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11 best places for eating out this Easter in Hong Kong — and to have a little fun

Whether it’s lunch, dinner or afternoon tea you are after, there will be lots to splurge on

Kowloon Shangri-La Easter buffet at Cafe Kool

Easter is not all about chocolate bunnies and Easter eggs, it is also an excuse to splurge on lunch, dinner or afternoon tea with family or friends. And Hong Kong restaurants step up serving tasty menus with entertainment on the side.

Assaggio surf and turf
Assaggio surf and turf

Assaggio Trattoria Italiana 

Enjoy a family friendly brunch. There will be a pop-up Graffiti Garden with grass floor mat and cardboard toys that children and parents can doodle on with crayons during a three-course Easter brunch. The brunch highlights include burrata cheese with tomato and almond pesto, fassona beef tartare, surf and turf with Haig grilled Boston lobster and a 7oz pure Angus flat iron, with tiramisu for dessert. Sharing dishes include 35-ounce USDA prime OP ribs, a seafood platter of oysters, Boston lobster, king crab legs, mussels and clams and suckling pig. Three-course brunch HK$328 adults, HK$150 children.

When April 19-22

Where 6/F Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wan Chai

Aqua chocolate egg smash
Aqua chocolate egg smash

Aqua

Aqua brunch goers have a special treat with dessert extras such as a chocolate egg filled with mascarpone, coffee and smooth amaretto served in a nest. It comes with a mini mallet so if you feel the urge to theatrically smash the dessert, you can. Brunch is HK$688 per person including free-flow Veuve Clicquot Champagne. Children aged five and under can dine for free. Guests can sail to this brunch destination on the aqua luna for free this Easter.

When Easter Sunday

Where One Peking, Tsim Sha Tsui

Kowloon Shangri-La Easter buffet at Café Kool
Kowloon Shangri-La Easter buffet at Café Kool

Café Kool

The Kowloon Shangri-La’s buffet restaurant invites children to an Easter party as part of its buffet offering at no extra charge. Activities include an egg hunt, egg painting, cupcake decorating, a magic show, balloon twisting and a cartoon show in the Kowloon Rooms on the mezzanine floor. There will be amazing prizes for three lucky guests who find the golden eggs. There will be a children’s buffet featuring sweet treats and fresh juices. Easter festive features on the main buffet include grilled spring chicken with orange gravy, asparagus and onion frittata, honey glazed ham with apricot and prunes, and Easter-inspired desserts such as cup cakes, fudge chocolate cake with a bunny, and a berry cheesecake with a chocolate egg shell. Lunch buffet HK$468 adults, HK$318 children, dinner HK$688 adults, HK$518 children.

When April 20-21

Where Kowloon Shangri-La, 64 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East

Dear Lilly at IFC Mall. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Dear Lilly at IFC Mall. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Dear Lilly

Enjoy Easter high tea in the floral setting of Dear Lilly, designed by Ashley Sutton, while looking onto beautiful Victoria Harbour. The cosy restaurant partners Chocolaterie de l’Opéra for this April teatime special which features chocolates and other sweet treats such as blue berry opéra with layers of fruity blueberry crémeux and namelaka vanilla, and smoked chocolate mousse with madong, a chocolate bean from Papua New Guinea. There are also savouries, HK$298 for two.

When now Until April 30

Where Podium Level 4, IFC

Feast (Food by EAST) Easter desserts
Feast (Food by EAST) Easter desserts

Feast (Food by EAST)

Celebrate Easter with a semi-buffet brunch and dinner at Feast which starts with a selection of appetisers of premium cold cuts and crustaceans before a choice of mains that include rack of lamb, French free-range roast chicken, pan-fried sea bass fillet with red wine pearl barley, steak and frites or a full English breakfast – available on the brunch. And grilled black Angus rib-eye, corn fed free range chicken, steamed sole fillet, chicken cacciatore or stir fried tawa lamb kebab for dinner. Desserts feature Easter specials such as hot cross buns, tofu chocolate mousse, yuzu honey mousse cake and custard kisses. Brunch entertainment includes an egg-painting workshop and a live bunny show, and for dinner, there will be magic happening around the tables. Brunch HK$348-HK$368, dinner HK$548-HK$578.

When April 19-22

Where East Hong Kong, Taikoo Shing

InterContinental Hong Kong Harbourside Easter egg painting for children.
InterContinental Hong Kong Harbourside Easter egg painting for children.

Harbourside 

There is something for everyone at InterContinental Hong Kong. For children on Easter Sunday, Harbourside offers a chocolate egg painting and decorating workshop while the adults enjoy a relaxed brunch or dinner buffet. The Easter Sunday specials include a truffle pasta station, scrambled eggs prepared à la minute with truffle, omelettes with foie gras and a carving station with roasted lamb saddle. The Good Friday, Easter Saturday and Monday lunch and dinner buffets include Peking duck, truffle pasta and foie gras stations, roast lamb saddle and Kagoshima beef at the dinner buffet. Easter Sunday brunch and dinner, adults HK$898 with free-flowing champagne, wine and beer, brunch per child HK$598 child with free-flowing juice and soft drinks and dinner HK$628.

When April 19-22

Where InterContinental Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui

Hutong Feng Wei brunch
Hutong Feng Wei brunch

Hutong

Children and adults alike can learn how to hand-craft traditional Chinese egg rolls as part of the Feng Wei Brunch this Easter, which offers more than 18 northern Chinese dishes. HK$448 per person with an additional HK$200 for free-flow Veuve Clicquot Champagne. Children aged 12 and under dine without charge. Guests can sail to this brunch destination on the aqua luna for free this Easter.

When Easter Sunday

Where One Peking, Tsim Sha Tsui

Rech by Alain Ducasse’s Easter offerings
Rech by Alain Ducasse’s Easter offerings

Rech by Alain Ducasse

There is a five-course set menu with a seafood starter, grilled octopus, crab and mango or lobster veloute and for mains wild cod aioli, catch of the day or rossini beef fillet. For dessert there is a choice of Crêpes Suzette or chocolate souffle, plus the restaurant’s famous Camembert (HK$588 a head with unlimited Champagne and an extra HK$388 a head with wine pairing).

When April 20-21

Where InterContinental Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui

Statement’s Welsh lamb served from a silver trolley tableside this Easter
Statement’s Welsh lamb served from a silver trolley tableside this Easter

Statement

Welsh shoulder of lamb slow-roasted and served tableside from a silver trolley is what to expect at Statement on its Britannia Brunch this Easter. Other British favourites featured are roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, beer battered white cod and triple cooked chips with black and white garlic mayonnaise. For dessert, there is a choice of sea-salt butterscotch ice cream and lemon verbena plums, chocolate orange mousse with orange marmalade, sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce and a selection of British artisan cheeses with grape and apple chutney and home-made Scottish oat biscuits. HK$628 per person including Veuve Clicquot Champagne. Guests can sail to this brunch destination on the aqua luna free this Easter.

When Easter Sunday

Where Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central

The Tai Pan’s Easter dessert buffet
The Tai Pan’s Easter dessert buffet

The Tai Pan

Enjoy an Eggstravagant brunch on Easter Sunday. Culinary delights include freshly-shucked Takanobu oysters and other seafood, a barbecue station, gourmet cheese selections and crispy salads. For mains, there is braised lamb shank, coq au vin and Japanese clams are choices, along with a selection of desserts. Special floral beers, tea-infused beverages and cocktails will be available with the brunch. HK$498 adult, HK$198 child. An additional HK$298 will be added for free-flow house wine, NV R de Ruinart Brut Champagne handcrafted tea-based drinks and cocktails. An entertainment zone for children to enjoy magicians, balloon twisting, face painting and hunting for eggs will be available during the brunch.

When April 21

Where The Murray Hong Kong, Cotton Tree Drive, Central

Yum Cha’s custard glutinous rice dumplings
Yum Cha’s custard glutinous rice dumplings

Yum Cha 

The dim sum destination is offering limited edition selections of creative dishes to celebrate in Hong Kong style. Adorable spring animals are made from popular dim sum ingredients such as hot custard glutinous rice dumplings (HK$49 for three pieces) in the shape of a bunny and baked pineapple puffs (HK$49 for three pieces) that look like miniature chicks and are presented in bird cages on the table. Pork and cabbage buns (HK$49 for two pieces) are made to look like green turtles and tofu in Japanese-style sesame dressing with spicy smoked salmon (HK$59) are made in the shape of a rabbit.

Yum Cha’s Easter animal dim sum
Yum Cha’s Easter animal dim sum

When Until the end of April

Where The Attitude, Tsim Sha Tsui; Nan Fung Place, Central; Langham Place, Mong Kok; Emperor Watch & Jewellery Centre, Causeway Bay.

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