Even before its official launch on August 8, The Happy Crane in San Francisco was touted by local media as the city’s biggest restaurant opening of the year. Expectations are high, but chef-owner James Yeun Leong Parry is grateful for the support. “I am proud to even have this opportunity, and excited that there are…
Hideaki Sato is the chef and co-owner of three-Michelin-star French-Japanese restaurant Ta Vie in Central, Hong Kong. He spoke to Andrew Sun. I was so picky about food when I was young, before I started my career. I wouldn’t eat most vegetables or pork, and I was more focused on football, drawing, or making something…
The Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2025, published by Meituan – China’s largest shopping platform – was unveiled at a ceremony held in the Chinese city of Nanchang on January 6. Compared to last year, the number of restaurants selected in Hong Kong and Macau in the 2025 guide has increased. There are 37 Hong Kong…
This summer, Hideaki Sato closed his fine-dining restaurant Ta Vie in Hong Kong, which received its third Michelin star in 2023, for several weeks, reopening it only at the beginning of September. While done primarily for renovations and redecoration following nine years of almost non-stop operation, another reason for the pause was for the chef…