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Charmaine Mok

The weather forecast is looking uncharacteristically sunny this weekend, and just in time too for a special food-themed festival in the great outdoors.
Elsewhere, extend your #BratSummer with matcha lattes and the perfect photo spot, load up on decadent cakes from a new bakery, or book yourself in for a four-hands meal or two.












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1. Sardine Festival
Hong Kong’s first festival dedicated to the humble sardine and all things Portuguese opens on August 29 at the AIA Vitality Park in Central on Hong Kong Island and runs until September 1.
The festival will feature Portuguese food favourites such as grilled sardines on toast, bifana (marinated pork slice sandwiches), chourico (pork and paprika sausages) piri piri chicken and, of course, pastel de nata (custard tarts).
The event also features live music, wine tastings and souvenirs to bring home. Tickets are priced at HK$80 (US$10) per person and are available from sardine-festival.com
AIA Vitality Park, 33 Man Kwong Street, Central
2. Hutong’s Hai Na Bai Chuan Four-Hands Tasting Menu
Launching on August 30 and available until September 30 is a collaborative menu conceived by chefs Yung Keung-cheung of Hutong in Hong Kong and Ren Dingxu of its Dubai sister restaurant.
The pair have come up with an eight-course menu (HK$988 per person) combining Shanghainese and Sichuanese culinary influences, featuring dishes such as tea-smoked pigeon, and Sichuan-style Chilean sea bass with bamboo shoots.
18/F, H Zentre, 15 Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui












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3. Vission Nine
After teasing for weeks, Vission Bakery’s follow-up store Vission Nine has launched next door. Its speciality is cakes and pies, with creations such as Bailey’s coffee cheesecake made with an Oreo biscuit crust, and the signature pistachio log cake that is shot through with blackcurrant compote, pistachio ganache and pistachio crunch spread.
LG/F, 9 Staunton Street, Central
4. Brothers Reunited at Ankoma
To celebrate the second anniversary of his restaurant Ankoma, chef Frankie Wong is hosting a four-hands dinner in collaboration with his good friend and fellow chef Antoni Au for three nights, from 30 August to 1 September.
The two were colleagues at the now-closed Ecriture restaurant, where Au was chef de cuisine, and the “Brothers Reunited” menu represents their shared culinary philosophies.
The dishes highlight their French training, with creations such as celtuce and caviar tart, and a Wagyu and salmon pithivier – a round pie. The 11-course menu is priced at HK$1,880 with an option for drinks pairings.
5/F, Kam Lung Commercial Centre, 2 Hart Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui

5. Bratcha lattes at Crew Coffee
Yes, Hong Kong feels a little behind the curve but we are still embracing the spirit of Charlie XCX’s “brat summer” thanks to Crew Coffee’s full-on campaign.
It worked with Hong Kong artist Nicole Law to turn the concrete wall facing the cafe into the city’s first unofficial brat mural in all its green glory, and is offering limited edition “Bratcha lattes” (matcha lattes, by any other name) accompanied with sassy, brat-themed stickers.
Shop 9A, 156-164 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai


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