Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 16-18
From meat feasts to Feria de Abril festivities, Hong Kong cafes and restaurants have got your weekend plans covered. If you're looking for weekday dining, fear not – check the
100 Top Tables Guide 2025 for our top fine dining recommendations in Hong Kong and Macau.
Friday, May 16
36-oz tomahawk rib-eye. Photo: Morton's The Steakhouse
This May,
Morton's The Steakhouse is offering the limited time Tomahawk Dinner for two – ideal for business dinners, date night or for no reason at all.
Alongside a 36-oz tomahawk rib-eye, guests can choose from a chopped house salad, centre-cut iceberg wedge or traditional Caesar salad. Condiments include cognac sauce au poivre, Béarnaise sauce, whipped horseradish and Calabrian chilli butter, while Parmesan and truffle matchstick fries, sour cream mashed potatoes and creamed spinach are served as sides.
Upgrade the meal to a surf and turf combo with petite twin lobster tails or jumbo crab cakes, and conclude with a hot chocolate cake sundae or signature carrot cake for an extra cost.
Where: 4/F, Sheraton Hotel & Towers, 20 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
When: Through the end of May
Price: HK$1,988 for two guests
Saturday, May 17
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