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- Chefs from three-Michelin-starred 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana launch new ventures Estro, serving Neapolitan food, and Giacomo in Causeway Bay’s Crowne Plaza hotel
- H Code gets two new offerings: meat specialists Fireside, helmed by former Aqua chef Miguel Gallo, and Carbs, with a menu heavy on pizza and pasta
As all of Hong Kong makes the most of the freedom to eat out at least, amid continued pandemic travel restrictions, the new restaurant openings just keep coming – and September is no exception.
Chefs with pedigreed backgrounds – like Miguel Gallo from Aqua, Antimo Maria Merone and Keith Yam from 8 1/2 Otto E Mezzo Bombana, and Nicolas Boutin from Épure and Tosca di Angeló – have all struck out on their own to open new restaurants this month.
Read on for our pick of the best new openings and dining news around town this month …
Fireside
You only need to know one thing about Fireside: that it’s all about the meat. Executive chef Miguel Gallo plans to use methods and techniques from all around the world to create avant-garde cuisine. On the menu are confit duck with fire-cooked rice, Japanese clams fire-basted in aged Mangalica pork fat, and Ora king salmon that’s been cured for three days and smoked over apple wood.
5/F, The Steps, H Code, 45 Pottinger Street, Central
Estro
No 1, Duddell Street is going to be home to more than one Jia Group concept. Opening on the second floor on September 9 is Estro, helmed by chef Antimo Maria Merone. The eatery aims to rewrite Italian cuisine with chef Merone’s multi-course set menu inspired by his upbringing in Naples. We like the sound of the pigeon dish: the bird is wrapped in burnt artichoke buds and fig leaves before being encased in clay and cooked in black ash.
2/F, 1 Duddell Street, Central
Ami and Wood Ear