Food and drink

Widely considered to be the best restaurant in Hong Kong, The Chairman has become a go-to thanks to chef-restaurateur Danny Yip’s knack for world-beating Cantonese cuisine. Tables at its address inside The Wellington building are booked months in advance. It’s no surprise: this is the place to eat for anyone who wants to understand the inimitable charms of Cantonese cooking.
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Rooftop bar Cardinal Point is perched on the 45th floor of The Landmark, a shopping mall and office tower in Central. The Sean Dix-designed interior and terrace opened in March 2023 as part of a drinking-and-dining destination Forty-Five, which includes teppanyaki Kaew, members’ bar Gloucester Arts Club, Shanghainese dining room Merchants and Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic, a collaboration between the chef and fine crystal manufacturer Baccarat.
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Bengal Brothers’ signature kathi rolls (a popular street food from Kolkata) are a lunchtime favourite. Tanvir Bhasin and Vidur Yadav, both originally from India, upgraded the colourful Wan Chai restaurant in 2023, adding dinner service, cocktails and new dishes inspired by the Parsi cafés of Mumbai and toddy stalls of Kerala. “Every city in India has its own version of a café and we want to represent what they stand for,” says Yadav.
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Sheung Wan’s Bar Leone pays homage to Rome, the hometown of founder Lorenzo Antinori, from its sandy-pink exterior and red-marble bar top to the vintage Campari ads and film posters that adorn its wood-panelled walls. “There is a sense of nostalgia here,” says Antinori, who was previously a beverage manager at Hong Kong’s Four Seasons hotel. His yuzu negronis and olive-oil sours are two great twists on the classics.
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