Hong Kong’s Best New Restaurants, Shops, and Bars

By Contributor - June 12, 2012
  • Yardbird dinning room looking from outside.

    Yardbird dinning room looking from outside.

  • Shelly Hayashi at her vintage shop General Store.

    Shelly Hayashi at her vintage shop General Store.

  • Preparing for the lunch-time rush at Lupa, Mario Batali’s newest outpost.

    Preparing for the lunch-time rush at Lupa, Mario Batali’s newest outpost.

  • Vintage posters at Museum Context.

    Vintage posters at Museum Context.

  • Indonesian restaurant 1968.

    Indonesian restaurant 1968.

  • Tung Street in Sheung Wan is home to several chic boutiques, including ceramics shop Loveramics.

    Tung Street in Sheung Wan is home to several chic boutiques, including ceramics shop Loveramics.

  • Konzepp Space’s hard-to-miss storefront on Tung Street.

    Konzepp Space’s hard-to-miss storefront on Tung Street.

  • Se Sa Me’s signature Dragon’s Breath is a Sichuan-inspired bowl of dried red chilies served with a choice of ingredients, from soft-shell crab to lamb chops.

    Se Sa Me’s signature Dragon’s Breath is a Sichuan-inspired bowl of dried red chilies served with a choice of ingredients, from soft-shell crab to lamb chops.

  • The dining room at Se Sa Me, which presents a menu created by U.S. celebrity chef Rodelio Aglibot.

    The dining room at Se Sa Me, which presents a menu created by U.S. celebrity chef Rodelio Aglibot.

  • Doppio Zero’s chef Jake Addeo with one of his kitchen crew.

    Doppio Zero’s chef Jake Addeo with one of his kitchen crew.

  • Wan Chai shop Wudai Shiguo specializes in top-quality reproduction Americana and hipster duds.

    Wan Chai shop Wudai Shiguo specializes in top-quality reproduction Americana and hipster duds.

  • Outside L. Place, an ever-expanding dining complex in Central where both Indonesian restarant 1968 and “Japanasian” eatery Se Sa Me are located.

    Outside L. Place, an ever-expanding dining complex in Central where both Indonesian restarant 1968 and “Japanasian” eatery Se Sa Me are located.

  • A tasting session at the Nose Wine School.

    A tasting session at the Nose Wine School.

  • Looking in on Sheung Wan’s Yardbird.

    Looking in on Sheung Wan’s Yardbird.

  • Batter-fried shallots and toasted brioche accompany the chicken-liver mousse at Yardbird in Sheung Wan.

    Batter-fried shallots and toasted brioche accompany the chicken-liver mousse at Yardbird in Sheung Wan.

  • The same neighborhood is home to a Lomography Gallery Store, which makes an ideal stop for hipster shutterbugs.

    The same neighborhood is home to a Lomography Gallery Store, which makes an ideal stop for hipster shutterbugs.

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THE DETAILS
Hong Kong Island

Causeway Bay

Manzo

Shop 1104, 11/F, Times Square, 1 Matheson St.; 852/2735-3980.

The Nose Wine School

3/F, 51 Sharp St. East; 852/2892-0116.

Voulez Vous

Shop 4, G/F, 3 Yiu Wa St.; 852/2806-2616.

Wan Chai

Chez Patrick

2/F, Garden East, 222 Queen’s Rd. East; 852/2541-1401.

F.I.L.

8–9 Sun St.; 852/2528-3880.

Kapok on Sun Street

3 Sun St.; 852/2520-0114.

Lupa

3/F, LHT Tower, 31 Queen’s Rd. Central; 852/2796-6500.

Maureen

11 Hing Wan St.; 852/2915-2261.

The Principal

9 Star St.; 852/2563-3444.

View 62

62/F, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Rd. East; 852/2527-7292.

Wudai-Shiguo

9B St. Francis St.; 852/2528-3800.

Central

Ammo

Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Dr.; 852/2537-9888.

Bang Bang! 70s

1/F, 16A Aberdeen St.; 852/9045-8006.

Chicha

26 Peel St.; 852/3175-8439.

General Store

Shop H, 41 Gage St., New Central Mansions; 852/2851-8144.

1968

5/F, L. Place, 139 Queen’s Rd. Central; 852/2577-9981.

Jaa Kitchen

LG/F, 61–63 Hollywood Rd.; 852/2545-5988.

Landmark Men

Queen’s Rd. Central; 852/2530-4725.

Museum Context

Shop 246, 2/F Prince’s Bldg., 10 Chater Rd.; 852/2152-0820.

Quinary

LG/F, Felicity Bldg., 56–58 Hollywood Rd.; 852/2851-3223.

Se Sa Me

L. Place, 2/F, 139 Queen’s Rd.; 852/2870-2323.

Stauntons Wine Bar & Café

10–12 Staunton St.; 852/2973-6611.

Strip House by Harlan Goldstein

5/F Grand Progress Bldg., 15-16 Lan Kwai Fong; 852/2521-8628.

The Monogamous Chinese

59 Caine Rd.; 852/2523-2872.

Sheung Wan

Arashigawa Yakitori

G/F, 105 Jervois Rd.; 852/2462-0598.

Doppio Zero

G/F, The Pemberton, 22 Bonham Strand; 852/2851-0682.

Ellerman

G/F, 36 Tung St.; 852/2291-0388.

Heirloom

226 Hollywood Rd.; 852/2547-8008.

Lomography Gallery Store

G/F, 2 Po Yan St.; 852/2915-2205.

Loveramics

37 Tung St.; 852/2915-8018.

Signed-By

43 Tung St.; 852/2517-8900.

Yardbird

33–35 Bridges St.; 852/2547-9273.

Originally appeared in the June/July 2012 print issue of DestinAsian magazine (“Lights Camera Hong Kong”)

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