A home cook’s favourite Hong Kong restaurants for char siu, snake soup, tandoori chicken
Grace Lau reveals her favourite places to eat in Hong Kong, from a place that is ‘a piece of history’ to somewhere with ‘heavenly’ food
A veteran curator of major arts and design exhibitions and fairs, Dr Grace Lau is the fair director of Fine Art Asia and co-chair of the Polytechnic University school of design’s 60th anniversary activities, including a gala dinner on November 29 at the Cloud 39 ballroom in The Henderson. She spoke to Andrew Sun.
My mum’s a great cook, so home dining was always quite international for me. Maybe that is why I started cooking too. It is like therapy after a hard day’s work.
I love experimenting, and my best dish is chicken casserole with red onion, curry, cauliflower and gnocchi.
Eating out, I like BluHouse (G/F, Rosewood Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 3891 8732) for its atmosphere with lots of natural light and open plan – like an elegant and elevated food court.
Everything’s tempting, from the pastries to desserts, especially the ice cream counter. But my favourite there is the insalata di pollo (chicken salad) and its tiramisu.
When it gets cooler, Ser Wong Fun (30 Cochrane Street, Central. Tel: 3579 5954) is the place for heart-warming soup and Hong Kong stir-fry dishes.
