By LAWRENCE TAN
Aqua Restaurant’s Hutong has just earned its first Michelin
star in the Michelin Guide for Hong Kong and Macau, and to celebrate its win,
the restaurant has announced an exclusive celebratory menu of signature dishes,
inspired by Northern Chinese cuisine.
Aptly named the ‘Best of the Best”, the menu includes famous
crispy de-boned lamb ribs (a house favorite), crystal king prawns with salty egg yolk &
crab roe, bamboo clams steeped in Chinese rose wine & chili padi, young
asparagus shoots dipped in a spicy sesame crust, and crispy soft shell crabs
with Szechuan red pepper.
Diners can opt for a stand-alone menu for HKD880, or pair the dishes
with Veuve Clicquot champagne and a selection of
French and Australian wines from the restaurant’s cellar for an additional HKD420 per person.
Named after Beijing’s ancient courtyard
alleyways of Peking, Hutong takes one on a trip back to ‘old China’, with
antique furnishings, traditional wooden screens and ‘moon’ gates, silk curtains
and red lanterns.
Michelin
lauds its Raise the Red Lantern imperial décor and avant-garde cuisine.
Of course, it helps that the restaurant also enjoys a breathtaking vista of
Hong Kong’s skyline and Victoria harbor.
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