5 food and drink specials this weekend, August 23-25 in Hong Kong, from beef to baijiu

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This week, we have a diverse range of delicious dining ideas for you, including an epic brunch for beef buffs, a brand new Japanese noodle spot, and a workshop for those with a sweet tooth. As for drinks, we suggest an unusual coffee deal and a high-octane cocktail spot.

Read on to discover something to add to your eating and drinking itinerary this weekend.

1. Conspiracy Chocolate workshop

Work for your treats at a two-hour chocolate-making workshop by Conspiracy Chocolate on Sunday August 25, where you will be able to try your hands at the techniques to turn beans to bars.

Chocolate maker Celine Herren (left) and her partner Amit Oz at the Conspiracy Chocolate kitchen. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Starting off with a bit of education on cacao’s history, characteristics and how cocoa beans are processed, the workshop then moves into the various steps involved, from winnowing and stone-grinding the beans to tempering and moulding chocolate.

Each participant will get to bring home four bars of their own handmade chocolate, packaged in Conspiracy Chocolate’s signature wrappers.

The Chocolate Lab, Unit A&B, 8/F, Block 2, Kingley Industrial Building, 33 Yip Kan Street, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong. 2.30pm-4.30pm, August 25, 2023. Tickets at conspiracychocolate.com.

2. The Old Book Store

If you enjoy a cosy weekend with a good book and coffee, head to The Old Book Store in Causeway Bay, which invites customers to bring in a beloved book they no longer need and donate it in exchange for a cup of coffee. This month, the bookstore-slash-cafe continues its Haruki Murakami theme, highlighting works by the Japanese author.

Shop 1, G/F, Tower 535, 535 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay

3. Men-ya New Old

Cool down with the hottest noodle trend in Japan this summer: kombusui tsukemen features springy noodles to be dipped in a sea kelp broth (kombu means kelp, while sui means water in Japanese) that has a slightly sticky texture thanks to the seaweed.

It is the signature offering at Men-ya New Old, newly opened by the team behind familiar noodle joints Zagin Soba and Maru de Sankaku nearby.

9 Gough Street, Central

Carna is known for its extensive selection of premium steaks from around the world. Photo: Mondrian Hong Kong

4. Carna’s Nose-to-Tail brunch

Go big on the proteins this weekend with Carna’s Nose-to-Tail brunch menu.

Served family-style, the 14-course menu includes unlimited orders of appetisers – options include roasted beef tonnato, beef tartare, warm beef shin salad, mixed bruschetta (parma ham and spiced beef ragout) and a caprese salad. The sole pasta course, of rigatoni with braised beef tripe, pork sausage, mint and pecorino cheese, and the sides are also all-you-can-eat.

If you can soldier on through to the main courses – a grilled meat platter – you can select one of three steak options to go with Black Angus beef short ribs and home-made beef and pork sausages.

The epic feast starts from HK$728 (US$93) per person and goes up to HK$888 per person depending on the steak selected; the menus are for a minimum of two people, although if you wish to have the Carima Costata di Manzo steak you need to rope in three other friends. Free-flow drink options are available from HK$280 per person.

39/F, Mondrian Hong Kong, 8A Hart Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui

Not That Bloody Mary is a cocktail at Bamboo made with Guizhou-style sour fish soup. Photo: Bamboo

5. Bamboo Bar

This new bar is bigging up baijiu with a cocktail menu infusing the famed Chinese spirit into cheeky creations across a spectrum of flavours. The “Not That Bloody Mary” is made with Guizhou-style sour fish soup, clarified tomato juice and lemon, while the “Not That Alexander” uses Langjiu baijiu with vodka, creme de cacao and evaporated milk for a rich, chocolatey drink.

The food menu highlights Sichuan cuisine, with piquant snacks such as spicy and sour lotus root, mala xia (Sichuan-style spicy shrimp) and crispy offal skewers. Currently, the bar has a buy-one-get-one-free offer on cocktails from 5pm to 10pm daily.

Any excuse to raise a glass to the arrival of Hong Kong’s newest panda babies, right?

21 D’Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central

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