What better way to pile on that extra layer of winter blubber than with a big, bubbling pot of fondue? Lindsay Varty dips into the cheesiest pots in town.
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Winter has arrived (sort of), and it’s time to bundle up in cozy layers, sip on hot mulled wine and indulge in some heart-warming, soul-enriching, calorific winter dishes. What better than a good, old-fashioned fondue to bring together family, friends and fromage fiends alike? Whether you’re looking for chocolate or cheese, there are plenty of restaurants offering the Swiss dish this season, so roll up the sleeves on your snowflake-patterned sweater and get dunking.
Le Méridien Cyberport
Head to Cyberport, where Le Méridien is spreading the festive cheer with its “Warm Up Your Winter” package. The hotel’s buffet restaurant, Prompt, is offering a winter menu of cheese fondue at $328 per person, with a minimum of two people.
Prompt, 4/F, Le Méridien Cyberport, 100 Cyberport Rd., Cyberport, 2980-7417.
Classified
Cheese purveyor Classified has recently launched its new “Mont D’Or” dessert cheese, an ideal ingredient for making a hot, gloopy fondue on a chilly night at home. Throughout the rest of November, Classified is taking delivery orders ($250 plus $50 delivery), but if you don’t trust yourself not to make a hash of it, simply head to any Classified outlet around town for a first-class cheese fondue straight off the dining menu. Made of Comté and Emmental cheese with a splash of white wine and Kirsch, it makes a delicious dinner for two. Dunkables include croutons, apples and potatoes, and the whole lot costs $290.
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Various locations including Shop 1, G/F, 108 Hollywood Rd., Sheung Wan, 2525-3454, www.classifiedfood.com.
Hyatt Regency Sha Tin
From now until the end of March 2013, Café at The Hyatt Regency Sha Tin is bringing a taste of Switzerland to our shores, with a traditional Swiss set dinner that includes an air-dried meat platter of salami black forest ham and bacon, Zurich-style veal, black forest cake—and of course, cheese fondue. Made with Emmental, Gruyère and Fontina cheeses, plus and a little garlic, Kirsch and Sauvignon blanc, the cheese fondue dinner is available for a minimum of two persons at $408 per head head.
