no. 3 Central’s dazzling new dining hubs.

TAI KWUN

pened for a little more than a year now, Tai Kwun is one of Hong Kong’s largest revitalization projects to date—a buzzing cultural center converted from the old Central Police Station. Considering the high  Thai-food missionary David Thompson dishes up the unadulterated flavors of his adopted homeland, from thrillingly complex curries to fiery relishes best tempered by a tropical cocktail downstairs at  . Craving Chinese? Pick a genre. Sample creative Cantonese fare at the mysterious  ; visit  , where Jiangnan cuisine is distilled to a core selection of masterfully executed classics; or head to  , for ageold recipes such as “thousand cut” silken tofu and “golden lion” fish recreated with rigor. Across the way,   taps into the city’s colonial roots with an elevated take on modern British food.