Locanda dell´Angelo in the unlikely locale of Happy Valley serves up some of the very best Italian cuisine in Hong Kong.
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Pici, Hong Kong: Peachy
Pici in Wan Chai serve some of the best-value, real-deal pastas I´ve seen in a long time. Forza!
Operetta, Hong Kong: The fat lady sings
Operetta sits in Pacific Place, somewhere the pancetta is crispy and the calzones look mahoosive
Spiga, Hong Kong: A dinner of two halves
Spiga replaces Lupa and Enrico Bartolini replaces Mario Batali. Some undoubted strong points but a couple of slightly strange dishes make for a dinner of two halves.
Cucina, Marcopolo Hotel, Hong Kong: Burrata and Bruce Lee
Cucina at The Marcopolo boasts brilliant harbour views and very accomplished cooking from a Piedmont boy. If you’re lucky, you may even catch Bruce Lee there.
Italian special @ Four Seasons Hong Kong: A Tavola!
A faultless Italian lunch at The Lounge shows the serious skills of The Four Seasons’ Exec Chef Andrea Accordi.
Fishteria, Hong Kong: Nautical but nice
Fishteria is the oddly-named Queens Road East spot where seafood seems in safe hands under the watchful gaze of chef Gianni.
Emporio Antico, Hong Kong: Please Don’t Tell
Emporio Antico in Wan Chai is part tasting lounge, part restaurant, where fine wines and produce sit side by side.
Mercato, Hong Kong: California dreamin’
Jean-Georges Vongerichten has been around in Hong Kong in one way or another since 1982 and his newest offering serves up casual Italian cuisine in the heart of Lan Kwai’s California Tower.
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