Swedish chef Björn Frantzén, from Stockholm’s Restaurant Frantzen, is to open a restaurant in Hong Kong.
It is a surprise move, announced by the chef on his personal Instagram page, reports Tatler Hong Kong.
He posted an image of chopsticks alongside a knife set on top of a menu of sketches (pictured), announcing exciting times ahead: “We are opening a restaurant in Hong Kong in the middle of November.”
In Sheung Wan, the restaurant will be called Frantzen’s Kitchen by Björn Frantzén, and is a “modern bistro with influences from both Nordic and Asian cuisines”.

Heading up the restaurant opening will be Jïm Löfdahl, currently head chef of Frantzén and project manager at Studio Frantzén. The project is a collaboration with entrepreneurs Arne and Helen Lindman, who run a design studio and whose previous projects include Nosh on Tai Ping Shan Street. On Upper Station Street, the restaurant is in a heritage building owned by the husband-and-wife duo. It has been renovated to blend Scandinavian design with its Chinese-style architecture.

Tatler Hong Kong says the restaurant will seat 36 in a “stylish and relaxed Scandinavian environment”, and will be open for dinner and for lunch on the weekend.

“Hong Kong is one of the world’s most interesting cities for food and it will be a challenge to create a Nordic food experience with local ingredients and influences there,” says Frantzén.