The latest Hong Kong food news and events 2025

Hong Kong’s largest Japanese online mall Yaichi opens the first-ever Cheese Wonder pop-up store from now to July 14. Following its online sell-out success, Cheese Wonder brings its signature desserts to Hysan Place, offering the No-bake Cheese Cake ($246/six pieces) – which can be enjoyed frozen, semi-thawed, or fully thawed for varied textures – made with a rich soufflé base, smooth mousse, and crisp almond cookie. 

Also available is the Wonder Sand double cheese cream sandwich cookie ($182/six pieces), featuring Hokkaido mascarpone and cheddar cream between crunchy almond cookies. For a tasty twist, use leftover chocolate crisps from the tin as a topping for milk or ice cream.

These treats are available in limited quantities at the pop-up store, so don't miss out! Visit yaichi.co for more details or to purchase online. 

To celebrate one year of Shingo Gokan’s Hong Kong venture, the legendary Japanese mixologist himself will be joined by Eric Van Beek, co-founder of Handshake Speakeasy, currently ranked number one in The World’s Best Bars 2025, for Handshake Hermanos, an exclusive celebration party on July 16. During the evening, guests have the rare opportunity to savour exclusive cocktails created by two of the world’s top mixologists. Plus, head chef Marco Garcia of Los Tacos Azules – one of Tokyo’s finest Mexican restaurants – will be serving crowd-pleasing tacos, dips, and ceviche all night long to pair with your drinks. Gokan’s doors open at 6pm, with the anniversary celebrations kicking off at 8pm until sold out. 

This year, Campari Group is presenting a stellar lineup of bar events in Hong Kong and Macau to drum up excitement among drinkers in the city for the Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 award ceremony. Head to The Opposites on July 13 from 4pm to 7pm as Silvio Daniele and Marsya A. Soemantri of Jakarta’s Cosmo Pony, along with Nicholas Alexander and Sylvia Chong of Singapore’s Atlas, join the bar’s co-founders, Antonio Lai and Samuel Kwok, behind the stick to whip up Campari-based cocktails.

Otherwise, hop on a ferry to Macau and pop into Wing Lei Bar on July 14 for Aperitivo Canto from 1pm to 7pm. This Italian-inspired bar takeover sees faces such as Mar Dongi from Bangkok’s Bar Sathorn, Filippo Sanchi from Shanghai’s Bar S-Otto, Wing Lo from our own Bar Leone, Lorenzo Querci and Giovanni Allario from Milan’s Moebius, Jay Gray from Singapore’s Idle Hands, and Matteo Cadeddu from Bangkok’s Opium Bar – who’ll all be offering craft Campari creations paired with Cantonese fusion bites created by chef Tam Kwok-fung of Chef Tam’s Seasons. 

To wrap up the fun-filled celebrations, Bar Leone will hold its second edition of Disco Leone on July 16 from 4pm to 7pm. Along with Lorenzo Querci and Giovanni Allario of Milan’s Moebius, as well as Faramarz Pootsy and Alessandro Mengoni of Florence’s Locale Firenze, Hong Kong’s own Lorenzo Antinori will pour out bold Campari cocktails as the Central-based neighbourhood bar transforms into a retro disco, complete with scrumptious pizzas and catchy tunes.

On July 15, The St. Regis Bar Macao will be hosting a fun-filled bar takeover in celebration of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025. After the annual award ceremony wraps up on July 15, the bar will be hosting The Art of Mixology, where four of Asia’s best drinking dens will gather for a revelrous bar takeover. From 10pm to 12am, Erika Danielle and Jesse Vida from Singapore’s neighbourhood bar, Cat Bite Club, as well as Joel Poon and Ram Prasad of Malaysia’s modern cocktail bar, Reka:Bar, will pour out tantalising tipples. The fun carries on from 12am to 2am as Soko Son and Kyle Kim from South Korea’s premium bar, Soko, as well as Tom Hearn and Sine Suripat from Bangkok’s intimate drink destination, Vesper, wrap up the night with their crowd-pleasing cocktails. 

While we’re waiting with baited breath for the next season of Netflix’s hit cooking reality show Culinary Class Wars, chef Cho Kwang-hyo, also known as the Comic Book Chef, is coming to Hong Kong for a very limited time only. In collaboration with Pirata group’s own Korean-born executive chef Kyle Lee, chef Cho kicks off with dinner on July 4, followed by brunch and dinner on July 5.

Diners can expect a delicious melding of Asia’s best flavours, presented in chef Cho’s signature experimental takes on cuisine, such as in a Korean take on the Japanese uni hot stone rice, Korean soybean MacJeok seabass, and chef Cho’s signature Dongpo pork complemented with mapo tofu and fried rice done the Korean way. 

Due to overwhelming demand for seats on these two days, the chefs are adding a final dinner service on Sunday, July 6. Here’s a great opportunity to meet this exciting on-screen chef in person, and to try the Comic Book Chef’s offerings without the long waitlists and travelling to Korea. Select dishes from this collaboration will be available at Honjokko until August 3.

For the month of July, the Mandarin Oriental’s acclaimed LMO Freshly Baked is presenting one of Hong Kong’s most distinguished culinary destinations, The Chairman. We’ve most recently heard from them when the Cantonese fine-dining venue was ranked in the annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 list.

The LMO Freshly Baked’s Tastemaker series gets homegrown culinary icons to reimagine some of their most distinctive dishes, and The Chairman has created three time-limited offerings that are an homage to Cantonese flavours, and exclusive to this pop-up. There’s the Szechuan Spicy Peppercorn Beef Pie ($98) featuring tender beef short rib, shiitake mushrooms, and spices packed into a flaky pastry; and a Lotus Root and Celtuce Salad ($98) with lily bulb, baby corn, and shrimp in a refreshing pine nut dressing. Finally, there’s also the Char Siu Sauce Chicken Thigh Sandwich ($78), where the juicy chicken is glazed in The Chairman’s signature char siu sauce, served on fluffy Hokkaido milk bread with caramelised onions.

This is the first time that The Chairman has ever translated their award-winning food into a casual, grab-and-go format – and a great opportunity to try out offerings from a Michelin-starred restaurant for under $100! Proceeds from LMO Freshly Baked also go to supporting Mindset, a charity that raises awareness and supports mental health.

Find The Chairman x LMO Freshly Baked from July 1 to 31, on the second floor of Landmark Atrium in Central.

Chiikawa fans, you’re in luck. The cute anime series is teaming up with McDonald’s to celebrate its large-scale Chiikawa Days exhibition by releasing Chiikawa-themed packaging for the fast food chain’s latest time-limited menu items. Flock to your nearest McDonald’s location (except outlets at Peak Galleria, Ocean Park, Shatin and Happy Valley Racecourses, and Hong Kong International Airport) to get your hands on their juicy ebi burger ($31 for a la carte, $39 for meal set), the brand-new crab croquette burger ($34 for à la carte, $39 for meal set), and their indulgent créme brûlée pie ($11.50) – all in adorable packaging. Be sure to upsize your meal (+$9.5) to enjoy a Kyoho grape soda with assorted fruits and sakura shrimp-flavoured Shake Shake fries seasoning. Plus, customers can redeem an exclusive e-coupon on McDonald’s mobile app to purchase the ebi burger series four-course meal (including either burger, fries, a soft drink, and the pie) and receive a limited-edition Chiikawa Days sticker with your order – available in white from July 8 to 14 and black from July 15 to 21 (while stocks last).

From now to July 31, Rosewood Hong Kong's Butterfly Patisserie is bringing its highly sought-after Hokkaido custard flans to a limited-time pop-up at Lane Crawford in IFC. Made with premium Hokkaido milk, vanilla, and a deep amber caramel, the Hokkaido custard flan is available in two flavours: the original classic flavour ($98) and a new exclusive taro flavour ($108). Only 150 flans are available each day (100 taro and 50 classic), and each customer is limited to purchasing a maximum of two pieces. We heard the flans sold out in less than half an hour after opening, so get there early if you're looking to try one.

Sweettooths are in for a treat as Japanese dessert brand Mr. Cheesecake is hosting a time-limited pop-up at IFC Mall from now to August 21. Apart from its signature Mr. Cheesecake classic box, known for its melt-in-your-mouth texture and rich flavours, customers will also be able to try this season's newly launched Basque cheesecake, along with two Hong Kong-exclusive takes on the classic: Matcha, made with Yame Matcha from Yame City (Fukuoka prefecture, and milk tea, a combination of Uva tea and Yunnan tea. Be sure not to miss other hot-sellers like the Mr. Cheescake cream brew coffee, silky chocolate white tonka and black cacao, snowball vanilla tonka, and more. Online pre-orders are available for easy pick-up at the IFC pop-up on selected dates. 

Where: Kiosk LA15, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall