The building was constructed in the 1960s, and the restaurant first opened in the top two stories in 1966, serving elegant Cantonese food with a view over Portsmouth Square. The Empress of China reigned as a banquet hall for nearly half a century. With a restored interior washed in blues and updated with modern leather and glass, while keeping the original antique woodwork, it’s altogether one of the most ambitious and exciting new restaurant openings of the last 18 months. More than two years in the making, the revival of the space as a modern Cantonese restaurant focussing on Californian ingredients is the first solo project for chef Ho Chee Boon, who chased Michelin stars around the world for 30 years as the executive chef at global hotspot empire Hakkasan. The highly anticipated Empress by Boon opens this Friday, June 18, taking over the historic Empress of China banquet hall.
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