"There’s only one menu for dinner – a 10-course kaiseki meal priced at $1,980 per person (tailor-made menus are available on advanced request)"
Japonaise
· Kowloon, Hong Kong
6.5"Try the UFO flavour, the taste is alien (maybe bubblegum, blueberry and, um, soap?) but it’s a fantastic smoke and really puts us at our ease."
Bar à chicha
· 中環, Hong Kong
5.6"We’re partial to the fried pork chop bun ($60). Although the meat falls on the chewy side, the bold shrimp paste marinade works well with a lick of tangy mayo."
"(pre-ordering advised) Try the Mersin-style chicken ($215), takes close to two hours to make. A whole, roasted bird plumped up with garlicky red rice that’s slicked in chicken fat and butter"
"pork spare ribs stir-fried in black vinegar sauce ($138) – is simply addictive. It’s messy, gnaw-on-the-bone fare that’s given extra zip from a handful of tomatoes and pineapples that’s tossed in."
Chinoise
· Mid-levels, Hong Kong
8.1"The samgyupsal pork belly ($135) has a thick layers of fat flickering and popping in the flames. It’s one of the many dishes we’d come back for, along with the succulent galbi short ribs ($170)"