Diner’s Diary | Hong Kong restaurants join global effort to raise money for quake-hit Amatrice by selling town’s classic pasta dish
UPDATE: Restaurants donating to charities up to 100 per cent of what diners pay for each dish of pasta all’amatriciana
Restaurants in Hong Kong, Italy and elsewhere are doing their bit to help the victims of last week’s Italian earthquake by making a donation when diners order a pasta dish from the affected region.
Nearly 300 people died in the town of Amatrice and the surrounding area when the 6.2 magnitude quake struck in the early hours of August 24. Some 2,500 survivors need resettling.
Many restaurants in Italy and around the world are doing their part to raise money for the victims by serving pasta all’amatriciana, which has a tomato-based sauce flavoured with guanciale, or cured meat. The recipe is to have originated in Amatrice more than 300 years ago. Amatrice was to have held its 50th annual food festival last weekend.
In Hong Kong, the Italian restaurants Giando and Gia Trattoria in Wan Chai, both owned by chef Gianni Caprioli, will donate to local charities 100 per cent of the price (HK$158) of each serving diners order of spaghetti all’amatriciana between now and September 30.
Jamie’s Italian will donate HK$30 to the Italian Red Cross for every serving of its pasta all’Amatriciana (price HK$180) diners order up to September 2.
