Lorenzo Antinori, the 37-year-old founder of the world’s second-best bar, hardly ever drinks. The Italian founded Bar Leone in Hong Kong in 2019. Just five years later, in 2024, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants ranked it the second-best bar in the world, clinching the top spot in Asia. It won the same award in 2025,…
At the beginning of this year’s Lunar New Year, a fortune-teller told Richard Ekkebus, culinary director of the Landmark Mandarin Oriental hotel in Hong Kong, that he would reach new heights in 2025. This came as no surprise to the chef, who also happens to be a prolific mountaineer; at the time, he was already…
The recent tariff war between the US and China has sent markets on a roller-coaster ride, with the tariffs on goods from each country entering the other reaching three-digit percentages earlier this month. Where the cards will eventually fall – and who will come up on top – is still to be determined, but many…