Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 20-22

Take a break from festive feasting with a hairy crab omakase, indulge in harbour-side afternoon tea, and round off the weekend with a traditional Sunday roast

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Delicate scallops drizzled with yuzu ponzu and shiso for a refreshing burst of flavours will be served at a two-night only omakase at Liberty Exchange. Photo: Iron Chef Hong Kong x Liberty Exchange

Published: 6:15pm, 18 Dec 2024

Everybody knows that Christmas is really all about the food – event Santa isn’t stopping by without picking up a mince pie or a cookie – so as you get ready for the big day, we have some weekend suggestions to help prime your stomach ahead of the main event next Wednesday.

Not satisfied? For more dining over the Christmas period, check out our full festive dining guide with Hong Kong’s top 12 Christmas feasts.

Friday, December 20

Liberty Exchange’s eight-course hairy crab omakase menu includes hairy crab dumpling and mao-tai char siu. Photo: Iron Chef Hong Kong x Liberty Exchange

Say farewell to hairy crab season with an exclusive eight-course gourmet dinner this Friday night themed around the winter delicacy. The collaboration, between Iron Chef Thailand winner Justin Chan, chef James Au Yeung, chef Edwin Chuang, and chef Yong Soo Do from Liberty Exchange, offers guests the ultimate season-end dining experience, with added Japanese twists.

Available for two nights only, the “Crab & Craft” omakase menu showcases the finest seasonal crustaceans and innovative Japanese culinary techniques in dishes like the steamed seven tael hairy crab – served with two types of huadiao wine – and hairy crab dumpling with mao-tai char siu.

Crab & Craft Omakase at Liberty Exchange

Liberty Exchange, Podium, 8 Connaught Road, Central

December 19 and 20, 7-9.30pm