Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2021: Showroom for new culinary perspectives

Countless experiences await at Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2021. Organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), this year’s festival is riding high on the city’s recovery, with an exciting month-long celebration in November that includes online events and offline itineraries.

The festival will serve as a bold reminder for foodies around the world that Hong Kong will continue to be at the top of the list of dining destinations in the post-COVID era.

The disruptions caused by the pandemic have not deterred the city from its enterprising ambitions. Despite the uncertainty, plenty of new restaurants have opened in the past year, adding to the city’s already diverse and vibrant F&B scene.  

As a “Showroom of New Culinary Perspectives”, the Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2021 will feature a wealth of refreshing experiences, including the innovative elevation of Chinese cuisine, an inspiring line-up of online masterclasses, and a roster of bright and bold F&B personalities, putting the spotlight on some of the brilliant minds that are carving a new niche in Hong Kong’s dining landscape.

Sustainable Cocktail: New Era of Bartending

Cocktail lovers and green lifestyle enthusiasts should not miss the Sustainable Cocktail online masterclass hosted by Agung Prabowo of Penicillin bar, winner of Asia’s 50 Best Sustainable Bar Award for 2021.

The award recognizes the creativity and effort that Prabowo and his partners put in to minimizing waste and reducing the bar’s carbon footprint. The bar upcycles potato peels into bar snacks, infuse excess pieces of bread and cheese into new spirits, and transform waste alcohol and lemon peels into soaps and hand sanitizers.

“Being in the hospitality industry in such an advanced culinary city like Hong Kong, we are blessed but spoiled in that the amount of waste we produce is beyond our imagination. I hope to inspire my industry peers to become more eco-conscious for our future generations.”

Agung Prabowo of Penicillin bar

The Sustainable Cocktail masterclass will be available for a global audience alongside other Tasting On-Air programs covering a wide range of topics on various trends related to wine and spirits.

Tune in to the “Sustainable Cocktail” online masterclass hosted by Agung Prabowo of Penicillin bar, winner of Asia’s 50 Best Sustainable Bar Award for 2021.

New experience in Chinese Cuisine

Worth noting is Chinese Omakase by Masterchefs, a concept-driven, outside-the-box Chinese fine dining experience. This concept is loosely inspired by the original omakase-style, whereby a meal’s direction is left entirely up to the chef’s discretion, giving the chef creative freedom and the diner a memorable dining experience.

Eighteen master chefs from revered Chinese restaurants across the city will spearhead the program and showcase their mastery of techniques and innovations.

Chef Chan Yan Tak from the Michelin 3-starred Lung King Heen will take diners on a tasting journey from sea to sky, while Chef Jayson Tang from Michelin 1-starred Man Ho Restaurant has created an innovative menu that is meticulously curated based on the relationship between the five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal and water.

Master chefs from revered Chinese restaurants across the city, including Chef Chan Yan Tak (left) and Chef Jayson Tang (right), will spearhead the “Chinese Omakase by Masterchefs” program.

New energy to shake up Hong Kong’s dining scene

The campaign will put in spotlight a promising line-up of rising culinary stars to acknowledge the city’s trendsetting talent.

Hedge fund manager-turned-chef Sandy Keung is one of the few female players in the male-dominated siu mei (roasted meats) industry with her brand Good BBQ.

She also owns an innovative seafood restaurant, which touts a unique ozone-depuration technique that provides a clean environment for bivalves and other shellfish to purge them of metabolic waste and pollutants in order to ‘re-clock’ them back to out-of-ocean condition.

All images courtesy of Hong Kong Tourism Board.

For more information about the Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival 2021, please visit www.discoverhongkong.com/winedinefestival.

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