The fourth chef collaboration at Tatler Dining Kitchen: Awards Edition featured Ho Lee Fook and New Punjab Club, who invite diners to hop aboard a spice-laden excursion from Hong Kong to Punjab on May 22 and 23.

The two restaurants were recently honoured at the Tatler Dining Awards 2023 for their exceptional cuisine and service, both entering the Tatler Dining 20 list of best restaurants while Hong Kong native and chef ArChan Chan of Ho Lee Fook was recognised as our Local Champion. Together with West Bengal-born chef and master of South Asian cuisines, Palash Mitra of New Punjab Club, the duo combined their expertise in Cantonese and Punjabi cuisines to create a thoroughly titillating voyage from Hong Kong to Punjab. Featuring a cultural mishmash of chutneys, spices and paneers applied to hearty congees and char siu, the menu took diners on a journey to the meeting point of two great food cultures.

With six courses to savour, the menu featured dishes such as crispy chilli duck samosas paired with umeboshi plum chutney and a chilled tomato and king crab soup. The Spice Odyssey continued with Australian lobster doused in cheesy sauce atop a Jinhua ham-infused asafoetida dal congee with peas; honey and mustard-glazed and masala-marinated Kurobuta char siu; and an oxtail and almond claypot that comes with spring onion paratha, saffron pilau and chefs’ selection of chutneys. Finishing with a sheep’s milk yoghurt, red dragon fruit granita, mango and kaffir lime dessert, the journey ends on a bright, refreshing note.

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In the third chapter of Tatler Dining Kitchen: Awards Edition, Man Ho Chinese Restaurant and Hansik Goo bridge their respective cuisines presented When Hong Kong Met Hanguk, which took place on May 8 and 9.

South Korea is one of the most popular travel destinations for Hongkongers, yet the cuisines of the two have rarely overlapped—until now. Having propelled their restaurants to the coveted Tatler Dining 20 list of best restaurants in the Tatler Dining Awards 2023, chefs Jayson Tang of Man Ho Chinese Restaurant and Steve Lee of Hansik Goo have joined forces for a menu that marries the culinary philosophies of Hong Kong and Korea for a mouthwatering feast to stoke both wanderlust and familiarity in equal measure.

Clocking in at seven courses, the collaborative menu is available for a minimum of two people and begins with a welcome drink and a bevvy of Korean and Cantonese bites demonstrating the technical prowess of the two chefs. This is followed by a soup of shredded duck, fish maw, chicken and mushrooms that riffs on Cantonese snake soup; a dish of grilled gumtae (blackmouth croaker) in conpoy and fish rice broth; and a main platter of Man Ho's barbecued pork loin, Hansik Goo's barbecued chicken thigh, bibimbap and banchan. A dessert of chilled avocado cream with bird's nest and a selection of Korean dagwa sweets round out the procession.

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For the second instalment of Tatler Dining Kitchen: Awards Edition, Andō and Chaat embark on a culinary expedition across the seas to present: A Voyage to New Flavours which will take place on May 2 and 3.

Inspired by the great Age of Discovery, when European nations explored the world in pursuit of spice and stumbled upon the Americas, the two honourees on the coveted Tatler Dining 20 list of best restaurants will collaborate for the first time, transcending the singular notions of culinary identity for the second pop-up dinner. For two nights only, Andō’s chef-proprietor Agustin Balbi and executive chef of Chaat, Manav Tuli, will masterfully meld their respective cuisines in a fun and flavourful four-hands menu which showcases a connection between cultures that has never been seen before.

The six-course dinner is available for a minimum of two people and starts with a crispy samosa cone filled with togarashi and yuzu kosho-seasoned maguro (tuna), accompanied by a shio kombu raita. This is closely followed by “Indian empanadas” with parsley-mint chutney and a refreshing hamachi crudo with spiced vinaigrette. Other dishes include the extra large oven-roasted carabinero prawns with potatoes, shishito peppers and a fragrant secret sauce; hearty braised beef curry served on top of Yumepirika rice; a variety of mango textures with sake cream, caramelised walnuts and (you've been warned) TNT sauce; and sweets with masala chai to finish.

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To kick off the Award Edition series, Tatler Dining Kitchen presented A Taste of Latin-Asia by Mono and Whey. Together, chefs Ricardo Chaneton and Barry Quek put trans-Pacific fare seasoned with Asian and Latin American influences on the table for the first pop-up dinner on April 17 and 18.

There are multiple encounters between Asia and Latin America that bring the two cultures together despite being on opposite sides of the world—with food being one of the more delicious expressions of that connection. Ricardo Chaneton, the Venezuelan chef-founder of Mono (Tatler Dining's Restaurant of the Year 2023) and Singaporean chef Barry Quek of Whey (one of Tatler Dining’s top 20 restaurants of 2023) reflected this in a unique, intercultural menu that captured the essence of their respective cuisines and the intoxicating blend of flavours and spice when they meet.

The six-course menu was comprised of some dishes that were made to share, including a bright and refreshing Japanese butterfish ceviche; Hokkaido scallop with achar (Nyonya-style pickled vegetable) salad with calamansi; and tender pork carnitas served with molé, chilli oil and salsa, accompanied by blue corn tortillas. Other highlights include the David Hervé oyster, which is matched with the aromatics of lemongrass and a touch of caviar, and the laksa dish with lobster and Mexican chillies that packs flavour in every bite.

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The full line-up of chefs for the Tatler Dining Kitchen: Awards Edition will be revealed in the coming weeks with more information on the exclusive menus, so keep your eyes peeled for the unveiling of each collaboration. You can also stay tuned for more updates by following Tatler Dining on Facebook and Instagram.

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