Wine Tasting Dinner at Green Mouse

Celebrating its 2nd year anniversary, French restaurant Green Mouse organizes a Wine Tasting Dinner to be held on August 27 and 28. Diners can enjoy a 6-course menu prepared by chef Dimitri Bastiani, featuring home-made smoked French duck breast and pan fried beef filet, and pair with 5 different wines imported from France.

Until the end of September, guests will also receive a complimentary glass of Millésime 2002 Champagne to every set meal order. Priced at $650 + 10% per person, prior booking and a deposit of $200 per person is required due to limited seats.

Green Mouse

33 Peel Street, Central

Tel: 2544 0389

Fonterra Foodservices Pastry Challenge 2010

Confectioners in towns are getting ready for a toothsome show-down. The third Fonterra Foodservices Pastry Challenge, organized by Fonterra Foodservices and endorsed by Hong Kong Bakery & Confectionery Association and Hong Kong Chefs Association, will soon be held on September 28 at the Hospitality Industry Training and Development Centre (HITDC).

Themed "Taste of Flowers", this year the competition is divided into Cake Category and Petit Four Category, welcoming all professional chefs from Hong Kong and Macau to enroll in on company basis. Apart from attractive prizes, gold winners from each category will also receive a complimentary overseas pastry training course offered by professional pastry chef.

Applicants should submit the application forms together with photos of your creations and recipes via mail or email before August 20. Please visit www.fonterrafoodservices.com.hk for more details of event and application method.

Maurizio Roberti at Sabatini

Italian chef Maurizio Roberti gives his guest appearance at Sabatini Italian Restaurant in The Royal Garden from August 5-31. Owner of the Clinque Sensi Restaurant in Kobe, Japan, chef Roberti will prepare a 5-course menu with two of his favorite specialties of deep fried bread-crumbed oysters and Garbanzo bean purée soup, and his signature foie gras and butter risotto priced at $788 +10% for one.

Sabatini Italian Restaurant

3/F, The Royal Garden,

69 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Tel: 2733 2000

Summer Delights - Black Summer Truffles at RIVA

Gourmet restaurant RIVA from The Park Lane Hong Kong presents the seasonal special menu, featuring Black Summer Truffles by Executive Sous Chef Heinz-Jorg Funhoff. Exclusive from August 2 until September 5, the 4-course menu pairs black summer truffles from France with fresh and quality ingredients ranged from pigeon breast and baked salmon to organic farm egg, at $688 + 10% per person.

Also look out for the newly updated a la carte menu with Pan-fried Duck Foie Gras, Australian Lamb Rack and Valrhona Chocolate Mousse Trio. For detailed prices and reservation, call 2839 3327.

RIVA

27/F, The Park Lane Hong Kong,

310 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay

Tel: 2839 3327

August Issue: Out Now

This month, we meet with British leading chef Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley to talk about his favorite cuisines and the breakdown in his relationship with Gordon Ramsay, the "Hell's" chef.

We also take a tour through the best desserts in town, together with a complete guide to learn the art of wine tasting in Hong Kong from the city's best classes, bringing you the sweetest late summer ever.

August Issue: Dessert Extravaganza out now!