‘We felt like squeezed lemons’: Pirata Group CEO Christian Talpo on the effort that went into restaurants’ success

By 2019, the foundations seemed solid enough; Talpo decided to step down to pursue other interests and projects. What was originally going to be a one-year break tuned into a three-year hiatus. “As a result, Manuel took over and he got to a point where he was really tired,” says Talpo. “We both put so … Read more

Hong Kong and Macau Christmas menus with a twist: Mexican, Indian, Italian, German, East-meets-West – wash them down with Willy Wonka cocktails

The restaurant’s four-course festive lunch menu (HK$480) includes chestnut soup with black truffle; traditional German oven-roasted duck leg with apple, red cabbage and mashed potato; and hazelnut spiced cake with vanilla custard and plum compote. The Indian cookbooks preserving ‘a legacy’ by recording old family recipes Meanwhile, the six-course festive dinner menu (HK$1,380) features Heimat’s … Read more