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Rightly known internationally as a destination that wants for nothing in the dining stakes, Hong Kong brims with thousands of great restaurants, which makes choosing one in which to dine a difficult task. Cantonese restaurants are prolific, ranging from small brightly lit cafes and noodle shops, to opulent freestanding and hotel dining rooms. Regional Chinese food (think spicy Szechuan) is also well represented, as it Southeast and South Asian food. You’ll find plenty of authentic dishes at the scores of tasty Thai, Indonesian and Indian restaurants that pepper the city.
In the past decade, more and more Western restaurants have spring up outside the confines of hotels. The SoHo district in Central is where you’ll find the highest density of ever-changing upscale restaurants, from steakhouses to Italian trattorias with the biggest new trend fusion tapas, with hotels in the Central area offering some of the finest Western fare in town; they are home to the majority of the celebrity chef-led kitchens that have mushroomed in the past six or so years.
Shopping malls usually harbor a wide spectrum of restaurants, from reasonably priced food courts to mid-range and fine-dining eateries. As with the rest of Asia, the coffee culture has boomed in Hong Kong, and these days finding a decent café, sandwich or pastry is easy. You’ll see Starbucks everywhere you go, and thankfully, plenty of local, independent cafes. Although the traditional street-food stalls are disappearing for government policy reasons, you’ll have more than enough options to get a taste of Hong Kong’s homegrown culinary scene.