Cathay Members’ Choice Awards 2024: Hong Kong’s best dining experience

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Winner: The Chairman

Local ingredients, time-intensive recipes, an elegant space. There’s a reason The Chairman has been scooping up awards since opening in 2009. The one-Michelin-starred restaurant in Central crafts exquisite Cantonese dishes made with fresh produce from small local suppliers and the restaurant's organic farm. Must-try dishes include steamed flower crab bathed in aged Chinese wine, The Chairman’s thick-cut char siu, and camphor wood-smoked goose, but diners really can’t go wrong at this culinary pilgrimage site.

Hop Sze

Tucked away in an unassuming building in Sai Wan Ho, Hop Sze is a teeny-tiny spot with just a handful of tightly arranged tables and a month-long waiting list. For years, Hongkongers have been visiting this small-but-mighty bolthole to savour Cantonese dishes bursting with wok hei – the complex smoky flavours created by stir-frying in a piping-hot wok. This month, the restaurant will temporarily close to prepare for its move to Club Bâtard, a private members’ wine club due to open in Central soon. In the luxe new space, diners will still be able to enjoy Hop Sze signatures like tea-smoked chicken, roast pigeon, prawn toast, soy sauce chicken and the off-menu baked pork chop rice. 

Mono

At chef Ricardo Chaneton’s intimate Michelin-starred restaurant in Central, diners can expect a gourmet adventure through Latin America. The Venezuelan chef, who was previously the executive chef of Petrus at the Island Shangri-La, experiments with novel ideas while exploring his culinary roots. The ingenious tasting menus feature signatures like homemade black sesame sourdough, Danish langoustine with Ecuadorian cacao, and Hanwoo 1+ striploin with strawberry mole – and don’t miss the homemade chocolate.

Mosu Hong Kong

As the first overseas outpost of three-Michelin-starred Mosu Seoul, this artfully minimalist fine-diner at M+ in the West Kowloon Cultural District challenges preconceptions about Korean cuisine. Executive Chef Sung Anh digs deep, drawing from his Korean heritage and California upbringing to craft highly personal and playful tasting menus featuring dishes like black sesame tofu, ember-roasted acorn noodles and the Hanwoo B.L.T. While the menu changes with the seasons, diners can always count on wraparound harbour views.

Fukuro

Effortlessly cool and endlessly fun, buzzing Fukuro resides on the slopes of Elgin Street. Inside, diners are transported to a Ginza-style izakaya where the night is always young. The convivial atmosphere pairs perfectly with the compact menu of tasty sharing plates, making it an ideal place to catch up with friends over sashimi, gyoza, wagyu sandos, prawn tempura and kimchi udon – all washed down with copious amounts of sake.