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