Tatler Dining+ Ami
From the minds behind Épure and Arbor comes a refined destination that seeks to inject more conviviality into dining and imbibing
In a city where the biggest and loudest often take the most column inches, the Gourmet Dining Group, led by Fancl co-founder and executive director Michelle Ma-Chan, has made a name for itself by going against the grain. With its sylvan theme and delicate gastronomy, the group's first restaurant, Épure, was described by this publication as "the epitome of French finesse in a quiet corner of Harbour City"; while Arbor, helmed by Eric Räty, single-handedly introduced restrained Nordic-Japanese fare to Hong Kong, netting two Michelin stars in the process.
Their newest opening, Ami and Wood Ear, is a double billing of a French restaurant and a whisky-centric bar nestled in Alexandra House. Immediately, the restaurant's hushed, all-black wooden surrounds mark it as being cut from the same cloth as its sister restaurants. It's the work of Yabu Pushelberg, the famed interior design duo who were also responsible for the look and feel of Épure and Arbor, and best known for designing numerous flagship luxury properties for the likes of Four Seasons, St. Regis, and the Edition Hotels.