{"id":109655,"date":"2026-07-29T19:17:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/109655\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T19:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:17:25","slug":"a-swiss-diplomats-favourite-hong-kong-restaurants-from-spicy-fare-to-fondue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/109655\/","title":{"rendered":"A Swiss diplomat\u2019s favourite Hong Kong restaurants, from spicy fare to fondue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">As deputy consul general of Switzerland in Hong Kong and Macau, Francoise Killias Zillweger will be celebrating Swiss National Day on August 1. She spoke to Andrew Sun.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">I love bold flavours, especially with a bit of spice, so Asian cuisine has always been my first choice.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">I grew up with an unusual combination of Swiss and Northern Chinese cuisine. Although my parents are Swiss, we lived in Beijing in the 1960s. My mother learned to cook Chinese dishes from the family cook. Those recipes remained part of our family meals even when we returned to Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Without hesitation, my favourite restaurant is Sijie Sichuan Restaurant (171-172 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai. Tel: 2896 0070), a Sichuan restaurant run by an amazing lady I have known for 17 years. Every time I go, it feels like I am visiting family. She regularly goes home to Sichuan to stock up on spices, giving her dishes their wonderful depth of flavour. She also never misses a chance to ganbei with us over a cold beer, making every meal relaxed, lively and full of laughter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sichuan liang mian (cold tossed noodles) at Sijie Sichuan Restaurant. Photo: May Tse\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fd8c4114-40a9-470f-a946-69a1fc8102d1_798e21ed.jpg\" title=\"Sichuan liang mian (cold tossed noodles) at Sijie Sichuan Restaurant. Photo: May Tse\"\/>Sichuan liang mian (cold tossed noodles) at Sijie Sichuan Restaurant. Photo: May Tse<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Another favourite is the char siu pork at a tiny, no-frills eatery called Wing Cheung Restaurant (2 King Kwong Street, Happy Valley. Tel: 2573 9082). It is proof that the best food is often found in the simplest places.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">I would take visitors to the Thai restaurant Ruam (Shop 9, 1\/F, J Senses, 60 Johnston Road, entrance on Ship Street. Tel: 3160 8535). The food is fresh, authentic and consistently excellent. I also love the outdoor terrace. It has a relaxed vibe, perfect for a long dinner with friends. The service is genuinely warm and attentive, and it is simply a fun place to spend an evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As deputy consul general of Switzerland in Hong Kong and Macau, Francoise Killias Zillweger will be celebrating Swiss&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[53339,53341,17832,3260,53340,53342,41,52769,17,5822,38029,53343],"class_list":["post-109655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-chiang-mai","tag-francoise-killias-zillweger","tag-fribourg","tag-hong-kong","tag-sichuan","tag-sijie-sichuan-restaurant","tag-swiss","tag-swiss-national-day","tag-switzerland","tag-thailand","tag-the-swiss-chalet","tag-wing-cheung-restaurant"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117004877403333358","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}