If you have to walk for more than 10 minutes to reach your lunch appointment in Hong Kong, you’ve either chosen the wrong restaurant or you work for the wrong investment bank.
Hong Kong’s Central district is a warren of law firms, banks, investment managers and accountants that, when set upon by lunch-goers, can overwhelm the uninitiated diner.
Most locals will aim to take their meals in restaurants they can stroll to under the protection of an interconnected walkway system that spans almost the entire district, from the Four Seasons hotel in the north-west to the HSBC building in the south-east. Venturing outside risks exposing oneself to torrential downpours in April or unbearable humidity in July.