Are These Really The Top 100 Restaurants In Hong Kong?
Last week we told you about how Hong Kong is fast become the go-to food/travel destination in all of East Asia. The Chinese city-state is one of the world's most exciting places to eat and the American media and air carriers have taken notice (ramping up non-stop flights and marketing the food angle pretty hard). While the 9 restaurants we wrote about are all worth a visit, knew that it was only scratching the surface. Earlier today, the surface was smashed through with the announcement of Hong Kong's top 100 tables in the city by the South China Morning Post.
"To be included in 100 Top Tables is no small feat," said the paper's editorial director Winnie Chung in a statement. "One has to meet stringent standards of culinary excellence — whether it is from the back of the house in terms of technique, flair, or the quality of ingredients chosen, to the front of house in terms of ambiance, consistency of service and experience."
Below is the complete list (with 20 picks for Macau as well), which is interestingly broken down into categories like Cantonese, European and Alternative. Let us know what you think about the selections.
Cantonese Cuisine (all selections are listed in alphabetical order)
Above & Beyond
Ah Yat Harbour View
Celebrity Cuisine
The Chairman
The Chinese Restaurant
Cornucopia Fine Dining
Duddell's
Elite Dining
Fook Lam Moon
Golden Leaf
Lung King Heen
Man Wah
Ming Court
One Harbour Road
Seventh Son
Shang Palace
Spring Moon
Summer Palace
T'ang Court
Tin Lung Heen
Yan Toh Heen
Yee Tung Heen
Chinese Cuisine
China Tang
Chiu Tang
Dong Lai Shun
Golden Valley Restaurant
Hutong
Peking Garden
Qi House of Sichuan
Sha Tin 18
Tien Heung Lau
Yi Deng Long Men Beijing Kitchen
Yu Lei
Yun Yan
European Cuisine
Alfie's
Amigo Restaurant
Catalunya
Dot Cod Seafood and Oyster Bar
Felix
Fish and Meat
Gold by Harlan Goldstein
Hugo's
Madam Sixty Ate
Oyster & Wine Bar
St. George
The Principal
WHISK
Zurriola
French Cuisine
Amber
Brasserie on the Eighth
Caprice
Gaddi's
La Parole
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon
Pierre
Restaurant Petrus
Serge et le Phoque
SPOON by Alain Ducasse
Italian Cuisine
8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo
Angelini
Cucina
Domani
Grissini
Il Milione Bar & Ristorante Italiano
L'altro
Messina
Nicholini's
Sabatini
Tosca
Japanese Cuisine
Gonpachi
Inagiku
Kaetsu
Nadaman
Nobu
Rozan
RyuGin
Sushi Dokoro Hikari
Sushi Shikon
Wagyu Kaiseki Den
Zuma
Steak & Grills
Carnevino
Flint Grill & Bar
Grand Hyatt Steakhouse
Mandarin Grill + Bar
Morton's of Chicago
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Shore
STEAK HOUSE winebar + grill
Alternative
AMMO
An Nam
Bo Innovation
Fa Zu Jie
Ista
Jashan
Mango Tree
Mesa 15
One-thirtyone
SEVVA
The Teppanroom
Wagyu Takumi
Macau
The 8
Aux Beaux Art
Beijing Kitchen
Don Alfonso 1890
Golden Flower
Golden Peacock at The Venetian Macao
Guincho a Galera
Imperial Court
Jade Dragon
King
Mizumi
Privé
Robuchon au Dome
Saffron
The Kitchen
The Tasting Room
Tim's Kitchen
Wing Lei
Yamazato
Zi Yat Heen