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    What’s your favourite festive dish? Hong Kong’s top chefs share theirs

    From minced pies to Shanghainese braised pork knuckle, the selection is every bit as mouth-watering as you’d expect
    A chef prepares a dish in a restaurant kitchen during the Christmas festive season.
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    Loic Portalier, executive chef at Louise poses for a picture in front of the restaurant kitchen.

    Credit: Louise

    Tiff Lo, chef-owner of Jean May sits at a table in her restaurant and poses for a picture.
    A plate of braised pork knuckle, which is what Tiff Lo and her family eat as part of a festive feast on Christmas.

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    Silas Li, executive chef at Hong Kong Cuisine 1983, sits against a dimly lit wall and poses for a picture.
    Poon choi, a traditional Cantonese dish, made by Silas Li with a Sichuan-inspired twist for his family to eat during Christmas.
    Antonio Oviedo, executive chef at 22 Ships, stands in front of a restaurant counter and poses for a picture.
    Suckling lamb leg, slow-cooked and roasted, available at 22 Ships at PMQ in Central.
    Chan Yau Leung, executive chef at Duddell’s, sits on a cabinet and poses for a picture.
    Gui fei (poached) chicken, the dish Chan Yau Leung prizes the most during a winter solstice feast, is placed on the table.
    Adam Catterall, head chef at Roganic, sits at a restaurant booth and poses for a picture.
    Truffle pudding adapted into a sweet dish with mincemeat, orange and homemade shortcrust pastry – available as a Christmas treat at Roganic.

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    A chef cutting into a panettone, a traditional Christmas cake from Italy.

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    Sticky toffee pudding topped with vanilla ice cream is placed at the centre of a plate. It’s Barry Quek’s (head chef at Whey) favourite festive dish.

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