Food & Drink

Hungry and love tea? Try a lunch at Tate Dining Room in Hong Kong that pairs tea with French-Chinese cuisine – and attend a workshop to try a rare Puer tea valued at US$61,500 per brick.

Natto is widely consumed in Japan as a budget superfood, but the pungent aroma and wildly sticky texture of the fermented soybeans are not for everyone.

MasterChef Australia series 16 contestant Mimi Wong, who began cooking in Hong Kong aged 13, talks about her ‘creative upper hand’ on the show from being ‘from two cultures, from the East and West’.

Meet Owen Han, whose viral sandwiches have earned him millions of loyal followers on social media – and whose recipes are informed by his upbringing as the son of an Italian mother and a Chinese father.

A battle royale is unfolding on the streets of Hong Kong, with a slew of speciality stores offering hand-crushed artisan lemon teas to a city nostalgic for its favourite citrusy tipple.

Chinese people love a good hotpot, and chef André Chiang is putting his spin on it, starting with the broth that goes into soup bases. He’s also played with the meats, and the meal’s carb-loaded finale.

Finding a list of official Hong Kong ferry routes opened long-time resident Bettina Wassener’s eyes to parts of the city of 263 islands she had missed out on. She decided to remedy that, and took them all.

Pastry chef René Frank wanted to do things differently, so he opened Coda, in Berlin, which turns fine dining on its head with savoury riffs on desserts, and has won two Michelin stars in the process.

Emmett Chow, who disappointed his parents when he decided to become a chef, communes with his ChowFans on Instagram, perfecting his chilli crisp recipe and dreaming about his Hong Kong trip.

It’s been 10 years since washoku, literally ‘Japanese cuisine’, was added to the Unesco list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. What is it actually? The definition is unclear, and opinions differ greatly.

Chef Manon Fleury of one-Michelin-star Datil in Paris serves a rice porridge dish based on Chinese congee. She talks about her women-heavy kitchen brigade and championing female chefs.

In New York and missing Hong Kong? Look no further than Land to Sea, a home-style coffee shop inspired by Hong Kong culture – think neon, Chinese newspapers and porcelain tea cups.

Famous for his celebrity-packed chain of Chinese restaurants, 85-year-old Michael Chow talks about facing prejudice, and why he wants to be known as the world’s greatest living artist.

New versions of old recipes for pineapple buns and Asian crullers, his own recipe for durian cake – Christopher Tan explains what got him started on cookbook NerdBaker 2: Tales from the Yeast Indies.

Fine dining meets traditional Chinese medicine at The Mira Hong Kong’s Cuisine Cuisine restaurant, where chef Edwin Tang creates health-replenishing dishes that incorporate TCM ingredients.

When a rumour swept Hong Kong that bakery chain Maria’s was going out of business, holders of vouchers for its cakes began panic buying. Some 400 bakers worked to meet demand until the ‘cake run’ ended.