This summer, Hideaki Sato closed his fine-dining restaurant Ta Vie in Hong Kong, which received its third Michelin star in 2023, for several weeks, reopening it only at the beginning of September. While done primarily for renovations and redecoration following nine years of almost non-stop operation, another reason for the pause was for the chef … Read more
“Some call him the [Anthony] Bourdain of China,” food writer Michael Maclaren once said of Christopher St. Cavish. Asked at the time how he felt about the comparison by Maclaren, a contributor to Time Out Shanghai magazine, St. Cavish laughed and said, self-effacingly, “Maybe one day I’ll get there! But [Bourdain] was way more talented … Read more
By Kang Hyun-kyung In the 1980s, Kim Bo-sub used to spend time with local artists in Incheon’s Chinatown, in the South Korean city’s eastern coastal Jung district. The area was a trendy spot for painters and photographers like him, drawn to its unique and exotic atmosphere. “I was told that the Chinatown area was dark … Read more
Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! How much do we love milk tea? Let us count the ways. With more than 2 million cups consumed every day in Hong Kong alone, the sweet … Read more
This month, a Japanese-Italian restaurant and a quirky legal-themed bar have opened in Central on Hong Kong Island, a Michelin-recommended eatery has popped up at the airport, and a new seafood dining concept has opened in Macau. Read on to find out more and see what other new and returning food and drink places are … Read more
Oliver Li does not take the easy route, you could say. While most fine-dining chefs and restaurateurs might ease into a new opening by introducing one dinner service, Li’s restaurant Jee in Hong Kong’s Central district launched right into opening six days a week, serving lunch and dinner. On top of this, Li is serving … Read more
I was impressed that a couple from Britain and Italy, on their YouTube channel, said that people in China completely blew them away because they “never expected anyone could be so lovely, so friendly, so helpful, so welcoming and so patient”, and “so nice”. It was the first time I had seen someone put so … Read more
Before his current decade in Switzerland, he launched Shang Palace at the Shangri-La Paris, Europe’s first outpost of this famed, 50-year-old restaurant brand. In 2012, Xu helped the French venue earn a star a year after opening, making it the only Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant in Paris. The interior of Le Tsé Fung, at La Réserve … Read more
“Those three experiences, first of all, really made me realise that I’m a home bird,” he says. “I changed my perspective of wanting to see the world’s best restaurants and thinking that the Montreal food scene wasn’t world class. Lee puts the finishing touches to a dish at Oncle Lee. Photo: Scott Usheroff “Doing stages … Read more
The recently self-published 352-page book contains profiles of individuals from 43 food businesses in 24 New York neighbourhoods, immigrants not only from China, but also other Asian countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea, India and Thailand. “Made Here” contains profiles of individuals from 43 food businesses in 24 New York neighbourhoods. There are also second- … Read more
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