Where to eat in Hong Kong in July: 5 new restaurants to try, from Crepes & Bakes inside the Palace Museum, to a Melrose Avenue-inspired coffee joint and the Ask For Alonzo team’s Porkcentric

Jul 1 , 2022

A typical spread at Crepes & Bakes, which opens inside the new Hong Kong Palace Museum. Photo: Handout

The hotly anticipated Hong Kong Palace Museum opens with a fabulous Crepes & Bakes eatery inside, brought to you by the people behind Comptoirs and Café Bohème

Le Pan’s Edward Voon combines French fine dining and bold Asian flavours at his new spot Auor, and the team from Ask For Alonzo go big on pork at Porkcentric in Tai Hang

The summer months are traditionally quiet for the F&B scene in Hong Kong, as chefs and customers alike attempt to flee the city’s oppressive heat and humidity.

Sadly, travel restrictions in Hong Kong still make such an escape complicated. On the plus side, though, that means a number of exciting new concepts are opening in the city this month.

Whether you’re into Japanese-French fusion or just great coffee and a dessert, here are the best new restaurants opening in Hong Kong this July.

Auor

After sterling work at Le Pan in Kowloon Bay, award-winning chef Edward Voon is opening his latest innovative fine-dining venture, Auor (pronounced “hour”), in Wan Chai this month.

Inspired by the passage of time and the circle of life, Auor seeks to showcase the diversity of nature with seasonal ingredients. In the kitchen, French dining traditions are combined with vibrant Asian flavours.

Two dinner sets will be available upon opening – six plates at HKS$ $1,680 (US$215) per person, and an eight course degustation menu at US$1,980 per person – and lunch options will be announced soon.

4/F, 88 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai

Bianco & Rosso

Colourful European dishes abound at Bianco and Rosso in Central. Photo: Handout

Throwing open its doors in Central this summer is Bianco & Rosso, a “European odyssey” designed by Luca Andrei and chef Ban Jee Min, inspired by the many charming little bars and roadside bodegas found along the cycling routes that dot France, Italy and Spain.

The concept was road tested at Test Kitchen in June, and the preview menu featured dishes such as yellowtail crudo, picked radish and Espelette pepper, handmade gnocchi, and Australian lamb chops with a pepper stew.