"Everyone is very excited and positive," said Mr Galliot, who has worked in restaurants across Asia and will use the reopening to launch a new menu."We are now in full battery mode to reopen."Hong Kong is beginning a slow path back to some sort of normality as the city's worst Covid outbreak wanes. Gyms and sports facilitiesafter being closed since Jan 7, while restaurants can remain operating until 10 pm, instead of 6pm.
With daily new infections now numbering in the hundreds, rather than the tens of thousands, the focus is now on how far Hong Kong will go in opening up to the rest of the world and regain its role as an international finance hub. Before the pandemic, Hong Kong was one of the most-visited destinations in the world. More than 65 million tourists came to the city in 2018. Last year it was"close to zero," according to the city's tourism board.