A cosy split-level joint, Cafe TPT specialises in the type of unpretentious Hong Kong street food that you’d find in the city’s dai pai dongs (hawker stalls). The food might be simple, but it’s far from unsophisticated. Take the aubergine and minced pork hot pot, for example – it uses the sizzling hot bowl to meld together layers of flavour from thin slivers of chilli and preserved vegetables. Or the soft shell crab, fragrant with butter and lemongrass, with cornflakes adding crunch….

