Experience the beauty of cherry blossom season with sakura set lunch

To celebrate Japan’s beautiful sakura season, New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel‘s Japanese restaurant, Sagano, treats its diners with sakura-themed dining experiences this March and April. The offer features a special sakura set lunch created by Kyoto-born Japanese Chef Masahiko Noka.

Traditionally in Japan, spring is a wondrous spectacle of pink and white as sakura petals color the ground, bringing people from all walks of life together for a stroll in the park or picnic under the trees with sweet treats as part of the yearly hanami (sakura-appreciating) experience.

As international travel is on hold, Chef Noka ‘paints’ the dining tables pink with his meticulous sakura creations, treating diners to a hanami experience like no other.

Sagano sakura set lunch

The exquisite Sakura Set Lunch features assorted seasonal appetisers with a variety of petite Japanese treats, including grilled silver cod with miso paste, grilled egg rolls, mini glutinous rice dumplings, poached vegetables, marinated chicken and jellyfish, grilled beef with potato salad, Zuwai crabmeat with crab miso paste, marinated octopus with wasabi, stewed sweet potatoes in lemon sauce, and marinated mixed mushrooms.

In addition to assorted sashimi like sea bream, tuna and yellowtail, the set lunch also comes with Japanese-style deep-fried prawn with vegetables and assorted chirashi served with miso soup.

Desserts include home-made sakura pudding and sakura ice cream, made using real sakura leaves from Japan to tantalize diners’ palates with their distinct aroma.

Available daily, Sagano Sakura Set Lunch is priced at HKD520 per person and subject to a 10 percent service charge. For enquiries or reservations, please call (+852) 2313 4222.

About Sagano
Inspired by a famous suburb of Kyoto, Sagano offers a wide range of authentic Japanese specialties, from sushi and tempura to teppanyaki and kaiseki, using the freshest seasonal ingredients.

Six VIP rooms are available, one of which is a tatami room with traditional bamboo flooring.

Here, dining is no longer just about food, but a complete cultural experience.

Members of Epicure, the hotel’s dining membership programme, can enjoy an exclusive 25% discount, subject to blackout dates.

Non-members can sign up for free by completing this form and emailing it to communications@newworldmillenniumhotel.com. The application takes seven working days to process.

All images: courtesy of New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel 

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