Scandi upscale dining concept to Hong Kong with the eponymously named Frantzen which took up residence in an effortlessly cool side alley in...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine November – December 2018 / 47 View / November 2, 2018
Posted: September 1, 2018
Featuring: Old Bailey, Blue Supreme, Pinot Duck... THE weather is (slowly) cooling down, Hong Kong’s citizens are wending back from extended summer holidays and new restaurants rustle up in anticipation of brisk autumnal trade. Hong Kong favourites, JIA Group (behind...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine September – October 2018 / 62 View / September 1, 2018
Posted: July 1, 2018
Featuring: Bibo’s, Beet... IT’S the absolute height of summer in hot and humid Honkers and everyone desperately tries to minimise any time spent outside; thinking of increasingly ingenious ways of getting from bar to restaurant to bar again without working...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine July – August 2018 / 65 View / July 1, 2018
Posted: May 1, 2018
Featuring: Osteria Marzia, Francis... IT’S typhoon season in Hong Kong now, where without warning the heavens open and suddenly the streets empty, with people rushing to take shelter under almost anything - a strategically placed plastic bag, an overhanging drain...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine May – June 2018 / 62 View / May 1, 2018
Posted: March 1, 2018
Featuring: Okra, New Punjab Club, Papi... ONE thing Hong Kong is not short of is Japanese restaurants. Sushi, sashimi and sake flow in unstoppable quantities in almost every shopping mall, grand hotel or casual street corner, showing Hong Kongers have...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine March – April 2018 / 71 View / March 1, 2018
Posted: January 6, 2018
Featuring: Uwe, Paper Moon, 11 Westside... AFTER his surprise move last year when he left the Mandarin Oriental to make fancy burgers at Beef & Liberty, Uwe Opocensky has turned things on its head again by opening his solo venture,...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine Annual 2018 / 46 View / January 6, 2018
Posted: November 1, 2017
Featuring: Operetta, Mr Wolf, Caprice... AROUND this time of year when Hong Kong appreciably drops a few degrees and you can walk a few blocks without having to dive into an air conditioned sanctum, thoughts of where to get proper...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine November – December 2017 / 127 View / November 1, 2017
Posted: September 1, 2017
Featuring: Sushi Masataka, Takumi Daisuke Mori, Kaiseki Den... 2017 has arguably been the year for Wan Chai. The relatively unassuming Cross Lane and Wood Road have evolved from a tucked-away part of the neighbourhood to a flourishing dining hub, paving...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine September – October 2017 / 71 View / September 1, 2017
Posted: June 27, 2017
Featuring: ToykoLima, El Mercado, Uma Nota, Soho Spice, Sushi Masataka... EVERY year around this time, Hong Kongers wait in eager anticipation for the first typhoon of the year which, if it gets beyond a T8, means that everyone can leave...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine July – August 2017 / 54 View / June 27, 2017
Posted: April 11, 2017
Featuring: Dragon Noodles Academy, Poem Patisserie, Spiga, Ode to Scallop... IN Hong Kong there is no shortage of famous chefs putting their names to restaurants in a bid to attract Hong Kong’s ever-curious diners. Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver have...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine May – June 2017 / 54 View / April 11, 2017
Posted: February 22, 2017
Featuring: Spoon by Alain Ducasse, Alzina, TokyoLima, Rech by Alain Ducasse... HONG Kong’s spring months are usually a pleasant respite before the humid, blistering heat arrives and the swathe of wine fairs start up again. Last year was Vinexpo 2016...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine March – April 2017 / 58 View / February 22, 2017
Posted: February 22, 2017
Featuring: Seafood Room, Samsen, Continental... FOR a place so small that its very name obliterates it when viewed on Google Maps, Hong Kong is one of the most fiercely competitive when it comes to new restaurant openings. On average, the...Comments Off on Hong Kong Grapevine Annual 2017 / 68 View / February 22, 2017
Posted: March 1, 2016
Featuring: Fish School, Gutlee Sushi, Fishteria, Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market Yee Hope Seafood Restaurant… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: January 19, 2016
Featuring: La Cabane Wine Bistro, Dine Art, Bibo, MyHouse… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: December 1, 2015
Featuring: Neighborhood, Kin’s Kitchen, Old Bazaar, Maison Es… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: November 1, 2015
Featuring: Lung King Heen, Bernard Chan’s, Hullett House, Cuisine Cuisine… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: September 1, 2015
Featuring: Tin Lung Heen, Tosca, Ozone, Cafe Deco… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: July 1, 2015
Featuring: Cafe Malacca, Mama San, Rainbow Seafood Restaurant, Ho Lee Fook… To read the full article click here.
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Posted: January 1, 2015
Featuring: Upper Modern Bistro, Aberdeen Street Social, Umami Concepts… To read the full article click here.
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