The LANDMARK MANDARIN in Central will have a pop-up on September 22 to 24 featuring Gaggan Anand of Gaggan Restaurant in Bangkok, which hit number 17 on this year's World's 50 Best Restaurants list and number three on Asia's 50 Best list. Dishes are available on a nine-course food and wine pairing (HK$2,288 plus 10 per cent), and include Willy Wonka and foie gras factory (foie gras mousse with spiced red onion and raspberry-hazelnut praline glacé) and Best Memory (above, free-range lamb chop sous-vide, grilled then finished with green herb oil). Bookings: 2132 0066
KAETSU restaurant at the Grand Hyatt in Wan Chai features matsutake mushrooms throughout September. The menu includes matsutake mushroom tea pot soup; and grilled matsutake mushrooms with A4 Hida beef and miso paste (below). Bookings: 2584 7722
Julien Royer from Jaan restaurant at Swissôtel The Stamford in Singapore will be guest chef at THE PRINCIPAL in Wan Chai on September 10 and 11. Jaan is number 22 on Asia's 50 Best list and 100 on the World's Best Restaurants list. The eight course dinner is HK$1,400 plus 10 per cent (add HK$700 for the wine pairing) and includes miso trout with Kagoshima pork belly, kabu and parsley; and hay-roasted Bresse pigeon with corn, bread and liquorice. Bookings: 2563 3444
WHISK at the Mira Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui will have a Penfolds wine dinner on September 17. The dinner is HK$1,398 plus 10 per cent and includes duck tongue with foie gras, cappuccino and chocolate with the Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2009; and wagyu beef M7, paired with the Penfolds Grange Shiraz 2009. Bookings: 2315 5999
Chef Wang Zheng Jing of Da Rong He restaurant in Chengdu will be cooking at MAN WAH at the Mandarin Oriental from September 19 to 27. His dishes are available on the à la carte or set menus (HK$698 plus 10 per cent for an eight-course lunch, or HK$1,480 plus 10 per cent for the 10-course dinner). They include steamed fish head with red chillies (below); steamed chicken pudding with bird's nest; and braised pork belly with Japanese sea cucumber, hua diao wine and soy sauce. Bookings: 2825 4003