Eat Drink Hong Kong

Shop 1-2 G/F Hopewell Centre
183 Queen’s Road East
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2861 0737

4/F Winfield Commercial Building
6-8a Prat Avenue
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2367 0555

Harbour Grand Hong Kong
23 Oil Street
North Point
Hong Kong
Tel 2121 2688

10/F World Trade Center
280 Gloucester Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2890 3127

6/F Wellington Place
2-8 Wellington Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2868 5657

8 Hart Avenue
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2369 1260

W Hongkong
1 Austin Road West
Kowloon Station
Kowloon
Tel 3717 2848

Shop 402, Ocean Centre
Harbour City
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2918 9189

96 Tung Lo Wan Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2578 5932

Shop 4 Promenade Level
Tower 2, China Hong Kong City
33 Canton Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2314 2907

Guest Review
It was once right in the middle of Staunton Street by the escalator, but is now hidden in a corner along Gough Street in Noho because of the skyrocketing rentals. So now, it is overshadowed by the long queues outside a beef noodle restaurant and an open-air traditional Hong Kong ‘Daipaidong’. However, Kiyotaki’s very own reputation of fresh sashimi and tasty yakitori has made its own mark in this increasingly hip and trendy area.

As you step in, the staff is always ready to greet you with a loud ‘Irashaiimase’. The lighting is fairly dim but bright enough to see your food, and the restaurant is cosy enough for talks, or even secluded enough to let you fight with your partner. Big groups are welcome too, and the owner has even added a LCD TV for ‘dining-alone’ clients who want to catch up on their soaps. If you are lucky, you will see local celebrities here.

The restaurant seems to be aiming to maintain a homey feel despite the higher prices.

Yes, the food is expensive, but which good Japanese restaurant isn’t? The sashimi platter is always worth the HKD160 or HKD220 because there is a wide variety of seafood and fish, plus its always fresh. And the chef will always recommend the fresh sashimi of the day. There is a long list of barbecued skewers to choose from, with prices starting from HKD20. There are also the traditional nimono (Japanese home-cooked and boiled food), rice dishes including sushi, onigiri, ochazuke and Japanese noodles like udon and soba. The food is authentic and fit for anyone who feels like a real Japanese feast.

Besides the normal Sake (cold or hot or masu sake), the restaurant has Ichiiko Sochu and clients can choose to order by glass or by bottle (which you can keep for your next visit). A glass of Sochu mix costs about HKD70 and a bottle costs HKD300. Ordering a bottle will, of course, make more sense.

We always start off with a sashimi platter, followed by a skewer platter, and a grilled cod fish, salmon head, beef with baby mushrooms, or fried vegetables. Our favourite skewers include beef tongue which is barbecued with Japanese spices, ginkyo nuts which go well with drinks, and sea prawns which cost HKD40 (a bargain compared to other expensive Japanese restaurants) and nicely done of course.

It is not so much about cost, it is more about what type of Japanese food you want to find. If you are desperate for real authentic Japanese food, then this is the place. The best thing is the place can only accommodate about 20 or so patrons, so it would never be too crowded and rowdy. Just be prepared to spend at least HKD500 for food and drinks (not including bottle orders) for two persons.

Chek Chue is the Cantonese name for Stanley, it means red pillar and, according to one story, it was named thus after the dead stump of a cotton tree that was in the area. In another story it means Place of Thieves, or Chak Chu in the Hakka dialect, who named it thus because the waters were infested with pirates. When the British took over and built a fort there it was called Stanley after Lord Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley who was Secretary of State for War and the Colonies at the time.

These days it is best known for its market and the string of pubs and restaurants that line the beach front. At the end of this line is the Stanley Plaza to the right and Murray House to the left. Murray House was originally built in Central in 1840 but dismantled in 1982 and reassembled in Stanley in 1998.

After being home to the British army, the Japanese army and the Rating and Valuation department it now houses two restaurants and two pubs. The pubs, King Ludwigs Beer Hall and Widlfire are on the top floor.

It was King Ludwig that commisioned the famous Bavarian castle Neuschwanstein which can be seen in Disneylands, jig-saw puzzles, and on biscuit tin lids the world over. Given those indignities he would probably breathe a sigh of relief to learn that a beer hall in his honour is housed in a 150 year old British colonial building in southern China.

And he would certainly have been impressed by the range of imported German beers on offer there – four draught, King Luwigs Bavarian, Veltins, a wheat beer called Masel’s Weiss and Lowenbrau plus six bottled. They also have about a dozen flavours of Schnapps to choose from. We watched the moon rise over Stanley Bay with a litre of Bavarian and the aroma of roasting Raclette cheese.

King Ludwigs has a full menu of German-style dishes which includes a gallery of sausages with no less than eight varieties and for those that can’t make their mind up the menu includes an option to enjoy a taste of all of them. If you’re not in the mood for sausages the Roast Pork Knuckle is also a very popular dish.

King Ludwigs Beerhall opens at midday on weeks days, 11.00am on weekends and closes at midnight weekdays, 01.00am Fridays and Saturdays.

L4-1&2, Level 4 Millenium City 5
418 Kwun Tong Road
Kowloon
Tel 3580 1660

G/F, 39 Cadogan St
Kennedy Town
Hong Kong
Tel 2950 9515

Shop 363/366 L3 Grand Century Place
Mongkok
Kowloon
Tel 2628 0680

Shop4, G/F Midland Court
Caine Road
Midlevels
Hong Kong
Tel 2331 8110

G/F 21 Gough Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2815 0123

60 Stanley Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2537 8332
Fax 2537 8703

Lok Sing Centre
31 Yee Wo Street
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2890 3127

HK Intl Airport
Lantau Island
New Territories
Tel 2136 0690

G/F 8 Mercer Street
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong
Tel 2543 4008

G/F Cheerful Court
1-5 Shing Ping Street
Happy Valley
Hong Kong
Tel 2893 3917

7/F One Peking Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2312 7800

B1 53-55 Chatham Road South
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 3175 8928

1/F 122 Woo Sung Street
Jordan
Kowloon
Tel 9042 7154

L/2 The Winner Building
37 D’Aguilar Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2138 8578

45-47 Carnarvon Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Tel 2367 7881

G/F Luen Tak Apartments
45-51 Smithfield Road
Kennedy Town
Hong Kong
Tel 2986 5557

G/F 12 Spring Garden Lane
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2573 6625

G/F 404 Jaffe Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2882 4190
Fax 2576 5337

G/F Astoria Building
32 Ashley Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Tel 2736 4268
Fax 2735 8368

G/F 20 Ashley Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Tel 2376 1888
Fax 2376 1888

G/F, 4-8 Arbuthnot Road
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2525 9493

Basement, 53-63 Peking Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Tel 2367 3434
Fax 2367 6161

B/F Broadway Building
54-62 Lockhart Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong

Shop 123 Cityplaza2
Taikoo Shing
Hong Kong
Tel 2539 6688

G/F The Plaza
21 D’Aguilar Street
Lan Kwai Fong
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2804 6800
Fax 2804 6030

1/F 3-4 Peninsula Mansion
16C Mody Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Tel 2368 3065
Fax 2366 0789

B1 Grand Tower Arcade
639 Nathan Road
Mongkok
Kowloon
Tel 2380 0727

Grand Hyatt
1 Harbour Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2511 4204

G/F Elgin Street
Soho
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2155 1313
Fax 2127 7427

4/F California Tower
30-32 D’Aguilar Street
LanKwaiFong
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 6446 8738

1A, Wong Nai chung Road
Happy Valley
Hong Kong
Tel 2836 6992

3/F One Capital Place
18 Luard Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2529 9117
Fax 2529 9211

G/F 50 Staunton Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2559 0812

9 Tsing Fung Street
Tin Hau
Hong Kong
Tel 2571 0913

Shop 213, 2/F Man Yee Building
Queen’s Road
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2259 5300

102, Cityplaza
Taikoo Shing
Hong Kong
Tel 2915 3183

24/F King’s Hotel
303 Jaffe Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 3188 3898

Shop 001-002 G/F Cityplaza 2
Tai Koo Shing
Hong Kong
Tel 2568 8757
Fax 2569 7646

119-121 Connaught Road
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong
Tel 2544 0007

19A, L/1 Festival Walk
Kowloon Tong
Kowloon
Tel 2265 7715

Shop 9, L12, Langham Place
8 Argyle Street
Mongkok
Kowloon
Tel 3514 4333

1/F Golden Dragon Centre
38-40 Cameron Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 3428 2500

L2 The Peak Tower
128 Peak Road
The Peak
Hong Kong
Tel 2907 2888

Block E, 7/F Chungking Mansions
36-44 Nathan Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Tel 2721 2786

Shop 62 UG/F Olympian City 2
18 Hoi Ting Road
West Kowloon
Tel 2749 2088

Shop 202 Murray House
Stanley
Hong Kong
Tel 2899 0122
Fax 2813 7028

8/F One Peking Road
1 Peking Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2269 5051

7/F Causeway Bay Plaza 2
463-483 Lockhart Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2591 5589

G/F 30 Minden Avenue
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2369 8307

181-182 New Town Plaza III
Sha Tin
New Territories
Tel 2368 3065
Fax 2366 0789

103 California Entertainment Building
34 D’Aguilar Street
Lan Kwai Fong
Tel 2877 9706
Fax 2868 9335

G/F, 58 Leighton Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2577 9893

1/F Blissful Building
247 Des Voeux Road
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong
Tel 2542 2339

1/F Dannies House
1 Luard Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2520 5308
Fax 2520 5508

6/F Tern Plaza
5 Cameron Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2368 0180

Shop 105b, Block A, Water Margin
Discovery Bay
Lantau
New Territories
Tel 2987 0767

Shop G3-6 Elizabeth House
250-254 Gloucester Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2577 5145

B13-16 Basement
The Landmark
Central
Tel 2521 3344

Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Queen’s Road
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2825 4014

40 Hennessy Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 3421 0886
Fax 3421 0330

52 D’Aguilar Street
Lan Kwai Fong
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2810 0369
Fax 2549 4467

G/F 13 Gough Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2877 1772
Fax 2877 1803

Kimberley Plaza
Knutsford Terrace
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Tel 2316 2381

6/F, 8 Russell Street
Causeway Bay
Tel 2838 9550
Fax 2838 9081

Shop 1, 1/F Knutsford Steps
Miramar Plaza
Kimberley Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2377 2666