It’s fair to say we’re spoiled for choice in Hong Kong right now – whether you’re planning a group dinner or keeping it simple with a date-night table, there’s always something new worth chasing.
The city’s chefs keep the pace fast, reworking favourites, pushing unexpected pairings, and rolling out menus that feel fresh without forcing it. Here’s our bite-sized guide to the new dishes and limited-time menus everyone’s talking about.
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22 Ships
Chef Antonio Oviedo brings his Spanish food-and-wine expertise to 22 Ships with Eat Spain, Drink Spain, a five-course menu available until 24 September. Oviedo personally selects the wines, matching each course with a wine chosen to suit its character: sparkling Penedès accompanies pan con tomate and Coppa Ibérica, while an Albariño complements chilled ajoblanco with red tuna, almonds and grapes. Next comes black octopus paella with romesco and alioli, followed by Segovian roasted suckling pig paired with Tempranillo. The meal closes with burnt Basque cheesecake with truffle Manchego, for which the restaurant’s own Patxarán is the suggested companion. The menu costs HKD$1,378 for two, with optional drinks pairings at HKD$358 per person and no service charge.
22 Ships, S109-S113, Block A, PMQ – Staunton, Staunton Street, Central, Hong Kong, 2555 0722, www.22ships.hk
Hutong
Cocktails like the applewood-smoked ‘Misty Bamboo’ and the goji, passion fruit and hibiscus ‘Moonlight,’ finished with an almond lollipop, lead Hutong’s new ‘Tale of Mahjong’ series. The series also includes zero-proof options ‘Dong’, ‘Gentle South Wind,’ ‘West Twilight’ and ‘Northern Breeze.’ Guests draw a tile from a wooden mahjong case to find their drink, with sixteen creations dealt across four chapters – including the umami-forward ‘Nine Circle’ and East-West pours like ‘Plum Blossom’ and ‘Dual Bloom.’ A night at Hutong should always close on a winning hand, whether with the yang mei tartness of ‘Red Dragon,’ the mezcal-tequila ‘White Dragon,’ or the chrysanthemum gin and passion fruit soda of ‘Prosperity.’
Hutong, 18/F, H Zentre, 15 Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 3428 8342, hutong.com.hk
Chef’s Cuts
Experience a summer-long celebration of serious carnivore cred as Chef’s Cuts marks five years with a campaign spotlighting dry-aged beef, scallops and special-edition tipples. Running until 30 September across all locations, the anniversary introduces a monthly ‘Flavour Symphony’ of dry-aged ribeyes in Korean gochujang, black garlic, herb pesto and sake kasu, each priced at HKD$398. The HKD$188 ‘Scallop Odyssey’ offers another reason to visit, serving seared Hokkaido scallops with five different purées as a multi-part tasting experience. Thursdays bring live acoustic sets and guest bartenders mixing limited-run cocktails, giving the anniversary celebrations even more reason to raise a glass.
Chef’s Cuts, various locations across Hong Kong, www.cafedecogroup.com
Yurt
For a taste of Central Asia, Yurt’s first seasonal tasting menu takes diners through seven courses and seven cities, following the structure of a traditional nomadic meal from an abundant welcome through to tea and something sweet. Created by Kazakhstan-born Head Chef Marat Zakaryayev after returning home for the first time since opening Yurt, the menu puts lesser-seen ingredients front and centre, including horse steak, black caviar, perch, Dungan marinades and sour cheeses. The dish to order is the horse steak with Dungan-marinated cucumbers, onions and baked potatoes, while the opening spread of black caviar and brined mackerel and the cold fermented ayran soup with Kazakh qurt also deserve attention. Priced at HKD$700 per person, the Discovery Menu is available in limited quantities for lunch and dinner, with an optional non-alcoholic pairing for HKD$198.
Yurt, G/F, 32 Elgin Street, Central, Hong Kong, 5498 6557, yurthk.com
Coffeelin Fortress Hill
Coffeelin Fortress Hill, best known for bringing Milanese coffee culture to Hong Kong, now gives regulars a reason to stay past their afternoon espresso with its first-ever dinner menu. Newly appointed head chef Johana Pulat draws from across Italy for the evening menu, serving regional dishes that range from crispy Florentine tripe and polenta topped with slow-cooked beef ragù to stewed baby octopus and a black pepper mussel pot. House-made pastas are the standout: squid-ink seafood ravioli arrives with fish broth poured tableside, hand-rolled pici is tossed in a Chianti reduction with Italian speck, and saffron egg pasta brings prawns together with a rich saffron cream sauce. Leave room for the caramelised mille-feuille or the Arrivederci – lemon sorbet, vodka and Prosecco – before exploring a new cocktail list from Rafael Arevalo, formerly of Club Bâtard. Coffeelin now serves dinner from 7pm to 11pm every Thursday to Saturday, turning its Fortress Hill flagship into both a daytime coffee stop and an after-dark dining spot.
Coffeelin (Fortress Hill), G/F, 228 Electric Road, Fortress Hill, North Point, Hong Kong, 6891 1200, www.sevenrooms.com
Bar Mind
A familiar side of Hong Kong comes into focus in Bar Mind’s third cocktail menu, ‘The Proustian Effect,’ which looks to cha chaan teng dishes, corner-shop sweets and street-cart snacks to stir memories through flavour and aroma. The Claypot Sour distils the flavours of claypot rice into black glutinous rice wine, toasted rice and Chinese sausage oil. The Satay Highball reworks satay beef noodles with tequila, mezcal, peanut butter and satay sauce, while Sweet Potatoni, Mighty Malty, a gummy chocolate creation and a Wong Kar-wai-inspired cocktail round out the ten-drink line-up.
Bar Mind, G/F, 11 Elgin Street, Central, Hong Kong, 2388 9719, Instagram: @barmindhk
Akira Back
Akira Back keeps things elegant, offering a new 10-course omakase that draws on the restaurant’s Japanese-Korean DNA, tuned specifically for Hong Kong. Priced at HKD$1,688 per person, the dinner-only experience glides from imaginative small bites to pristine creations – including an exceptionally silky brown-butter sous-vide lobster with celtuce and a richly flavoured A5 Kagoshima wagyu ribeye – before closing with whimsical corn-inspired desserts. For anyone looking to combine masterful technique with a touch of grandeur, this is a simple but spectacular way to do dinner.
Akira Back, 5/F, The Henderson, 2 Murray Road, Central, Hong Kong, 9733 8988, www.akirabackhk.com
Twist Pasta Bar
For a weekend carb fix with a more leisurely pace, head to Twist Pasta Bar for its new lunch set – a chance to sample its ‘Hong Kong love letter to pasta’ plates without breaking the bank. Available Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 2:30pm, the HKD$280 menu includes sharing-style starters, a handmade pasta and your choice of dessert or coffee for those embracing full ‘la dolce vita’ mode. Add two hours of free-flow cocktails – Aperol spritzes, negronis and house wines – for HKD$228, or go alcohol-free with unlimited spritzes, zero-proof beers and sodas for HKD$198. One of the city’s most stylish ways to do weekend lunch.
Twist Pasta Bar, 17 Bridges Street, Central, Hong Kong, 5278 9884, www.twistpastabar.com
WOOBAR – W Hong Kong
W Hong Kong is bringing Tokyo to West Kowloon this summer with A Taste of Tokyo, an afternoon tea created with Chef Yoshikazu Mukai of The Tokyo EDITION, Toranomon. Available daily until 30 September, the collaboration explores Japan through ingredients associated with different prefectures, giving the traditional afternoon tea format a more regional perspective. Tokyo miso, Hokkaido seafood, Miyazaki mango, Yamanashi peach, Shizuoka muskmelon and Kyoto bancha appear across savoury and sweet courses, with standout selections ranging from Wagyu roast beef and Black Dragon Caviar to Japanese rice pudding and muskmelon canelé. Served daily from 3pm to 5:30pm, the set costs HKD$828 for two and comes with two glasses of selected Champagne.
WOOBAR, 6/F, W Hong Kong, Kowloon MTR Station, 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 3717 2889, www.whongkong-shop.com
The Lobby Lounge
Hong Kong cinema has long reflected the city’s identity, and The Lobby Lounge at Regent Hong Kong is giving that legacy a suitably indulgent treatment. Available throughout the season, ‘A Cinematic Taste of Hong Kong’ translates memorable silver-screen references into luxurious takes on familiar local dishes. Set against Victoria Harbour, the menu begins with cha chaan teng favourites including Lobster & Prawns Wonton Noodle Soup and Char Siu Egg Rice made with Ibérico pork collar and applewood-smoked bacon oil. The finale is a ‘Hong Kong’ Style French Toast filled with crunchy peanut butter and crushed cornflakes, then finished with salted egg yolk Bordier butter. It is a fitting way to taste your way through Hong Kong film history, with the harbour skyline providing the perfect backdrop.
The Lobby Lounge, L/F, Regent Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 2313 2313, hongkong.regenthotels.com
