Carla Martinesi is the Swiss-Chinese co-founder and CEO of Chomp, a food-saving app offering real-time discounted leftover produce and food from hundreds of shops and dining outlets across Hong Kong. She spoke to Andrew Sun. I was born in Hong Kong. My mum’s a local foodie and my dad is half-Swiss, half-Italian, so it was … Read more
South African native Leigh-Ann Luckett is the owner of Sai Ying Pun wine bar Crushed. She spoke to Andrew Sun. We weren’t a wildly foodie family, honestly. Dinners at home were usually utilitarian, but my mum managed restaurants so I was spoiled with restaurant food at her work. My paternal grandmother did teach me to … Read more
Ivy Wong is chief executive of VS Media, organiser of the VS Lounge at the Central Waterfront Event Space that will feature children’s activities and games featuring Baby Shark, live-band karaoke and a food booth until February 25. She spoke to Andrew Sun. My mum and dad used to run a Chiu Chow daa laang … 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
Brazilian-Japanese restaurant Uma Nota’s (38 Peel Street, Central, tel: 2889 7576) February 14 menu (HK$688 or US$88 per person) includes a filet mignon with tare sauce and roast potatoes topped with black truffle. For dessert, the Amor de Chocolate, a chocolate mousse with Brazil nuts, chocolate crumble and wild berry coulis looks sublime. Uma Nota’s … 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
One such address is 1-7 Ship Street, Wan Chai, the location of the freshly christened Trattoria Felino, which has seen its fair share of openings and closings in the past few years. Rosita, the Latin-American spot that shared triple billing with star chefs Agustin Balbi (Ando), Ricardo Chaneton (Mono) and Marco Li Voti (now at … 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
Setting aside his academic training in forensic chemistry, Max Wong learned European cuisine, including Italian cooking, and is now executive chef of Posso, a modern Italian restaurant in Sheung Wan on Hong Kong Island. He spoke to Andrew Sun. I was born and raised in Hong Kong, then went to the UK when I was … 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
