Posted on Mon, 9 May 2011
Hong Kong’s Must-Do Eats – Part 1
Fiery Libations on Lan Kwai Fong
If you’re up for some excitement, then release your inner pyromaniac at Likuid, a naughty new nightclub in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong’s party zone near Central. For here, you’ll find Hong Kong’s largest flaming cocktail menu, offering nine fiery drinks with suitably exciting names like Chariots of Fire, Eruption, Fire on Likuid, Flaming Doctor Pepper, Flaming Lamborghini, Flaming Waterfall, Siwoncke, Three Burns and Volcano. This is accompanied by a fire juggling and flaring show on Friday and Saturday nights.
It is choreographed by bar manager Dilip Thapa who says with almost Shakesperean poetry: “The bar is a stage and all of us behind it are actors and performers. Everything we do is to entertain our customers and fuel the club with energy.”
Likuid is also official venue for the legendary global dance music movement Ministry of Sound with exclusive rights to stage Ministry of Sound DJs, parties and VIP events. It also hosts monthly ‘Lik Me Luv Me’ party nights featuring different themes and stretching all night from 9.30pm-7am.
58-62 D’Aguilar Street
Lan Kwai Fong, Central, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2179 5552
Most Divine Cakes
Just opened and a definitely must go is Ms B’s CAKERY which professes to sell Hong Kong’s “most divine cakes”. Owned by HKG’s style icon Bonnie Gokson, it opens at 11am daily on a quiet but hip side street, uphill from The Centre in Queen’s Road in Central. The cakes here are luscious and so inspired, both in presentation, flavours and name.
Desserts include ‘Butterfly Kisses’ (HK$920 for 500g), a chiffon cake with layers of fresh fruits and rainbow treats topped with handmade sugar butterflies; the ‘Million Dollar Truffle Cake’ (HK$920), wrapped in 24 carat gold leaf and coins; the Crepe Suzette Cake (HK$420), made of French crêpes and orange bavarois and ‘Madame Butterfly’ (HK$580), an exotic combination of beetroot, pistachio and chocolate layered chiffon with apricot compote and dark and white chocolate, and lots more super stylish confections. Her signatures though are ‘Marie Antoinette’s Crave and the Original Caramel Crunch Cake ‘, while special dietary needs are catered for with sugar free and gluten free cakes too.
39 Gough Street, Central
Tel: (852) 2815 8303
The Only Hong Kong Entry on World’s Best Restaurant List
Only one restaurant in Hong Kong has been listed on The S. Pellegrino “World’s 50 Best Restaurants” Awards organised by Restaurant Magazine in the UK, this year. The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong’s Amber restaurant sits on the 37th spot – a pretty big achievement considering it is also the only restaurant in Hong Kong to have appeared on this list since 2005.
The 60-seater served mod French cuisine, helmed by two-Michelin-star chef Richard Ekkebus. Originally from Holland, he has worked with some of the greatest chefs like Pierre Gagnaire, Alain Passard and Guy Savoy. Focusing on great ingredients and creative presentation, he gives his cuisine a “contemporary and light feel”. Just for a sneak peek, his signature dishes include Sea Urchin in a Lobster Jelly with Cauliflower, Caviar and Crispy Seaweed Waffle, Line-Caught Amadai with Orange and Fennel Confit, and “Mieral Bresse Pigeon Breast with Wild Cep Mushrooms.
Tel: +852 2132 0066 or e-mail: lmhkg-amber@mohg.com
