A sushi set at Nobu at The Regent Hong Kong. The restaurant is offering an eight-course omakase dinner over Christmas, while The Lobby Lounge and Qura Bar have their own festive treats in store. Photos: Handout

Top Tables Edit: Regent Hong Kong gets festive with chic Christmas menus overlooking the Hong Kong Island skyline, including an eight-course omakase dinner by chef Nobu Matsuhisa

Regent Hong Kong celebrated its grand opening last month on the site of the former InterContinental Hotel, and is celebrating its first Christmas with tempting menus across its restaurants
The highlight is an eight-course omakase dinner by world-renowned chef Nobu Matsuhisa – back in town after a three-year hiatus – while The Lobby Lounge and Qura Bar also have festive treats in store

Published: 11:00am, 14 Dec 2023

Regent Hong Kong’s first Christmas is poised to be a festive affair with an array of culinary happenings on offer across its dining venues. The hotel, which last month celebrated its grand opening on the site of the former InterContinental Hotel, offers stunning views of Victoria Harbour and its evening panorama of holiday lights.

The Hong Kong branch of Nobu – which originally opened at the InterContinental Hong Kong back in December 2006 – has reopened at Regent Hong Kong following the property’s three-and-a-half-year refurbishment

Headlining the list of glamorous events is the festive eight-course omakase dinner menu on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at Nobu Hong Kong. Following a three-year hiatus, the hotel last month brought lauded chef Nobu Matsuhisa over for the reopening of the restaurant, which is once again serving his renowned Japanese-meets-Peruvian cuisine on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront.

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The dinner will begin with caviar avocado nori tacos, and include his famed black cod in the form of a mini-croquette. Nobu-style sashimi and sushi, and a king crab and baby spinach dry miso salad will be followed by Chilean sea bass with dashi ponzu, and grilled Wagyu strip loin with pan-seared foie gras and truffle teriyaki sauce. A blueberry and chestnut Mont Blanc with home-made Christmas mochi rounds out the festive dinner (HK$1,988 per person).

Regent Hong Kong’s Christmas Afternoon Tea, available from December 23 to 25

The Lobby Lounge – with its floor-to-ceiling windows offering dazzling views of the Hong Kong Island skyline and Avenue of Stars – provides another opportunity to revel in the spirit of the holidays. The Festive Afternoon Tea (HK$1,088 for two) runs from December 16 to January 6 and includes delights such as scones with Devon clotted cream and home-made cassis jam, an array of sandwiches including scallop, cucumber and gueldenstaedtii caviar, and a Sei Bellissimi bellini.

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Over the Christmas weekend of December 23 to 25, executive pastry chef Andy Yeung and The Lobby Lounge head chef Rajiv Chowdhoory present a special Christmas Afternoon Tea (HK$1,288 for two) with creative holiday treats and exotic flavours, including codfish rillettes paired with seaweed and miso, and Madagascar vanilla mousse with calamansi jelly and yogurt sponge.

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Recently opened Qura Bar offers further indulgence at its cosy lounge, richly furnished bar and humidor room lined with boxes of Havana’s finest hand-rolled cigars. Matching Qura Bar’s glamorous art deco and vintage styling is a bar menu with an impressive list of old and rare spirits, including whiskies from around the world, hard-to-find cognacs and 1950s liqueurs.

A strong list of wines and cocktails – some featuring vintage spirits – is also available. As is a full menu of French-inspired dishes and a shortlist of small bites – all to be enjoyed against the backdrop of those spectacular harbour views.

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