Yellow Door Kitchen

The scent of Sichuan peppercorns greets guests as soon as they open the yellow door of chef, writer and art critic Lau Kin-Wai’s underground restaurant. As one of the originators of the private-restaurant trend in the late ’90s, Yellow Door Kitchen still draws loyalists like movie mogul Sir Run Run Shaw, Japanese actress Takako Tokiwa and Hong Kong actor Andy Lau. From the kitchen, Kin-Wai churns out an always-changing, 16-course menu of homestyle Sichuan and Shanghai preparations—including dim sum and dessert.

We Loved

Shanghai-style eight-treasure duck.