Alain Ducasse will be at Spoon at the InterContinental in Tsim Sha Tsui to host April in Paris dinners of dishes inspired by the chef's restaurants in France. The six-course dinners on April 16 and 17 include foie gras Lucullus with toasted warm Parisian brioche, green asparagus with warm leeks and black truffle condiment, saddle of milk-fed lamb with spring vegetables and garlic-parsley butter and contemporary Vacherin of mango and passion fruit with lemon-vanilla-coconut meringue. The dinner is HK$1,388 plus 10 per cent and includes a glass of Alain Ducasse champagne; for a wine pairing selection it's an additional HK$988. Bookings: 2313 2256
Australian chef Paul Millist is guest chef at the Panorama restaurant in the Renaissance Kowloon Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui until April 14. The a la carte selection includes marinated lobster tail with seared foie gras, Panorama tuna salad, and pepper-spiced lamb loin with chanterelles and green peas. Bookings: 2734 6660
Crab lovers should check out the 18 crabs dinner buffet at The Atrium in the Hotel Miramar in Tsim Sha Tsui. The chefs, using crabs from Scotland, Japan, the US, Australia, Southeast Asia and Europe, are cooking them into dishes such as wine-marinated crystal crab, steamed Mediterranean crab in whole pumpkin, crab cakes flavoured with thyme, salt-baked Arctic Ocean crab with rosemary and steamed sea bass with Hokkaido crab meat. The buffet is HK$368 plus 10 per cent for adults, with a 40 per cent discount for children 12 and below and seniors 65 and above. Bookings: 2315 5199
Sabatini in the Royal Garden Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui has white asparagus on the menu throughout next month. Dishes include white asparagus with grilled vegetables in light pesto sauce, spaghetti with Sicilian red prawns (left), white asparagus and Italian parsley, white asparagus with charcoal-grilled Wagyu beef tenderloin and roasted potatoes. Bookings: 2733 2000
