TRAVELLERS CAN discover Hong Kong’s diverse gastronomy and nightlife offerings during a month-long gourmet extravaganza.
The program is headlined by the large-scale outdoor culinary event, Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival, which returns to Victoria Harbour after a five-year hiatus.
The four-day festival takes place from October 26-29 at the Central Harbourfront Event Space.
This year’s edition will boast nearly 300 booths showcasing global food and wine offerings, as well as a suite of interactive workshops for food lovers of all ages. Eligible overseas visitors will also receive a free cocktail on arrival.
Wine will naturally be a focus of the festival, with the popular Major Country Pavilions showcasing makers from 36 countries around the world.
The spotlight this year will be on the classic vintages from France and Italy and emerging wine regions from Thailand, Moldova and Finland.
In a Festival first, a dedicated display for Chinese Wine Discovery is being introduced, featuring wine merchants including Xige Estate and Chateau Mihope from Ningxia (Northwest China), Yunnan Red Wine & Spirits, and Shandong-based Mystic Island Winery.
The four-day event will allow visitors to indulge in a diverse array of global flavours in a single visit, with dishes ranging from punchy, flavour-filled street food and nostalgic local favourites to refined hotel delicacies by vendors including The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong.
New to the festival is Tasting Theatre, where several hands-on workshops will be on offer for visitors of all ages feeling inspired to roll up their sleeves and don an apron, with insightful and engaging sessions including Plant to Plate’, Origin of the Coffee Bean’ and The Story of Rice’.
Cooking demonstrations and workshops will be led by celebrity chef He Jiansheng from Shunde, Guangdong and award-winning Taiwanese baker Wu Pao-chun, who will join the festival for the first time.
The festival will serve as a launching pad for a month of culinary celebrations taking place around Hong Kong.
Throughout November, Taste Around Town will highlight more than 300 destinations to eat and drink, with a month-long program of exclusive discounts, limited-time menus and more that will reinforce Hong Kong’s position as one of the world’s great dining cities.
Chinese Master Chefs’ Curation
Those seeking the latest and greatest in Chinese fine dining won’t want to miss Chinese Master Chefs’ Creation.
From November 1-30, gourmands can savour the new trends in Chinese cuisine prepared by some of the city’s leading Chinese chefs. The lineup includes a host of Michelin-starred restaurants.
HK Bar Show
The city’s world-class cocktail scene will also be in the spotlight with several bars offering specially crafted Hong Kong-inspired libations.
There will be creations by guest mixologists and live entertainment at more than 60 bars around the city, including a number that recently appeared on Asia’s 50 Best Bars.
Sip & Savour in LKF
Foodies are invited to enjoy 15 per cent off limited-time menu items prepared by some of Lan Kwai Fong’s top chefs and mixologists.
Indulge in special tasting menus and wine-pairing dinners at restaurants in one of Hong Kong’s best loved entertainment precincts, with 20 participating venues including Foxglove and Bombay Dreams, with some also featuring live entertainment to elevate the experience.
Chill E.A.T. Everything About Taste
This month-long series of multi-dimensional dining events will see more than 200 restaurants citywide provide a platform for rising stars of the culinary world.
They will present sustainable, seaview and immersive dining experiences and offer up to 30 per cent off special menus created exclusively for Taste Around Town.
