2 Elgin Street

Central and Western District

Bourdain ate: beef-brisket noodles with wontons. Lunch date: cinematographer Christopher Doyle.

Yiu Tung Street

Sham Shui Po District

Bourdain ate: drunken chicken, fish tripe, and egg-custard clay-pot dish with youtiao (fried breadsticks, “like a quiche”). Dinner date: chef Gazza Cheng.

Lantau Island

Bourdain ate: corn–and–fish ball soup; fried fish ball with dried scallop; dried shrimp and pork, with salted and cured egg yolks over rice; crispy pork belly with shrimp paste and yu choy. Lunch date: Christopher Doyle and filmmaker Jenny Suen.

1077A Canton Road

Yau Tsim Mong District

Bourdain ate: Fried pork cutlet over rice with tomato sauce, soup with macaroni, spam and egg, French toast with peanut butter and condensed milk, pineapple bun. Lunch date: photojournalist Simon Go.

36-44 Nathan Road

Yau Tsim Mong District

Bourdain ate: Northern Indian fare. Lunch dates: John and Shamarke, two asylum seekers living in Hong Kong.

8 Smithfield Road

Central and Western District

52-56 Staunton Street

Central and Western District

Bourdain ate: sourdough chicken-fat egg waffle with Taiwanese bottarga; sauteed prawns with pan-roasted pumpkin, dried shrimp roe, and prawn oil; tea-smoked pigeon; Hakka-style chicken; and pig brain with burnt-pear vinaigrette. Dinner dates: Jenny Suen, feng shui master Thierry Chow, and chef May Chow.

48 Kweilin Street

Sham Shui Po District