Two recent meals in Hong Kong celebrating a star ingredient showed how chefs get the very best out of produce: an ode to the Spanish dorada at Asaya Kitchen, and Sossam Tea House’s three-dish chicken meal.

Parisian culinary academy Le Cordon Bleu is hosting cooking classes at Hong Kong’s K11 Musea mall from June 20 to July 19. We attend one and learn to cook coq au vin-style chicken, to see if it’s worth the price.

Koala’s March cookies from South Korea’s Lotte are popular around Asia and there are more than 600 koala designs, including an ‘eyebrow koala’ said to bring good luck. Fans have gone to great lengths to find one.

The Michelin Guide Singapore 2023 includes 19 new Bib Gourmand awardees – 17 hawker stalls and two restaurants. The additions take the list of good-value places to eat in the city state to 79.

Quinary bar created the Earl Grey Caviar Martini 11 year ago. Now it’s founder Antonio Lai has teamed with premium-tea champion Nana Chan at her renovated Plantation on a menu of tempting tea cocktails.

I’m throwing in the white napkin – I can no longer withstand hours-long dinners with dozens of courses paraded one after the other. Whatever happened to the humble three-course meal?

After a tough few years with multiple closures and a drain on talent, Hong Kong’s bar scene is now stronger than ever, with numerous new openings and the city for the first time hosting the Asia’s 50 Best Bars awards.

A noodle bar in Taiwan has gone viral for serving ramen made with an alien-looking, 14-legged deep-sea creature that is distantly related to woodlice and can reach more than 30cm long.

Thitid ‘Ton’ Tassanakajohn of Michelin-starred Le Du in Bangkok – No. 1 on the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023 list – will open fine-dining eatery Niras in Hong Kong this summer.

If you simply must try every new food trend on Instagram or TikTok, from dalgona coffee to baked feta pasta, you have Foodmo, or fear of missing out on trendy food on social media. And you are not alone.

If you order takeaway milk tea in Hong Kong, you will probably get it in the ubiquitous ‘wheat pattern’ paper cup. The design has inspired artists and homesick Hongkongers, but where did it originate?

Restaurants, not chefs, are awarded Michelin stars, and this common misconception highlights our obsession with celebrity cooks. Why it’s time we started taking these kitchen cults with a grain of salt.

Former long-serving Post food editor Susan Jung recalls making fried chicken in her grandmother’s kitchen growing up in California. It was a natural subject for her first cookbook since leaving the Post, she says.

Its ‘shrewdly executed Cantonese classics’ earned D.H.K praise, and a Michelin star, but too late – the restaurant in Wan Chai appears to have closed for good hours before the Michelin Guide awards ceremony.

Ultra-rare wines and spirits, from malt whiskies to a US$160,000 Hennessy Paradis cognac, are on display at the DFS Masters of Wine and Spirits pop-up exhibition in Macau.

The frozen Sara Lee pound cake, as seen on recent Netflix show Beef, has become an Asian culinary icon and is loved the world over. Its fans explain why they adore the cake so much.

Michelin unveils its Hong Kong and Macau Bib Gourmand 2023 list of restaurants and food stalls offering ‘best-value-for-money gourmet experiences’ – everything from spicy noodles to Iberico pork sticky rice dumplings.

From Easter egg hunts to vegan hot cross buns to creative cocktails, these 8 restaurants and bars in Hong Kong are offering plenty of opportunities to indulge this holiday weekend.

Hong Kong restaurants were ranked lower in the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023 list – and no wonder, with voters for the rankings put off visiting the city. Seeing Singapore do so much better rubs salt in our wounds.

Japanese cherry blossom, or sakura, is commonly preserved and used as an ingredient in everything from cakes to cocktails, and Hong Kong chefs are getting experimental.

The ambitious works of visual artist Red Hong Yi – including her 2014 work of Jackie Chan made out of chopsticks – are the subject of her first book, How To Paint Without a Brush.

The extended list of Asia’s Best 50 restaurants has 8 from Hong Kong: newcomers Ando, Estro and Yong Fu join the previously listed VEA, Ta Vie, 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana, Sushi Hare and Xin Rong Ji.

Food and fashion are inextricably linked in our culture, and a collection of essays highlights moments in history when the two have been harnessed to communicate values and make statements.

Air travel is getting back into full swing, and some airlines are looking to offer better in-flight meals. Cathay Pacific, for example, is collaborating with a Michelin-star restaurant to raise its game.

In Hong Kong, it’s the people leaving companies who buy cakes for their colleagues, with unique and customisable treats becoming a trend that businesses have capitalised on.

International chef collaborations, restaurant pop-ups and high-end dining clubs are cropping up everywhere in Asia, with one thing in common: the price, from a single canape for US$4.50 to a US$950 tasting menu.

Hong Kong’s top pastry chefs are going all out preparing sweet treats for Valentine’s Day. Give some to a loved one, or to yourself.