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Drink and Dine in Tai Kwun
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t’s been a little more than five months since the highly anticipated opening of Tai Kwun, and it is fast becoming one of the most popular haunts for bar and restaurant goers. The former Central Police Station compound is now overflowing with new places to wine and dine, so we’re giving you the right to read on and decide where you’re going to have your next meal and tipple.
Café Claudel
As if it had been plucked from our the cobbled streets of Paris and y sav Slowl placed right on our doorstep, Café Claudel is a chilled-out spot for traditional French food in a convincing 1930s Parisian setting. Chef Kevin Li of the French bistro Pastis on Wyndham Street delivers classics such as Croque Monsieur, as well as Eastern-influenced delights An elegant, peaceful teahouse where such as Mini Peking Duck Burger. Brunch is also you can have made-to-order A second-floor restaurant offering Chinese available from 10.30am to 4pm on weekends. vegetarian dim sum and fine Veggie fine dining in a stylish setting with open views The only thing that beats relaxing with your Chinese tea in a relaxing and natural light. On offer is an authentic coffee and savouring the scrumptious food is atmosphere. LockCha is the selection of dishes from the Jiangnan region doing it on the outdoor terrace, where you could brainchild of Ip Wing-chi, a tea connoisseur of China. The menu is mostly preservative easily sit all day and watch the world go by. and the founding chairman of the Hong Kong Tea and additive-free, with ingredients such as Shop 01-G08. cafeclaudel.com Association. The well-loved LockCha Tea House organic vegetables. The food in Hong Kong Park is the first teahouse that Ip is tip-top and prices are, opened. The fact that this places serves veggie All-nat ural surprisingly, quite reasonable, dim sum – still thin on the ground in Hong Kong given the location and the – deserves kudos. Besides, they are delicious fine setting. We couldn’t get and go very well with the fine tea. We also admire enough of the Mala Ibérico Pork Xiao Long the hanging lamps made of bird cages, and, of Bao (soup-filled pork dumplings) ($138) and course, the adjacent tea shop, where you can the in-house fermented condiments. 2/F, JC find a big collection of premium tea leaves and Contemporary. oldbailey.hk teapots. Shop 01, G06-7. lockcha.com
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LockCha Tea House