Authentic Portuguese Cuisine at Casa Lisboa with Executive Chef, Edgar Alves
Happily, we can always try variety of cuisines in Hong Kong. Casa Lisboa is one of the best restaurants to have Portuguese food if you don't want to travel all the way to Portugal & Macau. Situated at Lan Kwai Fong Tower, Central since mid-2010, the restaurant offers customers a total immersion experience into the Portuguese culture. The restaurant interior is decorated with many copper pots, colourful handicrafts from Portugal, as well as the paintings that depict the local lives in Lisbon. Certainly, the famous Portuguese blue and white ceramic tile decoration can be found at the entrance and bar area.
Besides their signature dishes, such as the Classic Codfish Cakes, the Traditional Roasted Suckling Pig “Bairrada” Style and the Baked Portuguese Duck Rice Old Style. Currently, their new executive chef from Portugal, Edgar Alves with over 18 years of cooking experience has jointed the restaurant and crafted the most authentic new menu with a modern presentation and surely will give you a surprise.
"Santos Populares" Style Baby Sardines is one of our favourite dishes in the new menu. This dish is named after the famous festival "Santos Populares" that takes place in Portugal every June. The presentation is exquisite with 3 baby sardines served on a piece of toast and formed a campfire-like shape. Chef Edgar sourced the high quality ingredients directly imported from Portugal. Crispy sardines and toast sandwiched with sweet and juicy bell peppers. If you give one bite, these 3 layers will definitely give you a memorable experience. Don't forget other distinctive dishes, like the Traditional Seafood "Cataplana" Stew cooked in their traditional copper pot and the Iberico Pork Tenderloin and Mushroom Juicy Rice, inspired by a traditional family recipe of Chef Edgar.
Enquiries: http://www.casalisboa.com.hk
Address: 8/F. LKF Tower, 33 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong.
Tel: +852 2905 1168
TUMI - 40 Years of the perfect journey
TUMI is proud to celebrate 40 years of perfecting the journey through design excellence and outstanding product innovation. To celebrate this anniversary, an exclusive, limited edition collection aptly titled ‘1975’ is now released. The collection embodies the meticulous craftsmanship, technical innovation and functional superiority that TUMI is renowned for and pays homage to brand’s heritage and original design.
The New Asian Global Citizens
To celebrate this special anniversary, TUMI introduces three new Asian Global Citizens from Hong Kong, Malaysia and Korea. Each one is a leader and influencer in their field. In Hong Kong, Benedict and Jamie Ku are the city’s trend-setting couple who embody the definition of Global Citizens. Always on the go, the Creative Director and Managing Partner, respectively, of Buzz Concepts bring the authenticity of other destinations to Hong Kong through the creation of unique entertainment spaces where other Global Citizens can converge.
TUMI Asia Global Citizens 2015 - Benedict and Jamie Ku, Hong Kong
Always ready for the journey ahead, Benedict and Jamie keep open minds and organized travel cases so they can set off at a moment's notice. “To us, being Global Citizens is all about keeping an open mind. TUMI’s thoughtful design means that we can focus on enjoying every single moment of our journey”, says Benedict Ku.
TUMI Introduces New 1975 Capsule Collection
To celebrate 40 years of design excellence and outstanding product innovation with an exclusive new commemorative collection called 1975. This collection embodies the brand’s core DNA of meticulous craftsmanship, technical innovation and functional superiority that TUMI is renowned for and pays homage to 1975, its founding year. Designed for Global Citizens everywhere, this limited-edition collection is crafted from natural, full grain American cowhide leather inspired by the variety TUMI imported from South America in the early years and TUMI‘s signature ballistic nylon. Since 1975, TUMI has been creating world-class business and travel essential, blending flawless functionality with a spirit of ingenuity, TUMI committed to empowering journeys as a lifelong partner to all of us in pursuit of our passions. Designed in America, for Global Citizens everywhere.
TUMI is sold in over 280 stores from New York to Paris to London and Tokyo, as well as the world’s top department and specialty stores and travel retail in more than 75 countries.
For more enquires:
visit www.TUMI.com
www.facebook.com/TUMItravel
www.twitter.com/TUMItravel
Champagne wine official e-learning tool is launch!
No wine is as versatile as Champagne, whether you are enjoying a relaxed drink with friends or tasting a victory. Birthday, New Year festivities, romantic dinners for two, wedding receptions, where there is something worth celebrating, Champagne is always the first choice. The Champagne appellation is unique but the wines themselves are different everytime. Different vineyards ,different plots and different grape varieties; different vintages, different blends and different raging periods with so many subtle variations in play, there are almost as many wine styles in Champagne as there are Champagne winemakers. The result is an array of wines to suit every taste, every circumstance and every dish.
How to choose champagne? The Champagne labelling (label, back label, neck label) requires the following mandatory information: the world "Champagne";, the level of sweetness (whether brut, sec, demo-sec etc); the percentage of alcohol by volume (%vol); the bottle capacity (l, cl or ml); the brand of Champagne; the name of the producer; the name of the commune where that producer is registered and the country of origin (France) ; the producer's registration code; the batch code; the words "produce of France'; the allergen content; the warning about drinking during pregnancy.
Comité Champagne has recently announced the launch of Champagne educational tool including a mobile App and www.champagnecampus.com website. This newly launched “Champagne Campus” e-learning aims to help Champagne lovers to explore the world of Champagne wine. The journey will begin with four short yet carefully-crafted questions which help the visitors to identify the best out of three training programs -Novices, Enthusiasts and lovers. For each program, visitors can go through five sections, “The Region”, “The Vine”, “The Winemaking Process”, “Tasting” and “The AOC” before testing their newly learnt knowledge with “Quiz”. This website distinguishes itself by simplicity and the variety of multimedia, e.g., infographics, charts and animations as well as interactive games.
To further intrigue the consumers in Hong Kong and increase their knowledge of Champagne, Comité Champagne will for the very first time unveil such high-tech and informative education tool at its exclusive networking with Hong Kong media on May 14.
Comité Champagne chooses Hong Kong to introduce its e-learning tool for the geographical significance of Hong Kong, the gateway to China. China is now the fifth largest Champagne market outside the European Union. China has recognized and been protecting the geographical indication Champagne since 2013. Comité Champagne office in Beijing China organizes regular training courses for local wine professionals, such as wine buyers; hotel and restaurant sommeliers; hospitality-school teachers and students; and consultants/instructors in wine distribution, to continue raising the local awareness of the unique Champagne appellation.
About Comité Champagne(CIVC) :
Comité Champagne is the trade association that represents the interests of all growers and houses of the Champagne wine region (France). Its mandate is to promote the vines and wines of Champagne through a broad remit that includes: economic, technical and environmental development; continuous quality improvement; sector management; marketing and communications; and the promotion and protection of the Champagne appellation across the world, with 16 offices in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States.
For enquires and the educational tool including a mobile App and www.champagnecampus.com
Cheers!
FrancFranc x FEAST Afternoon Tea
Craving for a sweet afternoon tea? Here is a sneak peek of this beautiful and tasty afternoon tea set offered by Feast (Food by EAST) X Francfranc. The afternoon tea is themed with Francfranc S/S 2015 tableware collection, NEWMO. If you like black & white colour theme, you will be in love with the tableware. It is simple and playful, like combining the polka dots pattern on octagonal plate and linear stripes printed on a round one.
The Feast’s chef is inspired by the NEWMO design and cleverly adopted some elements into the afternoon tea, like mainly using a red colour ingredients (strawberry and raspberry) in order to contrasting the black and white theme, scone’s clotted cream and strawberry jam are layered in a stripe pattern, lemon cupcake with some polka chocolate.
The NEWMO afternoon tea will feature Devilled Egg Profiteroles, Smoked Salmon with Horseradish Cream and Pickled Cucumber Rye, Croque Monsieur with Ham and Cheese Brioche, Tuna and Piquillo Peppers, Fruit Scones with Clotted Cream and Strawberry Jam, Strawberry Pavlova, Lemon Cupcake with Orange Blossom Cream and Raspberry Slice Almond Sponge with Raspberry Cream, all accompanied by a choice of tea or coffee.
The afternoon tea set is available from 15 June to 10 July (Monday to Friday), except Public Holidays, 3:00pm to 5:30pm, and is priced at HK$238** for two and an additional HK$165** for an extra person. Guests will receive a special gift* from Francfranc, including a coaster and discount coupon for Francfranc’s Cityplaza shop.
*All gifts are on a first-come, first-served basis.
**Prices are subject to 10% service charge.
For reservations: feastreservations@east-hongkong.com or call the restaurant on (852) 3968 3777 for details.
Le French GourMay 2015
Le French GourMay is a part of "Le French May", a comprehensive artistic experience that will engage all five senses of its audience. For the seventh consecutive year, Le French GourMay is dedicated to the promotion of French wine culture and culinary arts in Hong Kong and Macau and has become a popular event supported by French wine and food lovers and adventurous gourmets. Each year, Le French GourMay honour's a different wine and gastronomy region of France. This year of 2015, Le French GourMay continues to surprise its audience by presenting a new facet of French food and fine wine by celebrating the Midi-Pyrénées, famous for French cuisine, wine and spirits as well as its diversified and amazing nature.
The gastronomic side of Le French May presented by UnionPay and organized by Business France in Hong Kong, and Macau that showcases the best of French wines and gastronomy through a one whole month program. Restaurants, Michelin-starred chefs, as well as wine importers and distributors in Hong Kong and Macau advocate the festival by providing dedicated menus to match with French wines, wine tastings, promotions and workshops. As the tradition of Le French GourMay is to present annually one region of France with its food and wine, the festival in 2015 promotes the diversity and beauty of Midi-Pyrénées, the largest region in mainland France.
Midi-Pyrénées
Talking about wine, do you know with an average of 2,000 hours of sunshine a year, MidiPyrénées is one of France's sunniest regions. Thus it’s not surprising that Midi-Pyrénées is a region that boasts a lot of outstanding wines with the sunny weather and excellent soil boosting the growth, including 5 renowned AOP (L'appellation d'origine protégée): Cahors, Gaillac, Madiran, Marcillac and Fronton, as well as IGP (Protected Geographical Indication) wines: Côtes de St Mont, Côtes de Brulhois, Vins d'Entraygues et du Fel, Vins d'Estaing and Côtes de Millau. Two of Midi-Pyrénées’ wine regions have now qualified for ‘Vignobles & Découvertes’ status: Destination Cahors - Malbec (AOP Cahors); and Pays des Bastides et Vignoble du Gaillac (AOP Gaillac). Moreover, Pyrenean Foothills (Piémont Pyrénéen) of southern France is the cradle of many world famous grape varieties. The signature spirit Armagnac - the oldest wine-based eau de vie produced in South West France.
This elegant spirit has rich aromatic qualities, characterized as powerful and delicate, warm and dynamic. Unlike Cognac, which is distilled using the conventional 'double heating' method, Armagnac is made in a special traditional still, known as the 'alambic armagnacais'. Floc de Gascogne is one of their speciality aperitifs for cocktails, a combination of fresh grape juice and young Armagnac.
Enjoying with pleasant weather, sufficient sunshine and nutritious soil, Midi-Pyrénées are well-known for wines with different textures and varieties, especially its signature spirit Armagnac. The region also gives birth to some of the most iconic French delicacies: Foie gras, Roquefort, cheeses, meat and cold cuts. The Consul General of France in Hong Kong and Macau, Mr. Arnaud BARTHELEMY, delivered and opening speech at the Le French GourMay press conference at Conrad Brasserie on the Eighth, with the honoured presence of Mr. Patrick FIAT, Lieutenant-Captain of the Company of Musketeers of Armagnac.
For further information please visit: www.frenchgourmay.com
A little soirée at Timothy Oulton
On March 26, 2015, Timothy Oulton and Merci Magazine were hosting an event and welcomed some of the city’s top Interior Designers and Architectures together for a little soirée at St. Francis Street Gallery.
The event was specific hosted for Interior Designers and Architectures to discover the new darling 2015 Spring Summer Collection, including the addition of dramatic new pieces to the Coastal Drift range, featuring stunning new hand-finished leathers, new authentic materials, and its hallmark essence of daring, authentic handcrafted design. For Spring/Summer, a wide array of new pieces breathe new excitement into the brand’s iconic design themes.
About Timothy Oulton's new collection for 2015, a wide array of new pieces breathe new excitement into the brand’s iconic design themes. 2015 sees the introduction of Warrior, the softest most sumptuous leather finish the brand has ever created. It is inspired by the Noble Savage, a romanticized fictional character who was uncorrupted by civilization and alive to life’s elemental pleasures. Only the softest cow hides are hand-selected, and then rigorously treated by hand to temper and soften the leather. Warrior is featured most notably on the new Dex sofa, perfect for whiling away languid summer evenings.
With over 30 galleries worldwide from New York to Amsterdam, Hong Kong and in the grandeur of Harrods in London, the brand continues its plan of opening new stores in carefully selected ‘great cities’, with its most recent additions in Geneva and Orange County, California.
To view and experience their latest collections, visiting the shop is something you shouldn't miss for this Easter holiday!