The menu features items such as steaks, charcoal grilled eel, jumbo tiger prawn grilled over lychee wood, grilled oysters and uni toast. Desserts include classics such as charred pineapple.

Shop OT G62, G/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui

2. Mokone

Heading the kitchen at newly opened Chinese restaurant Mokone in The Olympian Hong Kong is Lui Yip, formerly a private chef for a Hong Kong tycoon.

Shop G01, Silversea Place, 18 Hoi Fai Road, Tai Kok Tsui

3. Mue Mue

Mue Mue and Mue Bar, a new Thai restaurant and a cocktail bar at Tsim Sha Tsui’s Mira Place, serve Thai classics with Chinese influences and East-meets-West cocktails.

Mue Bar’s drink list includes drinks named Pineapple Punch and Spiced Lemongrass Fizz.

Shop 302, 3/F, Mira Place, 132 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

4. Qura

Lobby, Regent Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

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5. Yakiniku Luigi

Signature menu items include Wagyu beef tongue and Wagyu short ribs. For something different, try the Wagyu French toast. The signature rice bowl includes Wagyu beef paired with truffle, caviar, sea urchin and egg yolk.

Shop B, G/F, 33 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai

6. Uogashi Nihonichi

Japanese fresh fish specialist Uogashi Nihonichi has – not long after launching in Kai Tak’s Airside shopping centre – expanded its presence with a second, standing sushi bar in Central Market.

G12, G/F Central Market, 80 Des Voeux Central, Central

7. Teadaye

Signature items include Whole Coco Jelly and Coconado, which showcase the velvety texture and sweet taste of fresh coconut.

Coffee enthusiasts can savour blends such as Coco Lemon Americano; other drink options include Squash Lemon Coco Tea and Matcha Coco Latte.

Shop S11C&D, B/F, Heath, Chungking Mansions, 36-44 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

8. Crushed

Crushed is the dine-in version of a store of the same name, Crushed Wines, on First Street in Sai Ying Pun, on Hong Kong Island. The wine bar on Second Street – a block away – has opened a second floor.

Patrons can sample small plates while they sip on Crushed’s selection of wines. Pair your three-glass or five-glass flights with dishes such as braised leeks with almond and garlic purée, aubergine, whipped roast chilli, chocolate with chilli crisp and peanut butter pie.

G/F, 6-8 Second Street, Sai Ying Pun