Shangri-la New March Seasonal "The Best of London" Afternoon Tea

Price:  $$

Cravingness: ★★★★☆

Afternoon tea fans will be delighted to know that Island Shangri-la has launched a monthly seasonal afternoon tea on top of their classic afternoon tea set for a while. In March, the new seasonal afternoon tea is called "The Best of London". Apart from this very British seasonal afternoon tea, there is also a event at the hotel lobby showcasting a classy England Telephone Photo Booth where fan who took the most creative pictures can win a pair of tickets to the Shangri-la in UK! More details can be checked on their website, so now we will move the focus back to the afternoon tea!

Island Shangria-la x Perrier-Jouët Afternoon Tea - Tea For Love

Price:  $$

Cravingness: ★★★★★

The latest high tea I have been was the  "Tea For Love" launched by Island Shangri-la, partnering with French Champagne Perrier-Jouët to celebrate the month of Love, February. The delicious and rosy afternoon tea set is available now until 28 February, daily in both Island Shangri-la's Lobby Lounge and Island Gourmet, and over the weekend at Lobster Lounge.

The Continental x Annick Goutal - L'ile Au Thé Afternoon Tea

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆1/2

Here it comes the month most filled with love, February. The month with Valentine's Day which all couples are so very looking forward to. Restaurants are filled with all kinds of Valentine's special and here I am going to introduce a refreshing Spring afternoon tea set launched by The Continental and Annick Goutal. The afternoon tea is to promote the new fragrance L'ile Au Thé with a lovely and smoothing tea launching in Joyce Beauty in April 2015, so many items are infused with tea elements. The afternoon tea is available from Feb 7th to 25th.

Pierre Hermé x Ritz Carlton - Infiniment Citron Afternoon Tea

Price: $$$

Cravingness: ★★★★☆

Pierre Hermé has been my favourite macaron producer on the planet. I was very excited over the collaboration between Pierre Hermé Paris and Cafe 103 of Ritz Carlton Hong Kong which they designed a summery afternoon tea called 'Fetish Infiniment Citron Afternoon tea'. The special tea set features desserts made with Citrons from Sicilian, Italy. Are you ready for a refreshing and tarty journey, my fellow Pierre Hermé's fans?

Café Causette - Lobster & Bubbles Pop-up Menu

Price: $$$$

Cravingness: ★★★★☆

What I love dining at Mandarin Oriental is that they have celebrity chef and pop-up menus from time to time. The classy international restaurant Café Causette has just launched a new pop-up menu - Lobster & Bubbles, pairing the two lavish goodies together to excite our palate. The special menu is available everyday for dinner and weekdays for Lunch until 31 August, 2014.

Azure - The New 8th Anniversary Dinner Menu

Price: $$$$

Cravingness: ★★★★☆

Stepping into their 8th year, Azure Restaurant Slash Bar created a special 4-course set dinner to celebrate the event. The menu is designed to be refreshing to offset the crazy heat and disgusting humidity of Hong Kong's Summer. The menu is available daily from 1st August until 30 September 2014, priced at HKD588+10% per person. Mixologists at Azure also created eight refreshing Absolut cocktails, at a great price of HKD88! Come enjoy the cocktails at the rooftop at 30th floor to enjoy the cityscape before indulging yourself in good food.

Fancy Lunch at L'atelier de Joël Robuchon

Price: $$$$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

My last visit to Joël Robuchon for lunch was about two years ago. I made the reservation at L'atelier as I have dined only at L'jardine previously. For those of you who have not been back for lunch for a while, here is my review on the latest lunch menu.

I have always wanted to dine at L'atelier since the dining hall looks more hip and vibrant. The red lighted atelier consists of a few tables but mainly bar seatings circling the open kitchen. Sitting at the bar, I can easily peek what the chefs are doing at the kitchen, but to my surprise, I could not smell any aroma from the kitchen. Their fanning system must be good.

FEAST - Afternoon Tea Set Inspired by Cath Kidston

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆1/2

Afternoon Tea is my soft spot. I love the elegant cake stand and lovely presentation of the meticulously prepared bite sizes cakes and sandwiches. Feast (Food by East) recently launched a new afternoon tea set inspired by Cath Kidston and Penney Pang, an award winning cake designer. Simply by the brand Cath Kidston, you could already imagine how floral and beautiful the tea set is gonna be! The afternoon set costs HKD228 for two and is available now daily until 18th May. Scroll down to check the adorable tea utensils!

Cafe Malacca - Authentic Malaysian and Singaporean Food

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★★★☆

Cafe Malacca is a hotel restaurant at Traders Hotel by Shangri-la at West District offering authentic Malaysian Cuisine. Cafe Malacca was named after the Strates Malacca where traders from Middle East, India, China and Indonesia passed by and also brought in spices and cuisines to Malaysian as Early as in 18th Century. Influenced by a rich multicultural heritage of Chinese, Malaysian and Indian, the dishes offer at Cafe Malacca are diverse but keep very authentic.

Glo Restaurant + Lounge - Never Ending Tasting Menu

Price: $$$

Cravinginess: ★★★☆☆

Glo Restaurant + Lounge is another hotel restaurant offering International Cuisine nests under the Rhombus hotel group. Each Rhombus restaurant has its own uniqueness and at Glo Restaurant + Lounge, they offer a Never Ending Tasting Menu which is an all you can eat menu with 18 courses from starters to desserts for 2 hours, priced at a fairly good deal at HKD338 exc. 10% service charge. The menu changes every month as well to keep their menu interesting.

Feast - 'Simple Dishes, Done Well'

Price: $$$

Cravingness: ★★★★☆

Feast, Food by EAST has been on my to try list for a long time, it is until recent that I visit Taikoo Shing more frequently. Located at the EAST hotel, the hotel restaurant Feast is always filled with office workers during weekdays. That pretty much explains how popular their semi-buffet lunch and dinner are. I am invited over today to try their new a al carte menu which I will explain more below.

Casa Lisboa - Best Value Brunch

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★★★☆

Looking for a nice brunch place for the weekend? Here I recommend Casa Lisboa, a restaurant located at LKF Tower offering authentic Portugese Cuisine. Casa Lisboa newly launched a weekend brunch, which is similarly to the lunch menu that they offer during the weekday. With an attractive price of HKD180 for a 3 courses brunch or HKD250 for a 4 courses brunch, you can pick any of your courses from the al larte carte menu! What's more you can opt for free flow of Sangria, Vinho Verde & Sparkling wine for an additional HKD100! This is probably the best value brunch I have ever seen!

Azure - Classic Meets Modern

Price: $$$$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

Located on the top floor of LKF Hotel, Azure Restaurant Slash Bar provides their guests a convenient location with a spectacular night view of central. The extensive a La Carte and drink menu offer many great choices. What's more, the monthly themed set menu ensure Azure's guests can be excited every month.

Azure Restaurant and Slash Bar - A Touch of Spring

Price: $$$$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆
(Media Tasting)

Located in the heart of Central, was the renowned bar Azure at the top of LKF hotel. Many might know about the awesome bar but yet to know about Azure as a restuarant offering decent dishes.



The second floor had a completely different look from late night, which white tables with candle lights were set up, creating an intimate and classy dining scene. The dining floor will get back to the lively dance floor at around 11ish. I guess Azure can pretty much ensure a great night out for anyone.

AVA Restaurant and Slash Bar - A Lovely Refreshing Spring Dinner

Price: $$$

Cravingness: ★★★★★
(Restaurant Tasting)

Dining at AVA is an exquisite experience - from the moment you walk through the carpeted pathway at the front door towards the elevator, overlooking the extraoridinary Victoria Harbour through the elevator window, dining at a sleek designed room with exquisite cuisine, you will be impressed.

The restaurant has a contemporary and extravagance design with electronic music playing at the background. The ambience is romantic with dim yellow lighting and candle lights on the table, which is best for an intimate dining for two. Just imagine seating by the window with your beloved, sipping a glass of champagne while overlooking the magnificent view of the Victoria Harbour? That sounds heaven on earth right?

Champs Bar and Restaurant - The Happy Hour Bar

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★★☆☆

(Restaurant Tasting)

There was once when I wanted to try every single burger place in Hong Kong, The Champs was on my to try list. The Champs is located at the Charter House, somewhere I wouldn't say is at the heart of Wanchai. It is quite a coincident that it falls into one of my walking route from work, where I spotted its huge poster advertising their burger and know about it's existence.

The Champs is a bar restaurant in American settings. The place is spacious, with an open bar table at the front door and lots of stools and booth seatings further inside.  There is two big TV screens in the middle and at the end of the pub restaurant, playing sports channel that apparently drawing many guys here. The ambiance is quite lively with suitable noise level which is perfect for happy hour and also for big party, which happened to accommodated one the night I went.

Cammino | Decent But Small

My family asked me to pick a resto today in Causeway Bay. When I was doing my research, I found quite a lot of decent resto that I have not known of their existence. By then I realised while I was whining about dinning in Causeway Bay is getting boring, I was pretty much a frog in a well.

Cammino is located in a small corner in the Excelsior Hotel, which ironically my family dined here before and apparently I was left out. The restaurant is rather small but is spacious enough for privacy concern. With a dim yellow lighting and soft candle light, the resto creates a lovely romantic ambiance to dine in. The service was very nice and the servers were friendly and knowledgeable. The Manager was pretty passionate and introduced us several dishes, but we decided to order two set menus for the night.

Lao Shanghai | My Shang Hai Kitchen

Hong Kong Lao Shang Hai Restaurant
UG1, Novotel Hong Kong Century
238 Jaffe Road
Wan Chai
☏ 2827 9339
11:00-23:00(Mon-Sun)
Date of Dinning: 4 Jun 2011 (Sat)

Hong Kong Lao Shang Hai Restaurant is one of my family favourites for dinner. From causal dinner to birthday celebrations, we have had a few memories there. Being a Shanghainese descendant, both of my parents reckon Lao Shang Hai did indeed offer authentic Shanghainese cuisine. That's why we keep on spending our time here. To be honest, I think my grandma did a better job than them, taste wise. Some of my specialties dishes aren't bad too :)