⇨ Ba Yi
This restaurant is easy to miss, but is one of the very few places in Hong Kong serving Xinjiang cuisine, and is Michelin-starred to boot. Unless you’ve been to the northwest of China, you’re unlikely to have tried this regional cuisine of the Uyghur people, which takes inspiration from its proximity to Russia, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan. Expect lots of lamb, mutton, and copious use of spices.
Their signature dish is the roasted lamb leg ($368), which you need to pre-order. Also make a point of ordering the stir-fried sour and spicy shredded potato ($58), a northern Chinese classic, as well as the homemade ketik yoghurt drink ($28) which comes in original, mango, and blueberry flavours. Oh, and they’ve also got a really cute shop cat!
Ba Yi, 43 Water Street, Sai Ying Pun | (+852) 2484 9981