DINING

Go green

Veg out this New Year with these vegetarian restaurants and menus. By Amber Lai

El Charro

Mexican food is a fun and flavourful option for vegetarian diners. With a hearty selection of classic mexican items such as tacos, quesadillas and burritos, you’ll be spoilt for choice at El Charro. For a true taste of Mexico, add a side of homemade salsa and guacamole. The Arcade, 100 Cyberport Road, Pok Fu Lam. elcharro.hk

BIJAS vegetarian

Situated in the University of Hong Kong Centennial Campus, BIJAS is a social enterprise vegetarian restaurant that offers both dine in and take out. The restaurant puts a vegetarian spin on traditional Chinese dishes including steamed taro cake, vegetables in seaweed soup and vegetarian dumplings. Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Pok Fu Lam Road. cedars.hku.hk

Amalfitana

Swap your meat cravings for cheese, with one of Amalfitana’s six vegetarian pizzas. The beachfront restaurant serves up classics including margarita and quattro formaggi to the more unique, rustica pizza topped with

Miss Lee

On a mission to make delicious Chinese-style food available for everyone, Miss Lee offers a fully vegetarian menu of modern Chinese cuisine. By dividing its menu to feature greens, fungi, soy, marrow and grain, the restaurant hopes to satisfy every palate and craving. G/F, The Wellington, 198 Wellington Street,

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various mushrooms. With a range of Italian antipasti there is an abundance of vegetarian starters to experiment with too. G/F, The Pulse, 28, 105 Beach Road, Repulse Bay.

amalfitana.hk Komune

As part of Ovolo’s Year of the Veg campaign, Komune has gone fully vegetarian. The menu includes a range of breakfasts and international mains such as Green Risotto and Charred Guacamole and Tomato Waffle. As a vegetarian himself, head chef Raul Tronco has spent the past few months creating a vegetarian menu that pushes the boundaries of cooking with vegetables. 64 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen.

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Leaves & Liberty

For the entire month of January, Beef & Liberty’s flagship restaurant in California Tower will be taken over by its plantbased, sister brand Leaves & Liberty to offer diners an 100 percent vegetarian menu. The pop-up menu will feature a range of delicious and nourishing vegetarian dishes created by chef Neil Tomes using seasonal vegetables, fruit and nuts. leaves-liberty.com.hk

Veggie SF

Stanley Street is home to a completely vegetarian restaurant, inspired by the fabulous 50’s. The San Francisco themed restaurant puts a vegetarian twist on the classic American diner experience with vegan beef or soy patties and a unique take on international classics like gado gado and bibimbap. 10/F, 11 Stanley Street, Central.

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Dining News

The House of Aperitivo

Four students from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have been brewing something special amid the pandemic, Breer. In Hong Kong, 3,600 tonnes of food is wasted every day, Noticing the huge amount of surplus bread around local bakeries, the team partnered up with local beer-maker BlackKite Brewery to transform leftover bread into craft lagers and pale ales. Along with the brews, the students have also created the Breer App. At its current stage, the app connects collection points and dispatch to make logistics more transparent. In the future, it will be used to manage bakeries, breweries and distribution partners. breer.org

Pazta opens in Tai Kwun

Tai Kwun welcomed a new Italian restaurant Pazta, last month. The restaurant offers over ten pastas and main courses, ranging from the regions of Tuscany, Bologna, Rome and more. With the iconic Italian piazzas in mind, Pasta wanted to create an open environment for guests to meet, drink and unwind after a busy day. taikwun.hk Following its huge success internationally, Dang Wen Li by Dominique Ansel opened a pop-up store in IFC. You can purchase one of its signature viennoiserie, croissants and secret new creations to be released weekly. If that isn’t enough for you, the first 10 customers each day will receive free goodies.

dangwenli.com Feather & Bone opens its sixth store

The popular butcher has ventured over to the darkside this month with its new location in Sai Kung. Feather & Bone is famous for its grain-fed and grass-fed meats (mainly from Australia), along with a large selection of cheeses, wines and spirits. The new shop will also introduce a complimentary beef dry-ageing programme to keep your meats at their best.

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As it prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary, Italian restaurant 208 Duecento Otto has unveiled a new and improved menu, featuring fresh Italian ingredients and signature drinks including a Duecentotto Spritz and the Negroni-like Balsiamo. Upstairs, the revamped menu includes homemade pastas, miniature meatballs made from Australian Wagyu beef and raw Italian red prawns paired with a lusciously creamy burrata cheese imported from Andria.

Bread to beer

Dang Wen Li by Dominique Ansel pops up in IFC Mall

208.com.hk Classified Rises through the pandemic

Popular Hong Kong-based restaurant group Classified has opened a new bakery, Rise by Classified. Wanting to provide customers with a more casual option, the artisanal bakery offers lighter choices for a quick but delicious breakfast or a sugar rush in the afternoon.

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