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Bloomberg
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
Team Behind Hong Kong's Yardbird Opens New Izakaya Always Joy
The team behind perennial favorite Yardbird is back with a new izakaya called Always Joy following the closure of the group's snack bar Ronin. The focus is on using fresh, daily ingredients in a menu of shared plates that are always changing. Like Ronin, there's an emphasis on contemporary Japanese cuisine, but this latest iteration also has a confident dose of Cantonese influences and a more experimental mix.
South China Morning Post
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
This week in PostMag: Yardbird founders' new concept and Wong Fei-hung
I'll let you in on a little secret: I still haven't been to Yardbird. And that makes me feel … ashamed? I know, I know – perhaps that's overstating it. It is only a restaurant after all. Advertisement But it's a place that seems to have played an outsized role in Hong Kong's modern food scene. Even living in Beijing more than a decade ago, I'd heard about a fun, funky new yakitori spot called Yardbird. Much like a certain band who came through town this past week, it has its ardent fans, and its fervent haters – lending its importance a certain undeniability no matter on which side you fall. So Yardbird's on my list, but somehow I made it to Always Joy first. It's the latest concept from Yardbird founders Lindsay Jang and Matt Abergel, and based on my evening there – which was a relaxed, effortless good time – I can envision the appeal of their original venture. In our cover feature, Gavin Yeung sits down with Jang and Abergel to hear how the new restaurant came together. On the other side of the world, Victoria Burrows dives into the inspiration that chefs in the West are increasingly taking from Chinese cuisine. It makes for some tantalising, hunger-inducing dish descriptions. I never thought a flattened chicken head would appeal and yet, somehow it does? The rest of the issue weaves together tales throughout time. In Weimar, Peter Neville-Hadley explores the German city's historical highlights. In southern China, Mathew Scott dives into the legend of the elusive Wong Fei-hung, a kung fu master who inspired a legion of Hong Kong martial arts films. For someone so influential, we know strikingly little about Wong. Advertisement Back in Hong Kong, Peta Tomlinson chats with Laura Cheung Wolf of Lala Curio as she looks at the world of high-end wallpaper. The home decor brand is opening a showroom at The Peninsula Hong Kong in May where you'll be able to experience its wallpaper collection that's rooted in the 18th century Chinese craft of gongbi, or meticulous hand painting.
South China Morning Post
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
New Hong Kong restaurants, coffee shops, bars to try in April 2025 and a pop-up cake shop
With Hong Kong's weather set to cool again in the coming days, April promises some cool new flavours for the city's palates. Advertisement One of the most exciting newcomers is a cheese-focused concept by Jeremy Evrard, the city's most prominent fromager (cheesemaker) and formerly of Four Seasons Hong Kong fame, and a new coffee shop from The Arcane Collective. A Petrus alumnus has spread his wings to open a distinctly Hong Kong-themed fine dining restaurant. Japanese concepts still pepper the city's dining scene: there is a new shabu-shabu restaurant in Causeway Bay and more ramen places opening in the coming months. Read on to see what else is new. Matt Abergel and Lindsay Jang of Always Joy, their new izakaya restaurant in Sheung Wan. Photo: Instagram/lindsayjang 1. Always Joy Following the closure of their restaurant Ronin, Lindsay Jang and Matt Abergel have opened their newest venture – right next to their Yardbird restaurant on Wing Lok Street in Sheung Wan.
