Mono… my absolute favourite meal in Hong Kong, and one that touched my soul!
Mono was my favourite meal in Hong Kong. Not because Mono had better food than the other meals I ate. The restaurants I visited were almost all exceptional and memorable. The perfection of Chairman, the pathbreaking vision of Wing and Vea, the clean, technical food at Ando. I loved all these restaurants and won’t forget them. It’s impossible for me to pick a favourite. Medai fish crudo: Peruvian causa/ Nopal tartare / Colombian cubio / kalamanta olive / leche de Tigre / Oca But something about Mono touched my heart. I eat at a lot of fine dining restaurants. A quarter of the world’s top 100. The same with Asia. For a boy growing up in a small hill town in a middle class family, this life and these experiences have been unimaginable. But as I’ve written before, I find that as I grow older, I am drawn to the emotion of food rather than the flavour or the brilliance. White sesame sourdough bread. Masa madre 1888 / olive oil Aguilera, 100% biodynamic Arbequina The food itself at Mono
