Grissini’s cuttlefish diavola with potato, horseradish and sour cabbage.

Hong Kong menu specials: sake tasting, veggie specials and guest chefs from Italy, Spain and France

Guest cooking from four European chefs with seven Michelin stars between them, autumnal Hiyaoroshi sake tasting, and a meat-free feast at Grassroots Pantry in collaboration with beach restaurant Mavericks

Susan Jung

Published: 12:15pm, 28 Sep 2016

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Andrea Aprea, executive chef of the Michelin one-star Restaurant Vun at the Park Hyatt Milan, will be guest chef at Grissini at the Grand Hyatt from October 6 to 8. The six-course dinner is HK$1,180 plus 10 per cent and includes cuttlefish diavola with potato, horseradish and sour cabbage; carnaroli rice with langoustines, lemon, capers and rosemary; and tortelli with cacio (cheese), pepper and caramelised onion. Bookings: 2584 7722

Skina-style pineapple and coconut “snow” at Cadenza.

Jaume Puigdengolas Rey of Skina restaurant in Spain will be guest chef at Cadenza at Great China Club in Lai Chi Kok from October 3 to 16. The seven-course tasting menu (HK$580 for members, or HK$650 plus 10 per cent for non-members) includes dishes of Spanish white prawn fritters; house-made foie gras terrine with marinated apple; and Skina-style pineapple and coconut “snow”. Bookings: 2743 8055

Enjoy an autumn sake tasting at Sake Bar Ginn. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Sake Bar Ginn in Lan Kwai Fong is holding a tasting of seasonal Hiyaoroshi autumn sakes on October 1. The event is HK$500 plus 10 per cent and includes a buffet-style dinner plus a selection of sakes such as Nabeshima Harvest Moon; Harushika Junmai Ginjo; and Tsukasa Botan Honjozo. Bookings: [email protected]

Peggy Chan and Neil Tomes will be rustling up vegetarian treats at Grassroots Pantry (not Mavericks, as we initially said). Photo: Jonathan Wong

Peggy Chan, chef of vegetarian restaurant Grassroots Pantry in Sheung Wan, is collaborating with Neil Tomes of Mavericks in Pui O, Lantau, on a one-night-only dinner on October 17 (not October 10 as we reported initially). The two chefs will make vegetarian dishes for a dinner that includes the full English (smoked aubergine bacon and mushroom sausage with Spanish beans and tomatoes); and lemon posset indulgence (lemon curd, coconut whip, vegan shortbread). The event is HK$780 plus 10 per cent. Bookings: 2873 3353

Sample Frederic Anton’s dishes at Restaurant Petrus.

You should book now for the Shangri-La hotel group’s Festival of Gastronomy events taking place from October 25 to November 1. Eleven hotels in the chain are hosting events; the Island Shangri-La in Admiralty will have Frederic Anton of the Michelin three-star Le Pre Catelan in Paris cooking at Restaurant Petrus; while Stefano Baiocco of the Michelin two-star Villa Feltrinelli in Italy will be at Angelini at the Kowloon Shangri-La. For a list of hotels and guest chefs, go to ShangriLaLovesFood.com

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