Mother’s Day 2024: The best menus to celebrate food-loving moms

Splash out the cash on mom at St Regis Hong Kong's signature French restaurant. The "Les Inspirations de La Semaine" menu covers both lunch and dinner and ranges between three and four courses from HK$688 up, featuring dishes like Hokkaido sea urchin, M9 Wagyu hanger steak, and pistachio soufflé. Vegetarian moms can opt for "Le Menu Printemps" menu, which includes dishes like aralia sprouts and roasted celeriac, culminating in a delightful chocolate dessert; while the seven-course "Les Heritages" menu goes all out with signature L'Envol creations like grilled red prawns with caviar and roasted Ibérico pork pluma.

If Mom's more into all-you-can-eat, bring her and the family to The Astor at Eaton HK, where the buffet for the Mother's Day weekend features special treats like pork lung soup, Peking duck, steamed whole grouper with homemade soy sauce, and mentaiko pasta. The buffet’s dessert station will also feature indulgent desserts like osmanthus cakes, stewed egg whites, strawberry tarts and Japanese puffs, while every two guests can enjoy a complimentary raindrop cake with bird's nest, only available for the dinner buffet.

The Astor
B1/F, Eaton HK, 380 Nathan Road, Jordan, Hong Kong; +852 2710 1901

Available on May 11 and 12, Aussie chef Donovan Cooke will whip up a special degustation menu numbering at four courses for lunch (HK$680) and eight courses for dinner (HK$1,280). Highlights include nage of langoustine with oyster cream and caviar, bouillabaisse with red mullet, prawn and mussels, and a dessert of Valrhona chocolate coulant with chamomile ice cream; as an extra treat, parties of four can enjoy a complimentary bottle of Donovan's private-label champagne.

Donovan by Donovan Cooke
16/F, CUBUS, 1 Kai Ping Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong; +852 5228 7006

Keep mom looking sprightly with the fish maw buffet at Cafe 103 in the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong. Loaded with collagen, this buffet runs from May 2 to June 30 and features up to five fish maw-infused dishes, including a nostalgic braised fish maw with imitation shark's fin soup and an individual claypot of steamed fish maw and crab meat with wolfberry on Egg White. Available for dinner daily, prices for the buffet range from HK$878 to HK$908 per person. Every mother who visits on Mother's Day will also receive a complimentary gift of bath salts.

Coinciding with French GourMay, the Mother's Day menu at Ami is chock-full of French flavour. Focused on the region of Occitanie in the south of France, the menu by executive chef Nicolas Boutin entails creations such as a delectable ballotine comprised of duck foie gras wrapped with scallop and complemented by seaweed and luscious beurre blanc. Clocking in at HK$1,188 for six courses or HK$1,588 for eight courses, every table dining on May 12 will be treated to a baked Alaska.

Tuck into comforting Cantonese classics at Hotel Icon's flagship restaurant, which is offering an eight-course set dinner from May 10 to 12. For the occasion, executive chef Wong Chi-ki has designed a menu of double-boiled fish maw soup with bamboo pith and red mushroom, braised South African abalone with Japanese mushroom in superior oyster sauce, steamed giant grouper fillet with hot chilli sauce, baby pigeon with soy sauce and more—all priced at the lucky HK$888 per person for a minimum of two persons.

If the way to mom's heart is sushi, take her to town with the Mother's Day brunch at Zuma. Priced at HK$1,088 per person, the May 14 menu features an array of restaurant’s signature mains such as beef tataki with truffle ponzu, seared salmon with lemon, shiso and soy, shrimps and vegetables tempura, takoyaki with katsuobushi and yuzu mayo, grilled chicken wings with sea salt and lime, and pork gyoza with coriander and spicy wafu sauce. Just for this occasion, the dessert course has been upgraded to a New York cheesecake with fresh strawberry coulis decorated with edible roses.