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‘Old school’ dim sum, Japanese fare, late-night Chinese street food – Hong Kong-based DJ and restaurant music director Johnny Hiller shares where he goes to eat a variety of cuisines in the city.

The sights and sounds of local dishes being cooked on giant roaring woks at dai pai dongs are synonymous with Hong Kong. Just like enjoying breakfasts and brunches at a cha chaan teng or dim sum teahouses, dining in a dai pai dong is a quintessential Hong Kong experience, which rooted in delicious, very reasonably priced Cantonese fare packed with a dose of “wok hei”—a smokey flavour that can be only achieved by cooking fresh ingredients over extreme heat. For those unacquainted with this...