This month, one Michelin-starred Andō will celebrate its third Anniversary with the launch of a new tasting menu, followed by a series of cultural collaboration events with the Michelin-starred Labyrinth from Singapore. The celebrations will see Executive Chef Agustin Balbi, Spanish Restaurant Manager Nicolas Bailez and Head Sommelier Carlito Chiu pushing the boundaries with elevated traditional Spanish recipes, Japanese ingredients, and a liberal dose of flair.
Andō’s New 3rd Anniversary Lunch & Dinner Tasting Menu
Priced at HK$988 (Lunch) or HK$1888 / HK$2488 (Dinner), the celebratory tasting menu begins with four seasonal snacks, currently including a drink of blood orange tereré; wagyu tartare with avocado mousse, jalapeno sauce, cherry tomato and epazote; seaweed bocadito (financier) with cured tai and fermented chilli sauce; and soy-marinated akami tuna with aonori seaweed sauce on rye bread cracker.
The first course, Hamachi Escabeche, is a modern take on the refreshing Spanish marinated fish dish that is typically served cold. At Andō, the marinade is made using rice vinegar, shimeji mushrooms, baby carrots, ginger, pearl onion and cumin, imparting balanced notes of acidity and umami.
For the next course, Botan Ebi is steamed in wakame seaweed a la minute and served with a sauce of roasted Japanese fruit tomatoes, garlic, onion, white wine and thyme, and finished with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. The shrimp is marinated in smoked soy sauce and topped with Kristal caviar.
Another new menu highlight is the line-caught Kinmedai, which is steamed in kombu and brushed with beurre noisette. The dish is served with snow peas and a sauce made with shallots, garlic, sake, chicken stock and parsley and finished with butter.
Some long-standing signatures remain on the menu, including the crowd-favourite caldoso rice “Sin Lola”, Agustin’s loving tribute to his late Spanish grandmother, who often made this for lunch after school. The new dessert is a Marzipan Cake topped with orange blossom honey ice cream, saffron-infused espuma, tuille, and passionfruit sauce.
Andō x Labyrinth | 9-10 August in Singapore, 7-8 September in Hong Kong
On the back of its third-anniversary celebrations, Andō is set to participate in a cultural restaurant collaboration with Chef LG Han (below) of one Michelin-starred Labyrinth (no.11, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023).
The two restaurants will take turns hosting the collaboration event, starting with Labyrinth on Wednesday, 9th- Thursday, 10th August in Singapore, followed by Andō on Thursday, 7th – Friday, 8th September in Hong Kong.
Labyrinth by Chef Han is a new expression of Singapore cuisine. As an avenue that boasts the produce Singapore has to offer, Labyrinth is engaged in a deeper conversation with local farmers, fishermen and fishery ports.
It is an exploration of age-old recipes and an expression of local flavours and food memories. Chef LG Han unveils a contemporary dining experience that pays tribute to Singapore and his late grandparents, evoking a multitude of memories and emotions.
Upcoming MORE GOOD Meal Box Donation Schedule
MORE GOOD, the Hong Kong food charity co-founded by Yardbird Executive Chef Matt Abergel in 2021, aims to provide nutritious and high-quality meals to communities in need.
As MORE GOOD’s ambassador, Andō continues its partnership with MORE GOOD, working with the city’s top chefs and restaurants to prepare, cook and distribute meal boxes to vulnerable groups.
Donating their time on one Sunday every month, Andō’s team led by Executive Chef Agustin Balbi and a new collaborating restaurant will create a high-quality meal box menu consisting of one rice or noodle dish, one main course, and two types of vegetables of which are then distributed out to communities in need.
The full upcoming schedule for meal donations will be as follows, with approximately 160 meal boxes to be distributed per collaboration:
30th July (Sun) – 2* Ecriture
20th August (Sun) – 2* Amber
24th September (Sun) – 1* New Punjab Club
22nd Oct (Sun) – 1* Estro
19th November (Sun) – 1* Roganic Hong Kong
Address: 1/F, Somptueux Central, 52 Wellington St, Central, Hong Kong.
Website: www.andohk.com.
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