Hong Kong menu specials: Kagoshima eel dishes, French pastries and hand-crafted beer
Wild mushrooms from Yunnan, an afternoon tea by Jean-Francois Arnaud and Hong Kong beers are among the culinary deals on offer this month
Throughout August, Senzuru restaurant at the Harbour Plaza Metropolis in Hung Hom is featuring Kagoshima eel dishes. The Japanese believe that eel refreshes the body when it’s hot outside. The restaurant is serving dishes incorporating Kagoshima eel: eel with goose liver on toast; simmered eel with egg; eel chazuke; and eel sushi roll with cheese. Bookings: 3160 6898
Hotel Icon’s lobby restaurant, Green, is featuring the pastries of Jean-Francois Arnaud, who won the title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France in 2000, on a tea set that’s available until the end of August. The tea set includes savoury dishes of chorizo and ratatouille tart; scallop and leek vol-au-vent; and risotto and prawn beignet. The sweet selection includes raspberry-anise Breton sable; peppermint cake; and freshly baked lemon madeleines. The afternoon tea is HK$218 plus 10 per cent per person (HK$398 for two) Monday to Thursday and HK$238 plus 10 per cent per person (HK$458 for two) Friday to Sunday and on public holidays. Bookings: 3400 1300
