New restaurants to try in Hong Kong this July

Oenophiles looking for afternoon drinks and quality bites can check out LQV Group's – a Hong Kong-based company and proprietor of a number of French wine bars, restaurants, and shops in the city, including LQV Wan Chai - Le Bar & La Cav, La Crémerie, and La Boucherie – latest addition to their ever-growing company. Located above Lyndhurst Terrace, Terroirs by LQV covers 2,000sq ft of space with a bar, dining area, and two al fresco terraces. The bar's access to the group's cheese shops, butchers, and bakers allow the establishment access to delicious pastries, artisanal cold cut platters, and cheese boards, as well as classic French plates made with the finest ingredients. Must-tries include pissaladière – a popular flatbread from Nice – and pâté en croûte –​​ a traditional French dish made with meat pâté served in a pastry crust – using Noir de Bigorre pork and Maison Samaran foie gras. 

Auor (pronounced as 'hour') is Singaporean chef Edward Voon's (formerly of Le Pan) new restaurant in Wan Chai. The restaurant is themed around the circularity of life and time, featuring two private dining rooms, a terrace and a 10-seater chef's table. The theme continues to the dishes where past, future, and the present blend into creative dishes using seasonal ingredients crafted with French techniques and Asian flavours. For July, guests can enjoy a six and eight-course dinner menu (six plates at $1,680 per person/eight plates at $1,980 per person) presented in 24 solar terms from the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendars. 

Taking its name from widely-celebrated caviar-producing beluga sturgeon, the restaurant will serve modestly priced French-Mediterranean dishes with generous servings of caviar alongside fresh seafood like oysters and lobsters. Aiming to bring France's niche champagne culture to Hong Kong, guests can indulge in lavish dishes and pair them with glasses of Champagne from an expansive collection of bottles from various Champagne brands, including Vilmart et Cie Grande Reserve Premier Cru Brut and the 2012 Maison Mumm RSRV Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Vintage.   

Oink if you love pork because this eatery serves pork in every way imaginable. Located in Tai Hang, Porkcentric is a new restaurant from Deadly Rabbits Concepts, the group behind the friendly neighbourhood restaurant Ask for Alonzo. Meat-lovers can indulge in hearty pork-based dishes inspired by street food from Germany, Hungary, Poland, and more using pork from five different pig breeds around the world – American Duroc, English Hampshire, Japanese Kurobuta, Italian Cinta Senese, and Hungarian Mangalica. Dishes range from assorted Polish cold cuts ($198 for three choices; $298 for five choices) to indulgent selections like their pork chop tomahawk ($568). For drinks, sip from a wide selection of craft beers from international and local breweries. 

Lifestyle specialty store City'super has opened its first authentic Japanese restaurant Mikura at the Sugar+ building on Sugar Street in Causeway Bay. The restaurant specialises in sake and Nabemono (hot pot dishes) using quality ingredients sourced from Japan. City'super's Japanese artisan brands will be utilised in the kitchen, including Hakataya soy milk, Yamagata A5 grade Otome Ushi Wagyu beef, Kayanoya dashi, and RF1 salad usually seen on the salad counters of the gastro market. At Mikura, guests can enjoy shabu shabu, sashimi, grilled fish, udon, and donburi while overlooking panoramic views of Victoria Park. 

From now until August 31, 2022, City'super's super e and super e-gold members can get an exclusive 10 percent discount off their bill when they dine. 

Two-Michelin starred Bo Innovation has moved and reopened to Central's lifestyle enclave H Code. Chef Alvin Leung's signature Chinese dishes will be presented in an all-new 10-course tasting menu called 'The Masterpieces' ($2,000 per person; $1,680 with pre-booking) inspired by renowned works of art plated in custom tablewares with interactive elements. Standout dishes include a soup inspired by Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans, whole steamed fish with gold plated bones inspired by Fish Magic, a 1925 surrealist painting by Swiss-German artist Paul Klee, and an aged duck breast with eight treasures pudding that celebrates Salvador Dali's Autumnal Cannibalism which he painted just after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. 

Park Lane Hotel's popular rooftop bar Skye in Causeway Bay got a facelift and reopened this summer with a bigger and better al fresco area which made drinking and dining amidst unobstructed harbour views a whole lot better. The reopening also comes with a new casual dining concept focused on robata-grilled skewers, as well as a new drink menu featuring cocktails inspired by zodiac signs. The indoor area looks pretty much the same as before, aside from the exposed ceiling, slight changes in decor, and an atmosphere sporting a more relaxed dining experience. Guests can enjoy new small and sharing plates, including some of the restaurant's old signatures like the Beef Wellington and roast ping yuen chicken which serves four people. 

Opening on July 5, this yōshoku (Western-influenced Japanese cuisine) restaurant is the latest venue launching at the newly renovated off-course betting centre of Hong Kong Jockey Club on Stanley Street. The eatery takes after the name of Tic-Tac Men, who used to facilitate the communication between betting companies and other off-site workers in the horse racing industry in the 19th century. Guests can order from the two sets of menus – available during non-racing days and racing days – with options of appetiser, soup, dessert, and two drinks, and includes dishes like crab croquette ($78), karaage fried chicken ($58), hamburger steak omurice ($138), and fried ebi omurice ($138). 

Make sure to book a reservation during racing days to secure a seat. Booking will be available on this link from July 2 onwards.

Opening its doors to the public on July 1 – one day ahead of Hong Kong Palace Museum's grand opening – Crepes & Bakes is a new French Eatery located on the Palace Museum grounds. Offering unobstructed harbour views of both Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, the cafe is great for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Indulge in baked goods, including various types of bread served with salted butter and jam ($68), croissants and baguette sandwiches ($40-$68), salads ($78-$138), sweet treats like palmier, tarts, and eclairs ($40-$88, and gluten-free, savoury and sweet crepes ($58-$98).