Dot Cod Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar

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• The Hong Kong Cricket Club owns this basement restaurant (HKCC members get a 30% discount), its location chosen for nostalgic reasons: Until the 1960s, the club practiced in nearby Chater Garden. Decorated in a nautical theme and popular for power breakfasts and lunches (though tables placed too close together rule out secretive deals), it takes its name from the popular choice of cod in its menu but is also a play on the dot.com era. Service is prompt and polished. You might start with the prawn cocktail, followed by such signature dishes as the cod fish and chips or grilled tuna with roast onion, chili, and mint salsa, though you can eat more cheaply at the bar, which also serves light snacks and sandwiches. In any case, I always feel a bit like Alice in yesteryear when I eat lunch in the netherworld here, surrounded by business suits and hardly another woman in sight.

• © Frommer's 2012