7 top Hong Kong restaurants offering fine food at bargain prices this summer
Hong Kong has a tantalising variety of restaurants, serving everything from Cantonese to Italian to Thai food. But many residents face the challenge of balancing indulgence with fiscal responsibility. It can be difficult to manage your budget while treating yourself to a good time. To help, we have
By Emma White
Hong Kong has a tantalising variety of restaurants, serving everything from Cantonese to Italian to Thai food. But many residents face the challenge of balancing indulgence with fiscal responsibility. It can be difficult to manage your budget while treating yourself to a good time.
To help, we have provided a quick overview of some of the best and most affordable upscale summer menus in town. These menus will give you a chance to elevate your date night or romanticise your everyday existence with culinary adventures that are elegant yet accessible.
This long-lived Happy Valley restaurant, which debuted its own caviar earlier this year, is offering a six-course Amigo Caviar Indulgence menu until the end of June.
The caviar, harvested from sturgeon in Heilongjiang in northeast China, is served in an ornate metal tin engraved with the sun symbol of the restaurant.
The meal, priced at HK$980 (US$125) per person, starts with a personal tin of the new speciality caviar, followed by the soup course. After that, guests choose one seafood dish and one meat dish, with seafood options including Chilean sea bass with broccolini, champagne cream and Amigo caviar. The meat dishes include Australian Wagyu ox cheek and a roasted lamb loin, among others.
Quiche Lorraine is the fourth dish, serving as a palate cleanser for the finale – a jasmine mousse with strawberry jelly and laurel syrup.
As an added bonus, guests who order the package are also offered 50 per cent off a takeaway order of Amigo Caviar.
79A Wong Nai Chung Rd, Happy Valley
2. Cuisine Cuisine
Famous for its rich and well-known clientele and elegant Cantonese dishes, Cuisine Cuisine is offering two summer menus at large discounts.
First, the cost of its Abalone with Black Mushroom and Wagyu Feast set menu for two has been reduced from its normal price of HK$3,570.60 to HK$1,856. In addition, the restaurant is offering a “buy three get one free” deal on its Culinary Treasure Tasting Menu, which itself already boasts a large discount.
If your taste leans towards elite dining, this is a chance to experience the restaurant’s finery at a dramatic reduction in price.
Shop 3101-07, Level 3, IFC Mall, Phase 2, 8 Finance Street, Central
3. Casa Lisboa
Casa Lisboa serves artisanal Portuguese meals in a vibrant restaurant looking out over Tai Kwun, with an open kitchen full of cooks crafting delicacies. Guests can sit back and enjoy the atmosphere as they immerse themselves in rich Portuguese flavours.
The restaurant recently launched a three-course Portuguese lunch for HK$268 per person. Starters include gourmet seafood and vegetarian salads, clams served with garlic, coriander and assorted seasonings, and soup of the day. Mains include grilled Portuguese octopus and roasted Iberico lamb ribs, while desserts range from fruity delicacies to decadent chocolate delights.
2/F, 63 Wyndham St, Central
4. Ming Court (Wan Chai)
Ming Court has launched a new HK$788 daily set menu, put together by award-winning chef Tsang Chiu-king.
Guests can choose from a variety of different options for the five-course meal, including double-boiled sea whelk and braised Boston lobster. All are cooked Cantonese style.
For a limited time, Ming Court also has a seasonal menu highlighting traditional flavours with a contemporary twist, from wok-fried local beef (HK$308) to braised mud crab (HK$588).
2/F, Great Eagle Centre, 23 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai
5. CulinArt 1862
CulinArt 1862, a versatile Western restaurant offering casual dining and gourmet menus, has launched a chef’s menu with a trio of Australian Wagyu sirloin, dry-aged threadfin and roasted pigeon.
The menu costs HK$598 per person. Guests can buy two glasses of wine for HK$120 or a bottle of red or white wine for HK$300.
29 Leighton Rd, Causeway Bay
6. Jean-Pierre
This July, Jean-Pierre, a Parisian restaurant on Bridges Street, is celebrating its first birthday with anniversary dishes and cocktails such as The Hemingway Champagne, a blend of traditional champagne and absinthe.
A nine-course menu called the Hommage aux Bistrots de Paris takes inspiration from Paris bistros visited by Jean-Pierre chef John Troupis. The adventure begins with a pâté de campagne with Iranian pistachios and Martel VSOP. The new menu will be offered from July 1 and costs HK$988 per person.
9 Bridges St, Central, Hong Kong
7. Jija by Vicky Lau
On July 8, Jija by Vicky Lau will play host to Hong 0871, a Beijing restaurant renowned for its Yunnan cuisine, for a collaborative lunch and dinner menu.
The lunch menu costs HK$680 per person and explores dishes from Jija and Hong 0871. Highlights include roasted aubergine and Dehong passion fruit, and lime juice-marinated conch slices. The dinner menu costs HK$1,280 per person, and features porcini confit and Luliang marbled beef with wasabi, among other dishes.
15/F, Kimpton Tsim Sha Tsui Hotel, 11 Middle Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui