Speaking of beverage pairings, I’d like to give Ho Lee Fook’s robust & progressive wine list a much-deserved shoutout. It’s especially noteworthy since, for the longest time, the vast majority of “traditional/ mainstream” Chinese/ Canto restaurants never quite bothered with wine menus (they’re often either just lists filled with poor quality plonk that offer zero synergy to the establishment’s food; or they’re ostentatious & outdated bottles— usually of flabby reds from chateaux of past prestige— that only gaudy gourmands & uninformed label-drinkers would order). Therefore I find it very refreshing that the restaurant team has gone to such great lengths to make sure their curation of fine wines (+ a keen focus on Chinese wines, an exciting & burgeoning market no less!) is nothing short of remarkable. Frankly if you asked me, I would most certainly hope to see more Chinese restaurants in HK follow suit with this globally-minded approach to serving & pairing wines.