Newly opened Little Tai Hang in Tai Hang serves upscale comfort food

Little Tai Hang, a new complex in the Hong Kong Island neighbourhood of Tai Hang (in case you couldn’t guess), is being promoted as a “destination” spot. When it fully opens later this year there will be a hotel, serviced apartments and food and beverage “concepts”, we’re told.

Bond, which has soft-opened, has a straightforward menu of comfort-food items. The decor is elegant but not stuffy, with an outside terrace where you can lounge or dine.

For starters the beetroot salad (HK$88) is refreshing and light, with salad leaves, sliced beetroot, peeled orange segments, pine nuts and goat’s cheese, though we thought they could be a bit more generous with the latter.

French onion soup (HK$78) arrived piping hot with a piece of toast covered in melted cheese. The soup was full of onions, but the broth didn’t have much flavour.

Ham and cheese bikini (HK$68) makes a delightful snack: a delicious combination of ham, melted scamorza cheese and truffle shavings served with a tomato dip.