Crafting a signature dry gin, calamansi-infused gin, and five-flowers tea gin, Dimple is intent on telling the complex story of how gin became the world’s drink, implanting Hong Kong into the global narrative with a local twist. 

Foodie joined Dimple Yuen and co-founder Ivan Chung at their Chai Wan distillery to explore their personal story of promoting Asian botanicals and crafting Hong Kong’s gin spirit. 

Foodie Docs explore the plethora of voices in Hong Kong’s spirited dining scene and the people who serve the city’s delish food and drinks.

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Conceptualised as a home for Italian drinking culture and la dolce vita, Lorenzo’s Roman-style watering hole has fostered a reverent love with both local drinkers and scores of visitors. Sips of negronis, vino, and seasonal Italian cocktails and bites of cold cuts, piattini, and focaccia are a marked rite of passage for any hot Soho night.

Foodie journeyed to voguish Bar Leone to uncover the philosophy behind Lorenzo’s food and drinks craft, including his yuzu negroni recipe, his philosophy for mixing drinks, and the story behind the bar’s famous smoked olives.

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In early 2023, Spoon founded Rumah, a modern Indonesian pantry sharing the flavours of her home nation. Her first product launch in April 2023 was the popular Indonesian dessert kue lapis, a bouncy coconut and pandan rice-flour cake that instantly sold out online. 

Spoon joins Foodie magazine to share her journey on creating food products that expose the great taste of her native Indonesia to Hong Kong.

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We’ve likely all heard of high tea, but have you heard of high coffee?

One of our favourite afternoon tea spots, Popinjays at The Murray, has launched Hong Kong’s first-ever high coffee in partnership with the coffee experts over at NOC Coffee Co. This teatime treat includes delightful sweet and savoury bites – many of which feature coffee as a prominent ingredient – as well as premium artisanal pourovers and NOC’s No. 18 canned cold brew.

Priced at $678 for two, this afternoon “tea” is for those serious about their caffeine fix. Some of the food highlights include the indulgent duck foie gras confit and coffee gelée on toasted brioche, the beautiful gianduja chocolate and hazelnut and the light and flaky vanilla and chocolate croiscone – a lovely croissant and scone hybrid.

Included in the set is a selection of tea and coffee as well as the Ethiopia Anasora Samii pourover, which has fruity tasting notes of bergamot, lychee and maple syrup. For more intense, richer flavours, be sure to order the Panama Ninety Plus Perci Geisha pourover (+$128 for 2).

Available daily from 3:30–5:30pm until 30 September 2020.

Rooftop, The Murray, Hong Kong, 22 Cotton Tree Drive, Central, 3141 8888, book online

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Tsim Sha Tsui’s Chatham Road is now home to Hong Kong’s very first churrería! Helmed by two South American amigos, Twist & Buckle serves up handcrafted churros with a contemporary twist. The tiny shop has already gained quite the following owing to its fabulous location and, of course, delectable and instagrammable churros.

Purists will love the El Churro Original ($22), which is lightly dusted with cinnamon and is, like all T&B’s churros, fried for just two minutes to ensure a golden crust with the use of minimal oil.

For the more adventurous, there are plenty of “glazed” options such as Coconuts ($35), slathered with homemade dulce de leche and coconut shavings, Hazle Lah ($35), which comes with a generous Nutella and chopped hazelnut topping, and Crunchy Matcha ($35), sprinkled with Fruity Pebbles cereal!

It doesn’t stop there… T&B also offers decadent churro ice-cream sundaes. The “chilled” sundaes ($48) come with a classic churro, soft serve and toppings, while the “special” sundaes ($58) feature all of the above along with a glazed churro. Popular choices include Movie Night ($48), topped with salted caramel sauce, M&M’S and caramel popcorn, Wonderland ($58), which features a white chocolate and strawberry glazed churro atop soft serve with fresh strawberries and strawberry syrup, and the nostalgic Cookie Monster ($58), drizzled with chocolate sauce, chunks of cookie dough and a bright blue churro!

All these go down a treat with T&B’s freshly made fizzy lemonade ($36), offering fruity and refreshing flavours like calamansi and mint and mango and passion fruit.

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29–31 Chatham Road South, TST East

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Hong Kong‘s first home-grown contemporary matcha brand has found a temporary home at LANDMARK. With ceremonial-grade matcha sourced from a fifth-generation tea farm in Uji, Kyoto (the birthplace of matcha), Matchali hopes to create a tranquil spot for green-tea connoisseurs and the green-tea curious.

Visiting on a hot summer’s day, we opted for iced versions of their signature beverages. The classic iced matcha latte ($55) has a strong, rich flavour that will satisfy any hardcore matcha fan. Being big matcha fans ourselves, the very Instagrammable starburst matcha ($65), made with raspberry, matcha, mango and pea flower milk, was not our favourite, but the refreshing, sweet flavour is a good option for those new to the bitter taste of matcha. For a caffeine-free kick, the grey latte ($55), made black from charcoal and black sesame, was absolutely delightful, with a strong black sesame flavour.

The Matchali pop-up will be at LANDMARK in Central until 31 October 2020. If you love green tea very matcha, be sure to stop by.

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Shop 239, 2/F, LANDMARK ATRIUM, 15 Queen’s Road Central, Central, 9684 9838

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We tried the signature Blue Box toast ($198), a buttery, flaky, croissant-like cube filled with oozing banana caramel sauce, the tall and fluffy tower of honeycomb peanut butter pancakes ($188) – our sweet-salty personal fave (we could put the salted honeycomb butter on just about anything and be happy campers) – and the bacon and caramelised onion waffles ($198), which feature a thin layer of silky scrambled egg draped invitingly across a trio of dense, savoury waffles.

The portions are classically American-style huge, the prices are high, the setting and presentation are lovely. We won’t be back on the daily, but The Tiffany Blue Box Cafe does make for a extra-special brekkie treat with
a friend.

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Shop 207–208, Lobby, One Peking, 1 Peking Road, TST,23629828, book online

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This Valentine’s weekend, Araki-san will teach you how to make your favourite sushi in a three-hour masterclass that includes free-flow sake and a masterclass certificate. We were fortunate enough to get a sneak peak of this unique brunch experience that is sure to be a romantic Valentine’s date you won’t forget.

When: Saturday, 15 February 2020

Time: 12–3pm

Price: $480/person (includes sushi making of nigiri, maki and prawn tartare, a masterclass certificate and free-flow sake)

To book: phone 2522 9990 or email info@kakure.com.hk

Shop M20–24, M/F, Prince’s Building, 10 Chater Road, Central, 2522 9990

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Over two days, we dived head first into pertinent issues facing our food ecosystem today. We also discussed and discovered some of the groundbreaking innovations and ideas tackling these issues. This year’s Summit celebrated and launched an array of exciting products and projects, many of which made their global debut at the event. The Summit will return in 2020, but for now you can…

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Savoury items include free-range chicken mole poblano with cauliflower rice ($108) and caramel fig prosciutto on homemade gluten-free toast ($85). And don’t leave without a slice of the signature royal blue rose cake ($62), which gets its colour from natural blue spirulina, or the keto tiramisu ($78).

38 Western Street, Sai Ying Pun, 2468 2848

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