How To Get ThereContinental (800-231-0856) and United (800-241-6522) fly nonstop to Hong Kong from several U.S. cities.
Where To StayGreat Eagle Hotel has had a glitzy renovation: The Italianate lobby has a gilt vaulted ceiling, and even the bathroom fixtures shine gold (8 Peking Rd., Tsimshatsui, Kowloon; 011-852-2375-1133; doubles from $280).
Where To EatCarrianna specializes in Chiu Chow cuisine; don't miss the fried bean curd with minced pork marinated in the soy sauce-based lo shui (151 Gloucester Rd., Wanchai; 011-852-2574-1282). At Dynasty Restaurant, chef Tam Sek Lun creates traditional Cantonese dishes like lobster sautéed with egg whites (Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, 1 Harbour Rd., Wanchai; 011-852-2802-8888). Mido Café, a two-story local hangout, serves coffee and snacks from morning till night (63 Temple St., Yau ma Tei; 011-852-2384-6402). Xiao Nan Guo is the very popular new Hong Kong outpost of a Shanghai restaurant by the same name (Level 3, Man Yee Building, 68 Des Voeux Rd., Central; 011-852-2258-9393).
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