WINE & FOOD
November 2001 Issue

Business lunches
Great
Eagle Hotel
The Bostonian Restaurant at Great Eagle Hotel is serving a set luncheon
daily. Diners can choose appetizers from the set menu or pick their favourite sashimi,
oysters, fresh fish and salad from the Raw Bar. Steaks and seafood are served for entrees,
in addition to desserts, with the menu changing every two weeks. HK$168. Tel. 2375 1133
ext 2070.
Renaissance
Harbour View Hotel
The hotel's Slim & Trim Lunch Buffet (above) has a new look and menus.
Those watching their weight can choose from a salad bar, pasta or noodle dishes, hot soup,
vegetables, seafood, meat and curries. Japanese food lovers can also try the fresh sashimi
and sushi, in addition to the newly introduced California hand rolls, prepared on the spot
by the hotel's chefs. Low-calorie desserts are also served. HK$160. Tel. 2802 8888 ext
6353.
The hotel's newly appointed Executive Chef, European cuisine, Paul
Chandler, has designed a new set lunch menu at Lobby Lounge, which offers more variety and
more flexibility. Featuring a salad bar, soup of the day and desserts at HK$98 per
person. For HK$145, diners also get to choose one of two main course (either fish or
meat) served daily. Tel. 2802 8888 ext. 6983.
The hotel's coffee shop serves an international selection of 12 main
courses which include, among others: beef brisket curry, baked pork chop with fried rice,
baked chicken "Portuguese" style, fried rice "Fuzhou" style, roasted pork neck "Thai" style, stir-fried spaghetti in satay sauce, grilled sirloin steak in
garlic sauce, fillet of sole meuniere, pork knuckle with sauerkraut, and Renaissance club
sandwich. HK$88. Tel. 2802 8888 ext. 6970.
The Excelsior
ToTT's Asian Grill & Bar has introduced a new lunch buffet concept
that is based on an appetiser and dessert buffet, along with a choice from five main
course options. Popular appetisers served include fresh sashimi, sushi, oysters and
yabbies along with salads and small appetisers, and excellent selection of desserts. HK$198.
Tel. 2837 6786.
The Excelsior's Cammino, Italian restaurant Cammino serves a two-course
menu which comes with an antipasta buffet and a choice of main dish, such as porcini
mushroom risotto or poached black cod. The restaurant also serves a wide variety of pasta,
meat, seafood and vegetarian dishes. HK$158. Tel. 2837 6780.
Holiday
Inn Golden Mile
The hotel's Avenue Restaurant & Bar is serving modern European cuisine
prepared by Chef Marc Toutain. Avenue offers a variety of fixed-lunch menus that include
vegetarian fare. HK$178 for two courses, or HK$198 for three courses. Tel. 2315 1118.
Hotel Miramar
The hotel's Dong Restaurant is serving a shark's fin and dim sum set
lunch, which includes braised shark's fin soup, two dim sum dishes, vegetables, congee and
dessert. HK$138.Tel. 2315 5166.
The
Miramar's Xi Restaurant is offering a business set lunch which for starters offers a
choice of sashimi, smoked salmon, fresh oysters, crispy salads and soup of the day. Entree
dishes include marinated sea bream with fresh dill on taro sauce, poached lobster and
scallops, baked sole fillets with cafe de Paris butter, mixed grill with cranberry sauce
and deep-fried herbs, and sauteed chicken breast with fedelini and pinenuts, followed by a
dessert buffet offering cakes, mousse and fruit, tea or coffee. HK$138. Tel. 2315 5155.
Mandarin Oriental
Man Wah, the hotel's signature Cantonese restaurant, is serving a set
business menu, which includes roasted fillet of eel and barbecued pork, double-boiled
shark's fin soup with sea conch, winter melon and Kam Wah ham, stirfried sliced chicken
with chilli and vegetables, deepfried yellow croaker with black vinegar sauce, braised
mustard green with crabmeat, fried rice with diced seafood in X.O. sauce, chilled coconut
cream with palm seeds, mango, pomelo and melon, and Chinese tea. HK$588. Tel. 2522
0111.
Hotel Furama
The hotel's La Ronda Restaurant offers a wide selection of set menus,
including Japanese, curry, Chinese BBQ, pasta or carving set, which includes a soup, fresh
fruit as well as coffee or tea. HK$138. Tel. 2848 7422.
Furama's Lau Ling Bar offers a lunch buffet from Monday to Friday
serving salads, freshly cooked pasta, a roast, oysters, and a selection of hot items and
desserts. HK$178. Tel. 2842 7506.
Harbour
Plaza Hong Kong
The hotel's restaurants are serving a variety of lunch options. These
include: The Promenade -- Chinese dim sum lunch with dessert buffet at HK$88.
International lunch buffet at HK$145. Robatayaki -- special robatayaki set lunch from
HK$90. Harbour Grill -- executive luncheon at HK$168. Pit Stop & Dino's Italian lunch
buffet at HK$145. Corner Cafe -- home-made bruschetta with freshly sliced parma ham at
HK$45. Tel. 2996 8678.
All prices are subject to 10 per cent service charge. |