Dai Yong Town

A wall map and backlit illustrations lend the rustic interior an artistic flair. The owner and the staff, who all hail from the Chaoshan area, pay homage to the kaleidoscopic food culture of this region using mainly ingredients and seafood from their homelands. ‘Floating’ on dry ice fog, marinated raw crab boasts gelatinous roe loaded with umami and winey aromas. It even comes with hot ginger tea to balance the crab’s ‘coldness’.