4 Steak Expert
Founder Andrew Lee’s vision was singular: He wanted to make fancy steakhouses accessible to Hongkongers without a trade-off in quality. And so he established this affordable steakhouse chain in 1999, leveraging on his background in the wholesale frozen meat industry. Steak Expert became an instant hit and the chain opened branches in over 30 spots across the city, employing hundreds of staff. Old-timers may recall that in its heyday, Steak Expert even had a giant neon sign one side of Nathan Road, marking its branch in Chinese (扒王之王). Unfortunately, the chain’s overly-rapid expansion—mixed in with a dose of poor management—bit back at them, and they had to close one shop after another in the 2010s. If you still want to sample this unique Hong Kong steakhouse now, you would have to travel to its last remaining branch in Sha Tin.
Steak Expert, Shop C1, G/F, Sha Tin Fun City, 7 Lek Yuen Street, Sha Tin | (+852) 2601 3711