TRIP + PLATE + 365 days
The final morning of a Hong Kong trip has a particular quality — the awareness that you’re eating your last meal in the city before a long return journey, the desire to end on something that captures what the visit has been. I chose Lan Fong Yuen on the morning of January, walking from the … Read more
There is no more Hong Kong institution than the cha chaan teng. Not the harbor view, not the night market, not even the dim sum — the cha chaan teng is where Hong Kong actually lives, every morning, every afternoon, and late into the evening. I visited three of the city’s most celebrated examples during … Read more
Hong Kong has one of the most distinctive food cultures in Asia — a city where a bowl of wonton noodles served in a ten-seat shophouse can be as carefully considered as anything in a Michelin-starred restaurant, and where the morning ritual of yum cha (dim sum with tea) is taken as seriously as any … Read more