We know you’re on our side when we say that Hong Kong is slowly but surely losing its battle at preserving what’s left of the city’s cultural heritage. Here comes the wrecking ball, and there goes Queen’s Pier, Wedding Card Street and possibly the wet markets in your neighborhood.

A glimmer of hope can be found at Yin Yang, a restaurant located in a three-storey heritage building in Wan Chai. Offering a unique mix of traditional Hong Kong and colonial-style cuisine, this nostalgic establishment has a dining area that’s decked with round dark wood tables and white-laced curtains that take you back to the heydays of the Fragrant Harbour.

Owner and self-taught chef Margaret Xu Yuan prides herself in using ingredients from her organic farm in Yuen Long, where Yin Yang had its humble origins as a private kitchen, called Cuisine X. You know she learnt well the ancient ways of the kitchen from her Hakka neighbours when you bite into her ever so succulent Yellow Earth Chicken. She bakes it, along with other delicacies, using her self-made terracotta Italian oven.

From innovative flavours using traditional methods to modern concoctions in a nostalgic environment – it’s a true yin-meets-yang experience.

Yin Yang
18 Ship Street, Wan Chai, Tel: 2866-0868
Opens Mon – Sat 12pm-2:30pm; 7pm-10:30p.
$$$ - $500-$799

The Nuts &
Bolts: Located in a three-storey heritage building, Yin Yang serves traditional Hong Kong cuisine using organic ingredients.

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