By 2019, the foundations seemed solid enough; Talpo decided to step down to pursue other interests and projects. What was originally going to be a one-year break tuned into a three-year hiatus. “As a result, Manuel took over and he got to a point where he was really tired,” says Talpo. “We both put so … Read more
To cater for their leisure, a stretch of Forbes Street was wholesale gentrified, with old auto-repair garages and shops replaced with a row of smart, stylish restaurants. With the street’s picturesque creeping banyan tree along the opposite wall, the area seemed so full of potential. The interior of the now-closed Missy Ho’s in Kennedy Town, … Read more
The menu features items such as steaks, charcoal grilled eel, jumbo tiger prawn grilled over lychee wood, grilled oysters and uni toast. Desserts include classics such as charred pineapple. Shop OT G62, G/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui 2. Mokone Heading the kitchen at newly opened Chinese restaurant Mokone in The Olympian Hong … Read more
Charlene Hua runs Africa Coffee & Tea (ACT) cafe in Wong Chuk Hang, which recently expanded to include an event space. She has also opened a new ground-floor mini cafe called Single Origin. She spoke to Andrew Sun. I was born in China but moved to Chicago when I was 10. That was in 1984, … Read more
For 14 years, Charmaine Cheung was executive chef at high-end supermarket City’super’s Superlife Culture Club cookery school, conducting classes in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Shanghai. She spoke to Andrew Sun. I grew up in Los Angeles. My mom insisted we didn’t dine out because of the amount of MSG that restaurants put in their food … Read more
Behind Cafe Deco Group’s expansion is chef-turned-CEO Angelo McDonnell. Cafe Deco Group CEO Angelo McDonnell at Chef’s Cuts, one of the group’s many food establishments in Hong Kong. Photo: Cafe Deco Group “I’ve known Gérard [Dubois] since I arrived in Hong Kong, almost 30 years ago,” says McDonnell, whose first job in Hong Kong was … Read more
Sukiyaki beef to roast suckling pig, a pro squash player’s go-to restaurants in Hong Kong, including one that’s ‘perfect for athletes’ Alex Lau Tsz-kwan is Hong Kong’s number one ranked professional squash player, most recently winning a bronze medal with the men’s team at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou. He spoke to Andrew Sun. … Read more
When I was five, my parents divorced. It was traumatic and as a child I suffered a lot of resentment. Both my parents remarried. Chaneton with his parents in Bogota, Colombia, in 1988. Photo: Ricardo Chaneton At first, I lived with my mum in Caracas. I was a good student, but I was also naughty … Read more
With the new year in Hong Kong comes new bar and restaurant openings. Among them are a celebrity butcher’s restaurant, the revival of an old private-dining icon and a night spot in Central on Hong Kong Island. Korean concepts continue to pop up in the well-heeled districts of Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui, with … Read more
Ed Ng is a co-founder of international luxury and hospitality design firm AB Concept, started in Hong Kong in 1999. He spoke to Andrew Sun. I am a Hong Kong native, but now I live part of the year in Japan. Every time I come back, I can’t wait to have dim sum or Cantonese … Read more
