Named the Foodie Forks 2024 Best Chinese Restaurant, Hong Kong Cuisine 1983 in Happy Valley redefines Cantonese dining, run by enterprising chef Silas Li.

Now, chef Silas adds to Hong Kong’s burgeoning vegetarian dining scene with the introduction of a vegetarian set menu (HKD1,088 pp) that echoes his pioneering culinary approach fusing East and West. 

The trio of tomatoes kicks off the plant-based set menu in artful style, presenting a contrast in flavour and texture with the tomato mousse with tomato jelly, semi-baked tomatoes with olive oil, sea salt, and herbs, and cold tomato soup. The double-boiled chestnut with cordyceps in coconut shell and poached egg with morel sauce are additional set menu highlights. 

This all-day vegetarian menu must be pre-ordered at least one day in advance for a minimum of two diners. Trust us – you won’t miss the meat!

Alongside the new meat-free set menu, chef Silas delivers over 30 new dim creations, such as steamed fish mousse shrimp dumpling in premium lobster soup, steamed beef bone marrow with sa cha sauce, and deep-fried pastry dumpling with caramelised peanut and peanut butter sauce, plus a wide array of à-la-carte newcomers that are sure to wow diners.

Hong Kong Cuisine 1983, 1/F, Elegance Court, 2–4 Tsoi Tak Street, Happy Valley, 2893 3788, WhatsApp 9029 2093, book here

Stephanie Pliakas is the Digital Editor of Foodie. From Michelin-starred fine-dining to the local comfort-food eats dished out at cha chaan tengs, she has immersed herself in the city’s ever-changing food scene since making Hong Kong her home more than a decade ago. When Stephanie is not devouring something delicious, she’s cooking and baking up a storm at home (whilst listening to true crime podcasts).

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