Jose Luis Oliveira da Silva, owner of the Casa Santos Lima winery near Lisbon, will be at a special Portuguese wine and food event with cookbook writer Annabel Jackson. The dinner and wine tasting will take place in the
Roof Garden of the Fringe Club on Monday. Tickets are $395 ($375 for Fringe Club members). Bookings: 2521 7251
Fusion restaurant in Causeway Bay is serving game such as venison, partridge and quail, with dishes available as a six-course ($300 plus 10 per cent) or eight-course ($398) tasting menu. The game is imported from Denmark and Canada, and is cooked into such dishes as rabbit loin tart with mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes, roast partridge with Chinese cabbage and hen-of-the-wood mushrooms, and grilled venison rack with pak choi, black truffles and braised roasted yam. Bookings: 2185 7477
Yabbies and chardonnay are being featured until the end of March on the menu of Belvedere restaurant at the InterContinental Grand Stanford hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. Dishes include mousseline of yabbies and scallops with crushed spring peas and light curry beurre blanc, yabby carpaccio with orange pekoe tea sorbet, thyme and shallots, chilled yabbies and baby spring vegetable chaud-froid scented with white truffle, and marinated yabbies and skordalia potato in Chinese steamed buns with barbecue sauce. To complement the dishes, the wine menu includes chardonnays from around the world, such as Chassagne Montrachet 2002, produced by Morey Coffinet (France), Unwooded Chardonnay 2003 by Capel Vale (Australia), and Winemakers Reserve Chardonnay 2001 by Carmen (Chile). Bookings: 2731 2880
If you like salmon, head to the Holiday Inn Golden Mile in Tsim Sha Tsui which is offering fish in the Avenue Restaurant & Bar. Dishes featured during the period include salmon mousse with mango, parsley dressing and fresh cream, salmon with dill and celery remoulade, salmon lasagne with spinach and basil pesto, and grilled salmon with endive and onion compote. Bookings: 2315 1118
Madison's in Central is holding a dinner this evening featuring the wines of Mission Hill in Canada. The four-course dinner includes peppered foie gras, served with the winery's Chardonnay Reserve 2003, five-spices roast duck breast with the Pinot Noir Reserve 2002, and ballotine of lamb loin with the Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2002. The dinner is $520. Bookings:2523 4772
