In the busy streets of Hong Kong’s Central district the lunchtime queues snake around the swanky Japanese restaurants where high-end sushi can sell at $150 a pop just for a tasting menu.
At Fumi, one of the more popular joints, the floors are packed with over a hundred people chattering away and chowing down.
“It’s just as busy as ever,” says Thomason Ng, Fumi’s general manager.