Hailed as being the culinary capital of Asia, Hong Kong presents travellers with an impressive array of dining options that includes an impressive figure of over 11,000 restaurants. Best of all many of these are located in special food districts allowing hungry visitors to be presented with a diverse selection of cuisine. Discover everything from Cantonese and Chinese food from the region to a full complement of Asian and Western cuisine.

When travelling to Hong Kong one cannot afford to pass up one of the most frequented items that have been popularized throughout the world, Dim Sum. Dim Sum isn’t actually a dish but a course of small starters that are steamed and served in bamboo baskets along with Chinese tea.

Seafood is another popular type of cuisine to indulge in due to the freshness of the ingredients used in the preparation of dishes as Hong Kong is blessed with large bodies of water.

Chinese cuisines that can be found in Hong Kong include Cantonese, Shanghai and Chiu Chow. Numerous restaurants also specialize in vegetarian dishes in addition to those from Szechuan, Peking and Hunan which completes a robust offering of Chinese cuisine. A bottle of fine Chinese wine helps complete the experience with its distinct taste and flavour.

But going beyond Chinese flare a variety, culinary blends of other cultures are represented in Hong Kong. Travellers can indulge in the Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysia, Indian, Filipino and Japanese cuisine all of which bring a different aspect of Asian dining.

Travellers need not restrict themselves to Asian cuisine as an ample selection of western cuisine can also be found here including French, American, English, Italian, several Mediterranean countries and many others.

For short term travellers a hotel in Hong Kong presents the most practical accommodation option. Hotel Jen is a hip hotel in Hong Kong that offers a unique style in its service and atmosphere combined with an ideal location making it an outstanding choice for travellers.