Places to eat

1 T’ang Court

The Langham Hotel completed its US$35 million upgrade in 2003, and the food at T’ang Court continues to astonish. Peerless creativity and an insistence on wok chi (wok cooking at the highest achievable temperature) are the keys to T’ang Court’s greatness.

Address: 1/F, Langham Hotel, 8 Peking Road, Kowloon
Phone: (852) 2375 1133 Ext: 2238
Additional info: 2375 1133ext. 2250
Price range: $$$$

2 The Verandah

From its epic Sunday brunches, through to the speechless aplomb of its candlelit dinners, this sleek patrician of the South-side has a stately lead over the competition. The details are sheer class (when did you last have caesar salad made, as it should be, at your tableside?) and the ambience utterly surfeited with the “wow” factor.

Address: 109 Repulse Bay Rd, Repulse Bay
Phone: 2315 3166
Price range: $$$

3 Gaddi’s

Royalty, Hollywood stars and heads of state have dined here by the worshipful score, for in terms of French cuisine east of Suez, Gaddi’s is unquestionably the holy grail. Expect the big-budget works: from the aristocratic menu to stratospheric service levels. If you like it haute, you’ve found your heaven. Impeccable French cuisine, irreproachable service and famous patrons. Gaddi’s has earned its reputation as one of Asia’s finest restaurants.

Address: 1/F The Peninsula
Phone: 2315 3171
Price range: $$$$$

4 Nicholini’s

You might not foresee yourself travelling to Hong Kong in order to eat Italian, but you might for Nicholini’s. Awarded the Insegna del Romano for being the best Italian restaurant outside of Italy, Nicholini’s sits comfortably at the apex of Nor-thern Italian cooking, each dish an essay in freshness and charm.

Address: 8/F, Conrad International, Pacific Place, Admiralty
Phone: 2521 3838
Price range: $$$$

5 Alibi

If there has been one Hong Kong restaurateur consistently and laudably pushing the style envelope over the last decade, it has been Nichole Garnaut. But with Alibi, her latest venture, she succeeds with understatement, and the creative take on French cuisine has both depth and confi-dence. The crowd is beautiful, the food more so.

Address: 73 Wyndham St, SoHo
Phone: 2167 8989
Price range: $$$

 

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