Dished up

Madison's restaurant in Hutchinson House in Central is holding a wine dinner on April 13 hosted by Kent Godwin of Hahn Estates in California. The meal includes smoked monkfish salad with tomato and eggplant terrine, paired with the Painter Bridge Chardonnay 2003, roasted quail with foie gras, truffle and rye bread stuffing, served with the Rex Goliath Pinot Noir 2002, and braised baby veal shank in merlot pearl barley risotto, served with the Hahn Estates Cabernet Sauvignon 2002. The dinner is $585 plus 10 per cent. Bookings: 2523 4772

The Avenue Restaurant & Bar at the Holiday Inn Golden Mile in Tsim Sha Tsui is featuring lobster throughout this month. The special dishes include Boston lobster thermidor, grilled lobster salad with rocket salad and goat cheese, lobster risotto and grilled Boston lobster with beef fillet and bearnaise sauce. Bookings: 2315 1118

Harakan restaurant, at Sunning Plaza in Causeway Bay, has cherry blossom delicacies on its menu until the end of the month. The dishes include sakura bean curd and sakura whitebait with plum wine, lily bulb manju and Japanese black beans, sakura salmon sashimi (below), and steamed snapper with sakura rice ball. Bookings: 2882 8616

If you can't get to Thailand next week to celebrate Songkran, the Thai new year, head to Klong Bar and Grill in Wan Chai - but be prepared to get wet because the holiday is also known as the water festival. The partying runs from April 13-15, with free drinks for women, and music, dancing and water pistols. Klong is at 54-62 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai. Bookings: 2217 8330

Cafe Rendezvous at the InterContinental Grand Stanford in Tsim Sha Tsui is also featuring Thai food on the buffet. Dishes include whole red snapper with red curry, papaya salad, tom yum soup and fish cakes. The buffet is $258 plus 10 per cent for adults ($158 children), Mon-Thu, and $288 ($188 children), Fri-Sun and the eve and days of public holidays. Bookings: 2731 2860