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9 September, 2024
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100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
Some of Hong Kong’s F&B leaders, including the team at Tell Camellia (pictured), talk about their resolution for 2025. Photo: Handout

Word on the StrEAT: Hong Kong’s F&B experts on their resolutions for 2025

Bar Q88’s new Flavours menu is inspired by the tangram puzzle. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 16-18

Black Sheep’s Chalet des Alpes is back, offering cured meats, raclette and fondue. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for January 17-19

The dressed Brighton Beach crab dish at Magistracy Dining Room elevates British cuisine with a twist. Photo: Magistracy Dining Room

Dish in Focus: Dressed crab at Magistracy Dining Room

Indulge in leisurely brunches in Hong Kong with PostMag’s curated list of 11 top spots, from chic Western fare to traditional Cantonese dim sum. Photo: Handout

11 best brunch options in Hong Kong for 2025

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Some of Hong Kong’s F&B leaders, including the team at Tell Camellia (pictured), talk about their resolution for 2025. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong chefs

Word on the StrEAT: Hong Kong’s F&B experts on their resolutions for 2025

Maintaining a healthier work-life balance, taking a break from social media and keeping an eye on the small steps to success are among the goals for the new year.

Old Hong Kong

Then & Now | How Chinese medicinal wines became just the tonic in Hong Kong

Lunar New Year

Best Chinese New Year pudding discounts in Hong Kong to help your shopping

What to do in Hong Kong

Where a French chef in Hong Kong goes for dumplings, tastes of home

Feuille head chef Joris Rousseau shares his go-to places for pan-fried buns, wontons, goose, crab and French food by a chef with ‘the touch’.

Wonton noodles from Hong Kong restaurant Tsim Chai Kee. Photo: Ji Siqi
Science

Scientists create ‘queen of explosives’ with Chinese steamed buns

Researchers have developed an unusual method for increasing the performance of the world’s most powerful non-nuclear explosive.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong government staff among 57 food poisoning cases at restaurant

Department of Health says 40 Housing Authority staff among three food poisoning clusters linked to Golden Lilies International Banquet Hall.

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Best bars in Hong Kong

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 16-18

Bid adieu to Dr Fern’s Gin Parlour, indulge in a new menu at Bar Q88, and celebrate Kinsman’s first anniversary with a special cocktail event.

Bar Q88’s new Flavours menu is inspired by the tangram puzzle. Photo: Handout
Old Hong Kong

Recap | Hong Kong is a foodie mecca, but what is the history of its culinary evolution?

PostMag writer Jason Wordie explores how Hong Kong’s culinary landscape evolved from British army camp food to street food hawkers and even the influence of Chinese railroad builders.

Best restaurants in Hong Kong

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for January 17-19

Fill your weekend, and your stomach, with The Chilli Lab pasta, cheese fondue – and an Italian-Japanese four-hands dinner.

Donald Trump

Albino Trump lookalike in Punjab, Pakistan market a star

Sporting a blond quiff because of his albinism, pudding seller Saleem Bagga also sings to draw customers, who love taking selfies with him.

Saleem Bagga (left), a food vendor in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, bears an uncanny resemblance to US president-elect Donald Trump (right). Photo: Reuters
China travel

The best food in Xiamen, from oyster omelettes to soups that tempt monks

The Michelin Guide to Fujian debuted in 2024 and Xiamen is foodie heaven, with street stalls serving classics and restaurants updating them.

A 50-year-old shop in Xiamen that sells traditional snacks typical of southern Fujian province in southeast China. Photo: Pin Yen Tan
Healthy eating

Mouthing Off | Is eating a hot dog worth shortening your life by 36 minutes?

A study on minutes of healthy life gained or lost from eating foods including pizza and bacon makes one ponder what is worth the sacrifice.

Hong Kong dining & recommendations

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, January 12-18

Chef Wu Chun-pui’s delicacies at Daai Zaak, a new-look Tsui Wah in Lan Kwai Fong, yakitori delights at Torikizoku, and Truffle Bakery’s first store outside Japan.

Where to eat in Hong Kong

Dish in Focus: Dressed crab at Magistracy Dining Room

Chef Alyn Williams from MDR uses Dungeness crabs for the flavourful dish, served playfully in the shell next to warm crumpets and curried mayo.

The dressed Brighton Beach crab dish at Magistracy Dining Room elevates British cuisine with a twist. Photo: Magistracy Dining Room
Wellness

Microplastics in tea bags work their way deep into our bodies, study finds

Scientists are increasingly concerned about the potential health implications of microplastics and nanoplastics entering human organs.

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Loose leaf tea might be a more healthy alternative to tea bags, a new study suggests. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

Less salty dim sum? Hong Kong food authority says reduced sodium to go unnoticed

Dim sum makers had raised concerns that consumers might shun less salty products.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, January 12-18

Try spirit-free cocktails at The Opposites or The Legacy House’s tangerine peel tasting menu, and see new stage play Homecoming or sculptor Alicja Kwade’s solo show.

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Hong Kong

This week in PostMag: Hong Kong’s wellness trends for 2025

This week’s PostMag explores Hong Kong’s wellness trends for 2025, from pickleball to mushroom coffee and Transcendental Meditation.

Explore Hong Kong’s wellness revolution in 2025, from pickleball to run clubs and retreats. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Wellness

That morning coffee is doing wonders for your health, says new study

Researchers at Tulane University have found drinking coffee in the morning appears to be better for health outcomes than caffeinating throughout the day – though they don’t know why.

Where to eat in Hong Kong

11 best brunch options in Hong Kong for 2025

Discover our city’s finest and most decadent brunch options – from Trattoria Felino and Grissini, to Chueca, Henry and Nobu.

Cathay Pacific

How can Hong Kong travellers, airlines avoid food poisoning after Cathay cases?

Health authorities earlier launched investigation into two cases involving 36 passengers on two flights from Kathmandu to Hong Kong.

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The safety of meals served on the city’s airlines is monitored under the “Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point” system, which is overseen by the Centre for Food Safety. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

Explainer | What are functional foods and should you be having them?

Functional foods claiming to provide all kinds of health benefits are blowing up on social media, but few examples have scientific backing.

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Some functional foods and beverages can be good for you, a doctor says, including products that have been fortified or enriched with a specific ingredient, like drinks fortified with vitamin B, or foods for specific dietary needs, like gluten-free or lactose-free products. But many others do not live up to their marketing. Photo: Shutterstock
100 Top Tables

Drink in Focus: Cigarette at Bar De Luxe

Inspired by a guest’s request, this punchy ‘bartender’s choice’ cocktail has won over fans with a spirit-forward profile that combines smoke, peat and herbal flavours and is now a menu staple.

Climate change

Outside In | The industry is in crisis, but wine lovers should hold their panic

The future looks dire with consumption pivoting away, especially in China and France, and grape growers worldwide hit by climate change, but the wine sector is a long-term sector.

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Wellness

3 top wellness trends to make 2025 a better year

In the advent of artificial intelligence, cutting-edge wellness technology and a growing awareness of holistic health practices, there are now more ways than ever to get in, and stay in, tip-top shape.

Participants compete at the Hyrox Open Asian Championships at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong, in November 2024. Photo: Edmond So
Asia travel

Fukuoka’s food stalls are the best in Japan. Here are the 5 you must eat at

Fukuoka’s riverside open-air food stalls are the best in Japan. We pick five that are not to be missed on your next trip.

An open-air food stall in Fukuoka, Japan. Photo: Llewellyn Cheung
What to do in Hong Kong

Where a home cooking lover eats in Hong Kong, from dim sum to pizza

‘Big fan of soup’ Joyce Yung shares where in Hong Kong she eats ramen, Peking duck, dim sum from a cart and pizza with coffee.

Hong Kong property

Allan Zeman’s Lan Kwai Fong Group plans major entertainment hub in Xian

The planned project ‘is huge and it’ll be the largest Lan Kwai Fong we have,’ Zeman says.

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