Editor’s Picks: Where to eat in Hong Kong this October

Bibi & Baba has launched a new Singaporean and Malaysian ‘off-menu’ set made for six people to share at lunch and dinner. You’ll need to pre-order the menu (48 hours in advance) which comes priced at $480 per person. The menu is pretty epic with hawker stall favourites including classic grilled satay with chicken and pork skewers smothered in a homemade satay pineapple sauce and hei zho, a crispy chicken and prawn roll served with sweet chilli sauce. There’ll also be seafood signatures including spicy sambal stingray, Singaporean chilli crab (which comes with fried man tao to dip into the sauce!) and big prawns coated in buttered cereal. The menu also features a choice of meat: beef rendang with rice, or Hainanese chicken (half portion) with rice; wok-fried four beans, and not forgetting the carbs, stir-fried flat noodles, otherwise known as char kway teow. For dessert, there’s a giant shaved ice kacang, completing this really great value Singaporean and Malaysian meal.

Offering a new and expanded steak and seafood menu, Porterhouse goes beyond the classic surf and turf and sets its sights on fresh produce and flavours. Think chilled starters such as hamachi carpaccio ($198) dressed in zesty passion fruit and fragrant basil oil, and crab with caviar ($298) and Hokkaido sea urchin, as well as hot starters including large razor clams ($238) done two ways and perfectly pan-seared Galician octopus ($280) with the crushed potatoes and Nduja spicy sausage. Meanwhile, the Fins Menu features a selection of line-caught fish and catches of the day, served grilled or salt-baked at market price. Steak is still very much available with the popular Australian Mayura Wagyu porterhouse ($1,880); US Brandt Prime Black Angus striploin ($198 per 100g; min 200g); and Japanese Toriyama Wagyu ribeye ($288 per 100g; min 200g) and more on the menu. It’s also worth saving some room for the desserts, with a hazelnut biscuit with yuzu curd and vanilla ice cream ($88) and mango cheesecake with mixed berries ($88), and the finest artisanal French cheeses to sample.

Presenting a new ‘Savour’ tasting menu for lunch and dinner, China Tang is bringing all its secret menu items and offering it in one set for diners to taste, all the while innovating classic Cantonese flavours and dishes for modern palates. Highlights include a chilled appetiser of marinated white bitter melon, Tang’s honey roasted barbecued pork, black tomato in sesame sauce and a Sichuan spicy sea cucumber; a rich and creamy Million Dollar Soup filled with seafood such as prawns, scallops and blue crab meat; The Bomb, which is a deep-fried golden brown rice ball filled with a soft-boiled Spanish egg and served in a traditional stone pot with minced Duroc pork belly; and the cutest little abalone pineapple bun, among other items.

The new updated full tasting menu ($1,080) at Roganic is a stunner of a meal, filled with long-standing favourites and new creative dishes to savour. Signatures such as the truffle pudding as well as the Irish soda bread with brown cultured English butter remain. Meanwhile, new dishes such as the koji-brined, stuffed and roasted three yellow chicken wing with a quinoa and marmite glaze packs a wicked umami punch, while pineapple tomato with smoked blue mussel and dill, and the red sea bream with leek and potato come to the table with a superb balance of flavours. The Te Mana lamb with celtuce, caper and mint is also a great new addition with both loin and breast meat cooked to perfection. As for dessert, it’s a terrific trio with a decadent Tunworth cheese ice cream sandwich; burnt honey and chamomile parfait; and a truly wonderful whipped yoghurt, blondie fudge, gooseberry, and fig leaf ice cream dessert that you just won’t want to stop eating.  

Sitting on the shores of Sai Wan Ho, this gem of a seafood restaurant is introducing a new menu that shines a light on America’s East and West Coasts. Think clam bakes ($399), fresh seafood platters ($699), seafood croquettes ($108) with mozzarella and garlic sauce, LA prawn tostada ($148) with lettuce, mango, radish, cherry tomato, shredded cabbage, coriander and guacamole, and paella-inspired Duck & Rice ($268) with fragrant coriander rice with green peas, sweetcorn, smoked duck breast, slow-cooked duck leg, and a runny fried egg, and much more. Wash it all down with a refreshing ginger and peach margarita ($88) and you have yourself a party!

Three new outlets have joined the food hall’s culinary offerings including Italian-inspired comfort food from Mamma’s, which is a spin-off of Mamma Always Said by the same team behind Bedu and Uma Nota, with pasta, aperitivo cheese boards and other dishes such as lamb lasagne, prawn capellini, pesto orecchiette, and much more hearty eats; health-conscious bites and bowls by Nüte which include icebar smoothies and smoothie bowls, wholesome tartines and Japanese grain bowls; and caffeine and cocktails from local brand and coffeehouse Crew which has specialty coffees, a Crew Blend, single-origin, hand drip, and cold brew along with signature cocktails, fine wines, Champagnes, and premium Scotches on their menu.