The food and drink happenings that you should know about this week
The searing midsummer heat is the best reminder we have of the efforts each individual must make in lessening our carbon footprint, beginning with our diets. To this end, brands like Net-a-Porter and alternative chicken meat label Tindle are stepping up to the plate with well-considered F&B collaborations through the month of August, partnering with cafes, bars and restaurants like Between, The Pontiac and Katsumoto Sando Bar. This, alongside parties, special menus, new openings and more, in this week’s roundup of restaurants news.
See also: What And Where To Drink This Summer: New Bars, Cocktails, Pairings, And More
Cobo House & Basehall Turn One Year Old
Although it’s felt like the longest year, there’s cause for celebration on both sides of the harbour as Cobo House and Basehall both hit one year of operation. At the former, chefs Ray Choi and Devon Hou are whipping up an Italian and Asian fusion menu to mark the occasion, in line with K11 Musea’s ongoing Lake Como theme until September 30. Served as a four, six, or eight-course menu (HK$680 up), they’ll be whipping up new creations that deftly combine flavours and influences from two disparate cuisines, such as the choi sum and swordfish semini pasta, Italian heirloom tomatoes with umami paste, seared Hokkaido scallop with carbonara espuma and fried conpoy, plus an intriguing dessert of fruit tomato sorbet with shiso and burrata cheese.
This chapter will culminate in an eight-hands dinner with chefs Alessandro Angelini and Luca De Berardinis from Lucale joining Choi and Hou at Cobo House. Available for three nights only from September 24 to 26, the dinner is offered as an eight-course menu at HK$2,480 per person, with each duo creating four courses each. Reserve your table here.
Cobo House, Shop 602, 6/F, K11 Musea, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong