Smoked by AI · Hong Kong
The people.
The chefs, critics and writers and bar people, owners and locals whose picks shape the Hong Kong list, grouped by what they do for a living. Every name is a real person with a public track record, and each one appears against a room only where they endorsed that room themselves.
Chefs 31Critics and writers 3Bar people, owners and locals 13
Chefs.
Chefs cook for a living, and a chef who sends you to somebody else's room is putting their own name on it.
- Dan HongChef4 picks
Cantonese-Australian cooking.
- Julien RoyerChef3 picks
French cooking at Odette in Singapore and Louise in Hong Kong.
- Daniel CalvertChef2 picks
French cooking, at Belon in Hong Kong and then Sézanne in Tokyo.
- May ChowChef2 picks
Hong Kong's casual Cantonese-American cooking, and the city's old breakfast and roast-meat rooms.
- Agustin Ferrando BalbiChef1 pick
A personal tasting menu drawing on Argentine, Spanish and Japanese training.
- Anthony BourdainChef1 pick
Street food and the rooms locals eat in.
- Jean-Georges VongerichtenChef1 pick
French cooking with Asian flavours.
- Ken ChanChef1 pick
Cantonese cooking at Le Palais in Taipei.
- Li Chi-waiChef1 pick
Cantonese cooking at The Legacy House.
- Luke NguyenChef1 pick
Vietnamese cooking, as chef of Red Lantern in Sydney.
- Oliver LiChef1 pick
Modern Cantonese cooking.
- Shim JungtaekChef1 pick
Modern Korean cooking at Mosu Hong Kong.
- Thitid TassanakajohnChef1 pick
Modern Thai cooking at Le Du in Bangkok.
- Vicky ChengChef1 pick
French technique on Chinese ingredients.
- Adam WongChefno picks on this list yet
Traditional Cantonese cooking.
- ArChan ChanChefno picks on this list yet
Modern Cantonese cooking.
- Chan Hon-cheongChefno picks on this list yet
Cantonese hotel cooking at One Harbour Road.
- Fabio BardiChefno picks on this list yet
Pastry at an Italian tasting room.
- Grégoire MichaudChefno picks on this list yet
Bread and pastry, as founder of Bakehouse.
- Guillaume GalliotChefno picks on this list yet
French cooking at Caprice in the Four Seasons.
- Holger DehChefno picks on this list yet
Pastry at Essentia in Hong Kong.
- Jamie OliverChefno picks on this list yet
Everyday cooking, as a British chef and broadcaster.
- Karys LogueChefno picks on this list yet
Pastry for Black Sheep Restaurants.
- Lam Yuk-mingChefno picks on this list yet
Cantonese hotel cooking at Spring Moon.
- Philippe OrricoChefno picks on this list yet
Modern French cooking at Upper Modern Bistro.
- Pierre HerméChefno picks on this list yet
French pastry, with boutiques in Hong Kong and Macau.
- Ringo ChanChefno picks on this list yet
Hotel pastry at the Four Seasons Hong Kong.
- Simon WongChefno picks on this list yet
Modern Chinese cooking at Obscura in Shanghai.
- Theign Yie PhanChefno picks on this list yet
Sichuan cooking at Grand Majestic Sichuan.
- Theresa YiuChefno picks on this list yet
Cantonese heritage cooking, noodles and sauces.
- Vicky LauChefno picks on this list yet
French-Chinese tasting menus and soy-led cooking.
Critics and writers.
Critics ate the meal, wrote it up under their own name, and the review is linked so you can read it yourself.
- Angela HuiJournalistno picks on this list yet
Cantonese food and the rooms Hongkongers eat in.
- Annie AthertonJournalistno picks on this list yet
Eating in Hong Kong after dark.
- Janice Leung HayesCriticno picks on this list yet
Hong Kong restaurants, old and new.
Bar people, owners and locals.
Bartenders, owners and locals know the things a review misses, like where the trade actually drinks.
- Danny YipOwner4 picks
Cantonese cooking built on local ingredients.
- Jade LauBartender3 picks
Cocktails, as a bartender and Pernod Ricard brand ambassador.
- Jay KhanBartender2 picks
Cocktails, as founder of Coa and co-founder of The Savory Project.
- Lorenzo AntinoriBartender2 picks
Cocktails, as co-founder of Bar Leone and Argo.
- Antonio LaiBartender1 pick
Cocktails built on culinary technique.
- Laura PrabowoBartender1 pick
Closed-loop cocktails, as co-founder of Penicillin.
- Leo KoBartender1 pick
Cocktails, as beverage director at Cordis Hong Kong.
- Ajit GurungBartenderno picks on this list yet
Cocktails, as co-founder of The Savory Project.
- J FrankBartenderno picks on this list yet
Bars, as manager of Artifact in Central.
- Jake ErderBartenderno picks on this list yet
Bars, as bar manager at Honky Tonks Tavern.
- Jennifer QueenBartenderno picks on this list yet
Bars, as owner of The Pontiac in Central.
- Shingo GokanBartenderno picks on this list yet
Japanese cocktail technique.
- Stefano BussiBartenderno picks on this list yet
Cocktails at The Aubrey in the Mandarin Oriental.