A three-week variety show that followed celebrity chefs and a former pro baseball player as they hunted down Hong Kong’s hottest eateries just aired. The Hong Kong Tourism Board backed KBS2’s The Boss Has Donkey Ears and sent chefs Jeong Ho-young and Jeong Ji-sun, along with former player Yang Jun-hyuk, on a hands-on Hong Kong food tour.
Across episodes that ran from the 5th to the 19th, the trio hit Hong Kong’s key dining neighborhoods — from Central to the West Kowloon Cultural District — visiting local restaurants in person.
The first stop, Mott 32, is a modern Chinese restaurant led by Cantonese chef Lee Man Sing, who brings more than four decades of experience. Its signature Peking duck is raised for 42 days, roasted over applewood, then air-dried and aged for two days for that perfect, crispy finish.
Mosu Hong Kong, tucked inside the M+ museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District, also made an appearance. Chef Ahn Seong-jae’s fine-dining Korean spot serves inventive tasting menus that reimagine Korean ingredients — think abalone tacos, acorn noodle dishes, and bracken pot rice.
Rainbow Seafood Restaurant, famed as a regular haunt of actor Chow Yun-fat, sits along Lamma Island’s shoreline. What began as a tiny eatery in 1984 has grown into an 800-seat destination, and it holds the Hong Kong Tourism Board’s Quality Tourism Services (QTS) certification.
The show also highlighted local institutions that capture Hong Kong’s food culture: Kwan Kee Bamboo Noodles, a Michelin Bib Gourmand noodle spot; Dim Sum Here, a dim sum specialist; and Se Wong Fun, a 130-year-old snake-soup restaurant.
The episodes focused on restaurants featured in the Hong Kong Tourism Board’s culinary guide, Taste Hong Kong — a curated list assembled with help from more than 50 local master chefs and showcasing around 250 eateries.
▶ Jeong Ho-young, Jeong Ji-sun, and Yang Jun-hyuk visit Hong Kong favorites… Mott 32, Mosu, Lamma Island seafood
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