Cafe Gray Deluxe's chilled soup of chrysanthemum and pear. Photo: Courtesy of The Upper House
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Cafe Gray Deluxe to close in Admiralty, heralding ‘new chapter’ in innovative dining, Swire Hotels says
- Led by the late Singapore-born Swiss chef Gray Kunz, and known for its European fare that blended the tastes of East and West, Cafe Gray Deluxe opened in 2009
- The restaurant will serve a special menu of Kunz’s signature dishes ahead of its closure in December; a new dining concept will takes its place on 49th floor
Cafe Gray Deluxe on the 49th floor of The Upper House offers modern European food and sweeping views over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. Open since 2009, the restaurant will close at the end of December. Photo: Petrie PR
If you are a fan of Cafe Gray Deluxe or keep meaning to sample its modern European fare but haven’t got around to it, you are running out of time to dine there – the restaurant at The Upper House in Hong Kong’s Admiralty district will close at the end of this year.
A new concept will open in its place in the spring of 2021, Swire Hotels have announced, and promises to “mark a new chapter” in innovative dining.
The closure of the restaurant, on the 49th floor of the hotel, will come nine months after the death of the man after whom it was named and who created its menu, chef Gray Kunz, at the age of 65.
From now until December 31, Cafe Gray Deluxe presents a special menu featuring Kunz’s signature dishes, such as tarragon-scented lobster bisque, braised short rib of beef, and chilled soup of chrysanthemum and pear.
Cafe Gray Deluxe's Braised short rib of beef. Photo: Courtesy of The Upper House
The Singaporean-born Swiss chef was known for his deft combination of Eastern and Western flavours thanks to his time in Hong Kong in the 1980s working at Plume, the French fine-dining restaurant in the then Regent hotel.
He returned to Hong Kong in 2009 to open Cafe Gray Deluxe, and in the intervening years nurtured up-and-coming chefs such as Joey Sergentakis (now based in Singapore), Chris Grare (chef and owner of Kinship and Smoke & Barrel in Hong Kong’s Central district), and Eric Räty of the two-Michelin-star Arbor, also in Central.
Chef Gray Kunz at Cafe Gary Deluxe in 2017. Photo: Antony Dickson
“We thank our friends and guests who have helped shape Cafe Gray Deluxe’s imprint on the community since the beginning. We are all extremely proud of the reputation and success we have gained since 2009 and are excited about the next chapter for The Upper House,” said Yvonne Cheung, director of restaurants at The Upper House.
Cafe Gray Deluxe, Level 49, The Upper House, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty. Tel: 3968 1106