Cover Source: The Murray
Source: The Murray
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We round up the food and drink happenings that you should know about this week
The fifth wave seems to have peaked, citywide mandatory testing is off the books (at least, at the time of publication), so we're celebrating the small wins this week. Will you be feasting on wagyu, getting satiated on elevated all-you-can-eat cha chaan teng flavours, or having a pizza fresh out of the oven while basking in the sunny spring weather? As always, the choice is yours—keep reading to find out more.
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Any Way You Slice It
Above Source: The Murray
Source: The Murray
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The Murray adds to its F&B roster with Cotton Tree Pizzeria, a new concept that brings that unbeatable combination of baked dough, cheese and toppings to the refined arches of the heritage landmark. The venue specialises in Neapolitan pizzas, baked in an Italian oven to achieve a raised and airy cornicione rim. Among the pizzas on offer include the Napolitana with anchovies, Taggiasca olives and oregano; the Mallorca with raw cured and paprika-spiked Sobrasada pork sausage with goat cheese and arugula; the Salsiccia, topped with Italian pork sausage and guanciale, and more. Rounding out a meal are starters like burrata with cherry tomatoes and honey garlic chicken, as well as aperitifs like Negronis, Aperol Spritzes, and limoncello. A winning formula for la dolce vita in our eyes.
Cotton Tree Pizzeria, Cotton Tree Terrace, LG Level, The Murray, Central, Hong Kong; +852 3141 8888
Fit For a Princess
Above Crab meat udon in miso uni broth (Source: Bifteck)
Crab meat udon in miso uni broth (Source: Bifteck)
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Up your surf and turf game with two new weekend brunch menus at French-Japanese steakhouse Bifteck. First up is 'Le Voyage du Wagyu', a beef-focused menu headlined by rarefied cuts like the Kyoto Princess Sirloin, A5 Kobe Wine Wagyu tenderloin tempura, and slow cooked rump of A5 Miyazaki Wagyu—all of which are served in the main course of Wagyu Three Ways; alongside other dishes like USDA SRF Wagyu wrapped beef tartare, and oxtail shabu-shabu udon featuring the exceptionally tender Japanese A5 snow-aged wagyu.
Le Voyage des Fruits de Mer, meanwhile, focuses on the bounty of the sea in dishes such as sashimi and beef tacos, crab meat udon in miso uni broth, a seafood platter of local scallop, New Zealand scampi and Hiroshima oyster tempura. Priced at HK$580 for four courses or HK$680 for five courses per person, both brunch menus are available every weekend with the option to add a two-hour free-flow package of Languedoc Mas de Daumas Gassac Rosé Frizant rosé for just an extra HK$188 per person.
Bifteck, 23/F, QRE Plaza, 202 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong; +852 2246 8805
A Very Hong Kong Brunch
Above Source: Rosewood Hong Kong
Source: Rosewood Hong Kong
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Rosewood's cha chaan teng-inspired restaurant, Holt's Cafe, has revamped its popular Sunday brunch menu with an eye to combining East and West in the most palate-enticing of ways. At HK$598 per person, the menu begins with a generous seafood platter of a half Boston lobster, oysters, king crab and king prawns, followed by an all-you-can-eat selection of small plates like dim sum, soy sauce chicken, pâte en croute, arancini in arrabbiata sauce, and char siu. Then there's a choice of mains including baked tomato Iberico pork chop rice, 9oz USDA rib eye steak frites, teriyaki glazed halibut and more, before ending on desserts such as mango pomelo sago soup, or white cheese and yuzu entremet. Free flow packages are also available from HK$98 and up.
Holt's Cafe, 2/F, Rosewood Hong Kong, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong; +852 3891 8732
Your Friendly Neighbourhood PirataMart
Above Meats' beef Wellington (Source: Pirata Group)
Meats' beef Wellington (Source: Pirata Group)
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To cater to all your panic-buying needs, Pirata Group is rolling out PirataMart, a scheme whereby selected restaurants under the group's umbrella will be offering takeaway set meals for the at-home workforce to pick up or have delivered at their own convenience, with groceries to be offered in the coming weeks. Available online, each restaurant is contributing a guest favourite to the Pirata Feast at-home menu: Spanish suckling pig and Boston lobster sofrito rice from The Optimist, beef Wellington from Meats, tacu tacu from TokyoLima, Old Delhi butter chicken from Chaiwala, and M.M.M. meatballs from Pirata. Orders can be picked up from Honjo, Meats, or The Optimist.
La Favorita will also be serving its own takeaway menu to service Eastern District, available for pickup from its location in Taikoo. In the coming weeks, these same locations will also offer a selection of groceries to aid shoppers in stocking up their pantries.
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Gavin Yeung is a Hong Kong-based writer and was the editor at Tatler Dining. He has written across the realms of F&B, design, fashion and travel, with a focus on in-depth profiles and experiential features. Previously, he held editorial positions at Hypebeast, Soho House and Vogue Hong Kong. He’s also a keen photographer and aspiring home bartender, and is constantly thinking of original, Cantonese-inflected (and occasionally questionable) cocktails to shake up. Follow him on Instagram at @gaviny.
