HONG KONG, CHINA - ASIA TODAY / Media OutReach - 4 March, 2014 - Today the South China Morning Post (HKSE: 0583) launched the 2014 edition of 100 Top Tables -- a CEO's Dining Guide, the definitive guide to the best restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau.
As the fabled gastronomical capital of the East, Hong Kong has traditionally enjoyed the evergreen confluence of culinary delights, regardless of the season. For CEOs and business leaders, Hong Kong certainly offers an abundance of choice. Understanding the importance of refined dining for the city's top executives, SCMP launched 100 Top Tables 2014, Hong Kong's leading editorially independent, high-end dining guide for the discerning -- crafted from a local insider's view.
Our 2014 edition, to be published on 6 March, awards 100 top restaurants in Hong Kong and 20 in Macau nominated by an expert panel of SCMP restaurant critics and lifestyle experts who have been passionately exploring restaurants new and old. The aim of which, is to introduce a rich, diversified and unique dining experience with local culinary flair to the City's top executives. The new issue features 27 new entrants to the Hong Kong shortlist, and 10 joining the ranks in the Macau shortlist, serving up a delightful platter of dining options to those who will never settle for less.
"To be included in 100 Top Tables is no small feat. One has to meet stringent standards of culinary excellence - whether it is from the back of the house in terms of technique, flair, or the quality of ingredients chosen, to the front of house in terms of ambiance, consistency of service and dining experience", noted Winnie Chung, SCMP's Editorial Director, Specialist Publications of Advertising & Marketing Solutions.
"Covering a global-trotter's delight of cuisines - from Cantonese and Chinese regional fair, to French, Italian, Japanese and other European and fusion selections, 100 Top Tables 2014 truly reflects Hong Kong as the gastronomical paradise that it is", continued Ms. Chung.
"Judging from the enthusiastic comments and compliments I have received from my peers and readers from the 2014 and 2013 inaugural edition, it gives me much confidence that 100 Top Tables has arrived, and is equally established as a genuine CEO's Dining Guide", remarked Ms. Carrie Law, General Manager, Advertising & Marketing Solutions of SCMP.
"To be shortlisted is truly monumental, as only the most elite culinary masters would make it. I sincerely congratulate all the restaurants selected, as they are the crème de la crème in this already fiercely competitive arena", said Ms. Law.
Each of the selected restaurants were commended with a certificate of recognition for their exceptional offering and service at a privately held awards presentation ceremony organized by the South China Morning Post.
100 Top Tables 2014 will be distributed directly to SCMP subscribers as well as through select retail outlets, airport lounges in Asia, airport stores and Pacific Coffee outlets.
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100 Top Tables -- a CEO's Dining Guide (2014 Edition)
Cantonese cuisines (in alphabetical order)
Above & Beyond
Ah Yat Harbour View
Celebrity Cuisine
The Chairman
The Chinese Restaurant
Cornucopia Fine Dining
Duddell's
Elite Dining
Fook Lam Moon
Golden Leaf
Lung King Heen
Man Wah
Ming Court
One Harbour Road
Seventh Son
Shang Palace
Spring Moon
Summer Palace
T'ang Court
Tin Lung Heen
Yan Toh Heen
Yee Tung Heen
Chinese Cuisine (in alphabetical order)
China Tang
Chiu Tang
Dong Lai Shun
Golden Valley Restaurant
Hutong
Peking Garden
Qi House of Sichuan
Sha Tin 18
Tien Heung Lau
Yi Deng Long Men Beijing Kitchen
Yu Lei
Yun Yan
European Cuisine (in alphabetical order)
Alfie's
Amigo Restaurant
Catalunya
Dot Cod Seafood and Oyster Bar
Felix
Fish and Meat
Gold by Harlan Goldstein
Hugo's
Madam Sixty Ate
Oyster & Wine Bar
St. George
The Principal
WHISK
Zurriola
French Cuisine (in alphabetical order)
Amber
Brasserie on the Eighth
Caprice
Gaddi's
La Parole
L'atelier de Joel Robuchon
Pierre
Restaurant Petrus
Serge et le Phoque
SPOON by Alain Ducasse
Italian Cuisine (in alphabetical order)
8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo
Angelini
Cucina
Domani
Grissini
Il Milione Bar & Ristorante Italiano
L'altro
Messina
Nicholini's
Sabatini
Tosca
Japanese Cuisine (in alphabetical order)
Gonpachi
Inagiku
Kaetsu
Nadaman
Nobu
Rozan
RyuGin
Sushi Dokoro Hikari
Sushi Shikon
Wagyu Kaiseki Den
Zuma
Steak & Grills (in alphabetical order)
Carnevino
Flint Grill & Bar
Grand Hyatt Steakhouse
Mandarin Grill + Bar
Morton's of Chicago
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Shore
STEAK HOUSE winebar + grill
Alternative (in alphabetical order)
AMMO
An Nam
Bo Innovation
Fa Zu Jie
Ista
Jashan
Mango Tree
Mesa 15
One-thirtyone
SEVVA
The Teppanroom
Wagyu Takumi
Macau (in alphabetical order)
The 8
Aux Beaux Arts
Beijing Kitchen
Don Alfonso 1890
Golden Flower
Golden Peacock at The Venetian Macao
Guincho a Galera
Imperial Court
Jade Dragon
King
Mizumi
Privé
Robuchon au Dome
Saffron
The Kitchen
The Tasting Room
Tim's Kitchen
Wing Lei
Yamazato
Zi Yat Heen
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