CHOPSTICKS & CITY LIGHTS

Hong Kong is wowing visitors with avant-garde menus, sizzling Cantonese fare and insider street-food tours

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If New York is the city that never sleeps, Hong Kong is the city that never stops eating. After a challenging few years, it has got its buzz - and appetite - back. Home to more than 70 Michelin-starred restaurants and Bar Leone, recently crowned the world's best bar, Hong Kong is firmly back in the spotlight.

Here, dim sum is elevated to a fine art, while you can choose a crab or lobster and have it cooked to order or sink your teeth into a perfect pineapple bun for less than £1.

As Uwe Opocensky, the executive chef at Island Shangri-La Hong Kong, says: "There's nowhere more dynamic in Asia right now. You can eat on plastic chairs in wet markets or at beautiful tables in five-star hotels. Restaurants are constantly pushing themselves to evolve." Hungry for more? Here are four of the best foodie experiences the city has to offer.

UNRIVALLED HARBOUR VIEWS

If you're visiting Hong Kong for the first time, it doesn't get any more cosmopolitan than Qura Bar at the revamped Regent hotel. Perched on the harbour on the Kowloon side, it has the most spectacular view of Victoria Harbour and the city's neon skyline.