Watch Out For… For kebabs on Kowloon side, try Al Maidah (G/F, Tsim Sha Tsui Mansion, 83-97 Nathan Rd., Tsim Sha Tsui, 2367-7288), a new takeout joint that offers—besides kebabs, natch—curries and biryanis as well. For something fusiony, the shop does chicken kebab noodles and...
published: Feb 27 2013 - 7:46pm
Watch Out For… Food critic Lau Kin-wai and his son, Lau Chun, are expanding their culinary portfolio with a second Kin’s Kitchen (W Square, 5/F, 314 Hennessy Rd., Wan Chai, 2571-0913) in Wan Chai. The original Kin’s Kitchen has a Michelin star under its belt, and, as is the case...
published: Feb 1 2013 - 12:00am
Watch Out For… Many exciting new venues quietly opened on the island side during Christmas break, one of them being Mum (Shop G07, G/F, One Island South, 2 Heung Yip Rd., Wong Chuk Hang, 2115-3348) at One Island South, a trendy office-slash-retail complex in Wong Chuk Hang. I went to this...
published: Jan 25 2013 - 12:00am
Watch Out For… Right across from Classified on Hollywood Road comes Three Monkeys (151 Hollywood Rd., Sheung Wan, 3151-7771), a Japanese gastropub that serves, from the looks of the partial menu they’ve posted on Facebook, grilled seafood and meat skewers among other Japanesey treats....
published: Jan 18 2013 - 12:00am
Watch Out For… New resto in Tai Hang! Zanzo (15-16 School St., Tai Hang, 2750-6490) is an awesome-looking, new Japanese hangout in the ‘hood opened by the Miramar group. There’s a posh bar in the middle of the rectangle-shaped space for some after-hours sake drinking—it...
published: Jan 11 2013 - 12:00am
Watch Out For… Pasta Mio, the takeout pasta joint just underneath the Mid-Levels escalators and right before Hollywood Road, is sadly gone—but the newly opened Kebab House (27-29 Hollywood Rd., Central—it actually faces Cochrane Street) seems to be a promising alternative. I...
published: Jan 4 2013 - 12:00am
Watch Out For… With the spate of new hotels in Sheung Wan comes a spate of new restaurants in the area, one being Moon Thai (2/F, Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong SoHo, 83 Jervois St., Sheung Wan, 2851-1288), a Mango Tree-like posh Thai establishment that serves everything from crab curry to...
published: Dec 21 2012 - 12:00am