Frites North Point hosted a wine dinner on 25 September: the fine flavours of USDA-certified beef and pork accompanied by 6 delicious wines from Nikola Estates.
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After twenty years Vinexpo Hong Kong is no more. The government’s covid restrictions on travel and the bar and restaurant trade have essentially forced the popular wine exhibition to leave Hong Kong for a location where over 1000 global exhibitors will be able to participate.
CEO of Vinexposium Rodolphe Lameyse commented on the move “Unfortunately I and my shareholders consider that Hong Kong is not where we want to be in the future.”
Vinexpo Asia will take place at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore from 23-25 May 2023.
Over a thousand wine lovers descended on the Grand Hyatt for the James Suckling Great Wines of the World tasting event on the 31 October.
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The temperature has finally fallen, the shops are packed high with everything Christmas related from decorations to gifts to food. New food production and flavouring techniques have allowed companies to be ever more creative with their seasonal offerings.
As usual Marks and Spencer’s has a massive range of Christmas themed food products and biscuits all nicely packaged to make nice gifts. There are new flavours of crisps: Gluten Free Pigs In Blankets; Glazed Gammon & Whisky; Gluten Free Winter Berries & Sparkling Prosecco Crisps and Port & Stilton which are novel and flavourful, but at $35/150g insanely expensive.
Where Marks & Spencer does shine is with the traditional English favourites, which we found hard to find anywhere else. There’s a range of proper Christmas puddings and a real fruit Christmas cake ($279) topped with marzipan and icing (sadly not royal icing). The fruit cake is heavy moist and delicious. While the cake is a little stingy on the marzipan, short of making your own it’s the best we found.
And last but by no means least Marks has several packages of premixed herbs and spices to create your own mulled wine. They also work very well with spirits to create some tasty homemade cocktails.
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A regularly updated page with the details of new restaurant openings (and re-openings) across Hong Kong and Macau.
Updated 27 November, 2018
7/F, M88 Wellington Place, 2-8 Wellington Street, Central
www.facebook.com/uoharuhk
#uoharuhk #Japanese #sushi #seafood #robatayaki
Shop 1050A, 1/F, Elements, 1 Austin Road West, West Kowloon
www.facebook.com/TIANTIANHK
2/F Staunton Suites, 22 Staunton Street, Soho
www.jamessucklingwinecentral.com
“Over 200 wines by the glass and over 500 by the bottle/magnum”
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Shop 105A, Level 1, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway
www.shakeshack.com.hk
26/F, Midtown Soundwill Plaza II, 1 Tang Lung Street, Causeway Bay
www.facebook.com/toriponhk/
G/F, J Senses, 60 Johnston Road, Wanchai
(opening 19 November)
www.fiveguys.com.hk
Owned by Maxim’s this restaurant sells shark’s fin – so we politely suggest you do not visit it!
14D Elgin Street, Central, Hong Kong
Baked Cafe Bar
4/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com/maze-grill
1-5 Haven Street, Causeway Bay
www.facebook.com/YukinoshitaHK
5/F, 77 Wyndham Street, Central
www.facebook.com/kytalyhk
Shop B01-B10, Basement One, Lee Garden Three, 1 Sunning Road, Causeway Bay
www.facebook.com/johnanthonyhk
8/F, One Knutsford Terrace, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2726 2611
www.facebook.com/papajoetst
23/F, QRE Plaza building, 202 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai
www.heat-hk.com
164 Queens Road East, Wanchai
www.chipin.com.hk
Shop 601, Level 6, Telford Plaza II, 33 Wai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay
Shop 02-03, Level 8, 8 Argyle street, Langham Place, Mongkok
Tel: +852 2918 1655
Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday 12nn – 10:30pm
Basement, 43-55 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong
http://huggermugger.hk
Shop G31, Lee Tung Avenue, 200 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai
Tel: 3164 1303
www.pizzaexpress.com.hk
Shop 3071-73, 3/F, IFC Mall, 8 Finance Street, Central
Tel: 2661 1161
www.larambla.hk
G/F, 8 Cleveland Street, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2808 0820
Open: Noon-10pm
www.facebook.com/PAPIHK
38 Peel Street, Central
Tel: 2889 7576
www.uma-nota.com
3/F, On Hing Building, On Hing Terrace, Central
Tel: 2789 3812
www.facebook.com/TenkeiHK
www.confusion.hk
www.facebook.com/confusionhk
This year’s Wine & Spirits Fair at the HKCEC runs from the 8-10 November and features pavilions from wine-producing regions, trade organisations and governmental organisations. There are new pavilions from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Sichuan Council, the Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province, Ningxia’s General Office of Administrative Committee of Grape Industry Zong of Helan Mountain’s East Foothill Wine Region, the Czech Grape and Wine Producer Association, Gifu Prefecture and the Niigata Sake Brewers’ Association from Japan, and Peru.
If you’re not a wine lover or fancy something different there is Liquor & Beverage Products Zone, a Whisky and Spirits Zone and a Beer Zone. As well as an Organic Wine and Spirits corner and for those wanting something to pair with all this alcohol there’s a food area and also intriguingly a “World of Olive Oil” where you can learn about and taste premium olive oils.
The first two days are for trade only, the public day on the 10 November runs from 10:30am and entry costs $200.
Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair
Date: 8-10 November, 2018
Venues: HKCEC
Tickets: $200
The 10th Wine & Dine Festival opened under a full moon at Central Harbourfront with a dramatic drone dance over the waters of Victoria Harbour. The novel performance was but a momentary distraction to the festival visitors who danced among the booths sampling tasty bites from across the globe paired to a plethora of wines, coffee, spirits and craft beer.
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The Blend Groovy Chic cocktail party saw vendors and buyers mingle to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Vinexpo over a glass of Australian wine and grub.
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