4 Art Basel-inspired Hong Kong restaurant promotions – try edible takes on Damien Hirst’s famous formaldehyde shark and Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans at Amelia Hong Kong
- MO Bar at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental pairs art-inspired cocktails or R&L Legras Brut Champagne with snacks for its Art Aperitivo set
- Mirage at Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel creates cocktails inspired by Vincent van Gogh, while W Hong Kong’s Woobar presents diners with artsy plates
Hong Kong’s leading restaurants and bars look to art for inspiration this month, their creative juices stirred by Art Basel – leading to creative menus, cocktails and culinary events.
Amelia Hong Kong
In collaboration with the Hong Kong Tourism Board and Art Basel Hong Kong, Amelia by Paulo Airaudo is presenting a curated five-course menu that takes inspiration from renowned artworks.
The connection with each artwork is clear. For example, the first course, Formaldehyde, consists of an ayu fish encased in a dashi and bagna cauda gel, and represents Damien Hirst’s artwork, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, which features a tiger shark preserved in formaldehyde.
Other dishes on the menu include Campbell Soup, a mushroom soup made with mushroom varieties and a fondant egg inspired by Andy Warhol’s famous Campbell’s Soup Cans. The soup is poured table-side from a Campbell’s-style soup can with “Amelia” on the label.
Also on the menu is Rising Sun, a dish referencing Japanese Bamboo, a work by an unknown artist, a deer dish called Galloping Horse representing Chinese Horse Painting by Xu Baihong, and for dessert a dulce de leche named after the work Comedian by Maurizio Cattelans.
For a complete sensory experience, the menu has a QR code that leads to selected music tracks for each dish. The creative culinary art menu is available throughout May and costs HK$2,021 (US$260) per table of two. Note that due to the complexity of the dishes, reservations need to be made two days in advance.