Where to eat in Hong Kong: 7 great new restaurants, menus – and the second Gin Fest – to try in June

Julien Royer opens first Hong Kong restaurant Opening on June 18, the French chef Julien Royer has teamed up with JIA Group to open a traditional French concept, Louise, at PMQ – the listed former Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters – where Aberdeen Street Social used to be located. The restaurant offers casual and refined fare, described as “traditional French cuisine, reimagined, honest cooking with which Royer was brought up”. Royer topped Asia’s 50 Best this year for his two-Michelin star restaurant, Odette, in Singapore. 6 pubs in Madrid where you can watch Liverpool vs Spurs in the Uefa Champions League final This will be his first venture outside Singapore. The interiors have been overseen by the internationally renowned architect, Andre Fu. Bookings are now available. Opens: June 18 Address: PMQ, Hollywood Road, Central. Sip Song Maximal Concepts will open a Thai eatery and bar at The Pulse in Repulse Bay at the end of the month. Sip Song is inspired by beach culture in southern Thailand and Bangkok’s night market fare. The menu will lean heavily on head chef Nuch Srichantranon’s experience growing up in Bangkok while group executive chef Russell Doctrove will be adding an Australian twist. Signature dishes will include roti kor muu yang prik pow / “don't tell Mom” roti pancake with barbecue pork neck, chilli jam, spring onion, fresh herbs and shallots and kai loog keuy / Thai son-in-law Scotch egg with mince chicken, crispy shallots and chilli. 6 Asian wine bars for great natural wines paired with delicious food Featuring heavily in the design is a children’s play area, with games such as giant Jenga and noughts and crosses on the wall. Opens: end of June Address: The Pulse, Repulse Bay Rajasthan Rifles Black Sheep Restaurants have been busy with restaurant openings in recent months, and following the launches Hotal Colombo and Taqueria Super Macho, Rajasthan Rifles is set to open on The Peak soon. The concept of Rajasthan Rifles is Anglo-Indian cuisine, a salute to the British Indian army stationed in the subcontinent and the era when it started accepting officers of Indian heritage in the 1920s. This is Black Sheep Restaurant’s first foray onto The Peak and it aims to create a hub for people who live in the area. Rajasthan Rifles is currently open for dinner until 10pm, Tuesday to Sunday, and will be open for breakfast and lunch soon. Chef Palash Mitra is overseeing the menu. Opens: June Where: The Peak Galleria, The Peak Gin Fest 2019 Gin lovers, make a date in your diaries, as Hong Kong’s second annual Gin Fest takes place on Saturday June 8, from noon to 4pm at John Anthony. There will be 13 world-class mixologists and more than 30 gin brands under one roof. The one-day event showcases the very best of craft gins such as Applewood, The Botanist and Gin Mare. 10 best bars and restaurants in Kuala Lumpur you haven't heard of yet Visitors can also enjoy gin-based cocktails with food – wagyu beef char siu screwers, sweet and sour Iberico pork, veggie, mushroom and black pepper puff and fried spring rolls, all available from John Anthony. Get your tickets online at ginfest2019.floktu.com Where: Lee Garden Three, 1 Sunning Road, Causeway Bay When: June 8 Cost: HK$250 (US$30) for unlimited tastings for four hours. HK$50 for cocktails and food bites Man Wah tea pairing menu The Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong’s fine-dining Chinese restaurant, Man Wah, is offering a tea pairing menu from now until June 28. The seven-course menu is paired with premium Chinese teas. Combinations include such wild ancient black tea from Guizhou province paired with pan-fried abalone, suckling pig and marinated sea cucumber with yuzu. Shi ya ba green tea from Huizhou province is combined with baked half lobster in supreme broth, wok-fried chicken with preserved black bean and pan-fried wagyu with matsutake mushroom. Finally, the Wuyuan gold chrysanthemum tea from Jiangxi province will be matched with the steamed winter melon with crabmeat, tossed angel hair and the dessert of ginger panna cotta. Where: Man Wah, 25/F, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road, Central When: now until June 28 Cost: HK$1,588 per person, HK$300 for three selected premium Chinese teas, HK$780 for five selected wines by the glass 11 of Singapore’s best oyster restaurants for a slurping good feast Happy hour arrives at Daarukhana Modern Indian restaurant Daarukhana introduces a daily happy hour from 5pm to 7pm starting on Saturday. Drinks on the happy hour list include beers from HK$48, cocktails and premium wines at HK$75 and selected spirits at HK$68. Where to eat in Hong Kong: 8 new eateries and collaborations to try in May Where: Daarukhana, G/F and 1/F Tai Yip Building, 141 Thomson Road, Wan Chai When: from Saturday Tel: 2771 1112 FUMI’s new Father’s Day Sunday brunch The Japanese restaurant, FUMI, rolls out its new Sunday brunch on Father’s Day. The revamped FUMI Sunday Brunch offers appetiser and salad, sashimi and sushi, tempura and grill. A takoyaki station will serve freshly made octopus balls. There is a choice of main courses including Japanese seafood soup, miso cod, vegetable small pot, grilled Japanese chicken teriyaki and A4 Miyazaki beef himi udon in soup. A dessert platter will also be served to end. Families that come with dads on Father’s Day can enjoy a buy-3-get-1-free discount. For dinner, all dads who come with their family can enjoy a free glass of Yamazaki whisky. Where: 6/F, California Tower, Lan Kwai Fong, 30-36 D'Aguilar Street, Central When: June 16 Cost: HK$480 per person Want more stories like this? 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Where to eat in Hong Kong: 7 great new restaurants, menus – and the second Gin Fest – to try in June

Openings such as Louise, chef Julien Royer’s Hong Kong debut, and Repulse Bay’s Sip Song and FUMI’s new Sunday brunch from Father’s Day are among this month’s delights