Hong Kong — Places to eat
Skyscrapers switch on beyond the Star Ferry's rail.
- Tim Ho Wan (Hong Kong Station) — The crackly-topped char siu bun that built a chain
- Lin Heung Lau (Tung Ning Building, Sheung Wan) — Century-old teahouse with dim sum trolleys, moved to Sheung Wan in 2026
- One Dim Sum (Tung Choi Street) — Neighbourhood dim sum at HK$20–40 a plate, take a number
- Yat Lok — Michelin-starred roast goose with glassy, crackling skin
- Mak's Noodle (Wellington Street) — Four shrimp wontons in a small bowl, noodles hidden underneath
- Kau Kee — Brisket broth since the 1930s; the curry tendon noodles win
- Australia Dairy Company — Scrambled egg toast, milk pudding, and you're out in 15 minutes
- Kam Wah Cafe — Hot pineapple buns with a slab of butter, from 6:30 am
- Hing Kee Restaurant (claypot rice) — Charcoal-cooked claypot rice: pour soy, scrape the crust
- Hop Yik Tai — HK$10 for three rice rolls, a Michelin-listed street snack
- OZONE (The Ritz-Carlton, 118/F) — Cocktails 118 floors up, Victoria Harbour at your feet
- Tai Cheong Bakery (Lyndhurst Terrace) — Cookie-crust egg tarts since 1954, HK$12 each
- C Dessert (Wan Chai) — Fresh-mango sago on the tram road, open late
- Lan Fong Yuen (Gage Street) — The 'silk stocking' milk tea pioneer, born at a street stall
- Mido Cafe — 1950 tiles and windows, French toast at an upstairs window seat
- Dragon State Kitchen — Sheung Wan stop for Cantonese barbecue meats
- Sang Kee Congee Shop — Local congee breakfast with fried dough
- Kai Kai Dessert — Hong Kong-style dessert stop in Jordan
- Kam's Roast Goose (Wan Chai) — Roast goose with a line out the door
- Tsim Chai Kee Noodle (Wellington Street) — Small bowls, big shrimp wontons
- Sing Heung Yuen (Mee Lun Street) — Tomato noodles at a street-side stall
- Under Bridge Spicy Crab — Typhoon-shelter crab in garlic and chilli
- Sun Hing Restaurant (Kennedy Town) — Dawn dim sum for the neighbourhood
- Cheung Hing Kee Shanghai Pan-Fried Buns (Tsim Sha Tsui) — Juicy pork pan-fried buns, quick and cheap
- Tai Ping Koon (Causeway Bay) — Soy-sauce western food from a Hong Kong classic
- Duddell's — Michelin-starred Cantonese among the artworks
- Lung King Heen (Four Seasons) — Michelin two-star dim sum above the harbour
- Yardbird (Sheung Wan) — Yakitori and whisky in a packed izakaya
- Bakehouse (Wan Chai) — Sourdough egg tarts worth the queue
- Elephant Grounds (Wing Fung Street) — A local specialty roaster on the Star Street side
- Quinary — The SoHo bar that cocktails with liquid nitrogen
- Halfway Coffee (Upper Lascar Row) — A tiny specialty coffee stop in the antiques lane