Accidental Travel Writer says

Italian cuisine used to be something of a rarity in Hong Kong. Maybe one or two pasta dishes on a hotel restaurant menu?

Things began to change in 1969, when Milanese brothers Giuseppe and Aldo Macchetti opened La Taverna — the city’s first authentic Italian restaurant.

Originally intended as a cultural club for the Italian community, the idea evolved into a full-fledged trattoria after the brothers realized there was nowhere in town serving the kind of food they missed from home.

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