Hong Kong Christmas brunches
Barkada
Brunch dates: December 16, 23-26 — 12 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.Barkada’s Christmas karaoke brunch pays homage to hearty Filipino dishes. For starters, they offer Shanghai spring rolls and spiced fried popcorn. The next “stop” is family-style dishes: crispy pork belly, spicy coconut noodles, “sizzling” sisig pork (a spicy Filipino dish of pork ears, feet, and cheeks) and pork in pineapple glaze. The last dish will be on the restaurant’s menu exclusively during December 24-26.
Also, what’s Christmas without desserts? You should definitely try the ube cheese bibingka, a delicious rice cake served with coconut sauce, or the Filipino-style fruit panna cotta. Once the clock strikes 2 p.m., the karaoke party will begin. Book your tables now. Otherwise, you’ll miss out.
Price: $498 per person including non-alcoholic beverages, $718 per person if you want to celebrate Christmas with alcohol.
Ole Spanish Restaurant & Wine Bar
Brunch dates: until January 4, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays at 11:30 a.m. or 1:45 p.m.Looking for anything but a traditional Christmas lunch? Then you might enjoy an eight-course brunch menu. It begins with light appetizers including tomatoes and toast with manchego and arugula, followed by padrón peppers with romesco sauce, jumbo lump crab, and parsnip parmentier with truffle oil.
After that, it’s all Spanish: red shrimp paella with sea urchin aioli, Segovian-style roasted suckling pig, or wagyu beef cooked in Rioja red wine with truffle purée. The brunch concludes with a classic assortment of Spanish desserts. How can you resist fried churros with chocolate sauce or Catalan cream with orange flambé?
Price: $588 per person.
Felix
Brunch dates: December 23-24.Felix restaurant in Hong Kong offers European gastronomy at the cutting edge of culinary trends and innovation. The Christmas menu includes focaccia with pork and foie gras, Breton oysters with champagne sauce, and a portion of black caviar with crepes and crème fraîche.
Next up is seafood: steamed Boston lobster with cocktail sauce, slow-cooked abalone with butternut squash, and Spanish octopus salad with beetroot and pine nuts. A separate section of the menu is dedicated to eggs. Choose from poached eggs with black winter truffles, slow-cooked eggs with Burgundy snails, or crispy eggs with smoked salmon and wasabi hollandaise.
Price: $1,688 US per adult, $988 US per child.
The Lounge and Bar
Lunch buffet: December 24 — 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.; December 25-26 — 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner buffet: December 24 — 6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m., 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.; December 25 — 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.; December 26 — 6:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.; December 31 — 6:45 p.m. to 9 p.m., 9:45 p.m. to 12 a.m.The Ritz Carlton Lounge offers hearty lunches and dinners with unlimited access to the buffet. As the chef behind the Christmas menu says, this meal will “fill hearts (and stomachs) for the entire holiday season.”
The menu features chilled seafood (whole Boston lobsters, Alaskan crabs, oysters), plenty of chicken, sashimi, and other Christmas treats. Select wines, champagne, and “sparkling tea” will be offered for an additional fee.
Price: from $1,068
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