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Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island


This tiny, trendy tapas spot doesn't take reservations, so expect to line up to gorge on the playful small plates of young Brit chef Aaron Gillespie – dishes such as scallop ceviche with yuzu, a sour Asian citrus (HK$138), or beautifully bronzed suckling pig with pineapple and piquillo peppers (HK$198).


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Nearby Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island attractions

1. Hung Shing Temple

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Nestled in a nook on the southern side of Queen’s Rd East, this dark and rather forbidding temple is built atop huge boulders that used to overlook the…

2. Southorn Playground

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This unspectacular-looking sports ground is in fact the social hub of old Wan Chai, offering a cross-section of life in the hood at any time of the day…

3. Old Wan Chai Post Office

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This tiny colonial-style building served as the Wan Chai post office between 1915–92. These days it's a resource centre operated by the Environmental…

4. Blue House Cluster

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A rare heritage protection success story, the 1920s Blue House is one of Hong Kong's last surviving wooden tenement buildings. The graceful, four-storey…

5. Pao Galleries

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Extending over floors four and five of the Arts Centre, due east of the Academy for the Performing Arts, are the Pao Galleries, which are known to host…

6. Pak Tai Temple

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A short stroll up Stone Nullah Lane takes you to a majestic Taoist temple built in 1863 to honour a god of the sea, Pak Tai. The temple, the largest on…

7. Central Plaza

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Central Plaza, one of Hong Kong’s tallest buildings, looks garish with its glass skin of three colours – gold, silver and terracotta. It's possible to…

8. Asia Society Hong Kong Centre

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Hong Kong's Asia Society moved to these fabulous new digs in 2012, enclosing an art gallery, theatre, restaurant and gift shop all open to the public. The…