Promenade Restaurant at the Harbour Plaza Metropolis in Hung Hom has Thai and Vietnamese dishes on its dinner buffet. They're available until the end of the month and include stir-fried clams with Thai chilli paste (above); and softshell crabs with Thai herbs. The buffet is HK$548 plus 10 per cent (HK$358 for children) Monday to Thursday and HK$578 (HK$388 for children) from Friday to Sunday. Bookings: 3160 6880
Essence at the Novotel Citygate in Tung Chung has Indian dishes on its lunch and dinner buffets until the end of November. The selection includes Goan fish curry (below), Bengali lentil curry with aubergine salad, and Maharashtra chicken curry. The lunch buffet is HK$158 plus 10 per cent (HK$118 for children) Monday to Friday and HK$188 (HK$148 for children) on Saturday and Sunday. The dinner buffet is HK$228 plus 10 per cent (HK$178 for children) Monday to Friday and HK$248 (HK$198 for children) on Saturday and Sunday. Bookings: 36028808
There are several events coming up for which you should book quickly. Seiji Yamamoto, executive chef of Nihonryori RyuGin in Tokyo, will be cooking a special kaiseki dinner at Tenku RyuGin in the ICC from November 21 to 23. The chef will be working with seasonal ingredients to create the 10-course meal, which costs HK$4,980 plus 10 per cent. Bookings: 2302 0222
On November 27, Jean-Charles Cazes of Chateau Lynch-Bages, a fifth-growth in Pauillac, in Bordeaux, will present his family's wines at a dinner at Whisk at the Mira in Tsim Sha Tsui. The dinner is HK$1,388 plus 10 per cent and includes wagyu beef done three ways: raw with crunchy rice, served with Chateau Lynch-Bages 2009; the cheek with vinegar, spice and black garlic with the vintage 2005; and striploin with cherries, olives and tobacco with the vintage 1995. Bookings: 2315 5999
