Friday. 25 April. 2008. 9:34 am
Free cute umbrellas for Mother’s Day.
Since typhoon season has started early this year, and it’s almost Mother’s Day, and everyone loves chocolate (?!) Times Square has put together this sensible promotion.
Get yourself over to Hong Kong side, taxi it over to Causeway Bay and spend HK$800 or more in a single day at any shop at Times Square or in the Food Forum (bring the whole family) and you can get one of these Prudence Mak designed Chocolate Rain umbrellas for free and inside is a small “Fatina” doll to keep you smiling while buckets of real typhoon rain bombard you.
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Thursday. 3 April. 2008. 9:17 am
Get into an Asian-Mediterranean buffet this weekend.
Looking for a good buffet this long weekend? The Café at The Sheraton Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui is the place for you to try Western, Middle Eastern and Asian delicacies, so that you can indulge in a little of everything. Buffets are available daily for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner; or, you can select from the a la carte menu of tempting dishes.
Chefs within the display kitchen specialize in a number of exciting demonstrations, including:
- Chinese station to show the expert preparation of savory Chinese noodles, rice and stir-fries.
- Sashimi station, where freshly cut sashimi is served.
- Mediterranean-style red brick pizza oven, where Italian pizza and baked pastas are prepared à la minute.
- Tandoori station, to recreate the Tandoori specialties from the popular Bukhara Tandoori Restaurant.
- Crepe and Waffle station, featuring homemade crepe and waffle prepared to order.
Prices and times are listed below…
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Tuesday. 25 March. 2008. 8:33 am
Get a free fresh-brewed cup o’ joe.
There’s nothing more welcome after the Easter Break, than a free cup of fresh-brewed coffee from Starbucks Hong Kong.
Today and today only from 10am-12pm. stop by at a neighborhood (and participating) Starbucks and get a free short 8oz cup on the house.
The caveat is that this is not available at any of the MTR-based Starbucks or their outlets at Times Square, Plaza Hollywood, Ngong Ping and Citywalk.
Monday. 21 January. 2008. 9:14 am
Have some fireworks with your dinner Lobster Thermidor.
Chinese New Year is coming up and Butterboom will give you some ideas on what to do that night. If a good view of the Victoria Harbour fireworks is your thing, then you better get reserving your table at the Sheraton Hong Kong’s Oyster & Wine Bar or the Sky Lounge.
Gourmet a la carte is available at the Oyster & Wine Bar with a minimum spend of HK$1488 per person and the Sky Lounge has a great set menu with Lobster Thermidor or US Prime Beef Fillet at HK$918 per person (with 10% service charge per person.)
The view is great from the Sheraton and if you’re looking for a front row seat get calling the Sheraton at 2369-1111 or head over to their website here, where you can see a virtual tour of the Sky Lounge and see what the harbour looks like from its windows.
Wednesday. 9 January. 2008. 9:35 am
6 special dinner packages available for Feb. 14.
The Mandarin Oriental doesn’t waste any time getting ready for Valentine’s Day, and they are ready for you with not 1 but 6 luxury dining packages at each of its gourmet venues: Pierre, Mandarin Grill and Bar, Man Wah, Clipper Lounge, Cafe Causette and the chez fancy Krug Room.
Numerous course meals start from HK$888 at Man Wah and go up to HK$3188 at the Krug Room with your own executive chef. I think for that price they also give you one of the Krug family members too.
These offers are always popular for Valentine’s Day so don’t leave it to the last minute (you know who you are) and forward this page to your boyfriend/husband/rich friend and get them to call the MOHK at 2522-0111 for reservations or go to their website direct.
Monday. 31 December. 2007. 9:20 am
Believe the hype of Kowloon’s newest mall sensation.
Originally Published on Butterboom.com: OCTOBER 15, 2007
We visited Elements this weekend and we’ll say its pretty impressive and will definitely give The Landmark, IFC Mall AND Pacific Place a run for its money!
Elements, a new 1 million-square-foot shopping mall, has opened in Kowloon West here as part of a $10 billion redevelopment of the area by the Mass Transit Railway Corp. An office tower, two new hotels (a W Hotel and a Ritz-Carlton) and extensive transportation services are also part of the venture.
All your luxury brands are there, dozens of interesting restaurants and a hot cupcake shop called Petits by Deschamps which you should look out for and get to early because the cupcakes at HK$21 a pop go fast. Metro, a mega bookstore from the Philippines has its first Hong Kong branch there and its awesome. While you will find HMV, Fortress and Broadway you will not find Bossini or Giordano anywhere and that is good. Three Sixty is the supermarket. But the ice rink kind of slaps the “family” feel back in, and leaves us cold. But the kids skating here are definitely wearing Dior and not Nike.
Fancy double-decker Tiffany and Co., big spacious Zara, Prada and Pringle of Scotland coming soon. Even though we went on a Sunday and it was packed with local tourists checking out the site and not really shopping, it still was a breeze to get around and it seems not all of the Hong Kong Island shoppers either know about it or are bothering to “trek” over one more MTR station. But we like what we see and think that its close enough to Central that people will spill over there eventually, especially after the official launch happening on Oct. 18th.
And it must be cool if it has its own Wikipedia page already!!!
Thursday. 27 December. 2007. 12:06 pm
Duties are lowered so head out for a drink this weekend.
ORIGINAL BUTTERBOOM.COM PUBLISH DATE: MARCH 2, 2007
Not only are we getting tax rebates this year, but the beer and wine duty has been cut - that means imported booze into Hong Kong gets taxed less and then those savings are passed onto the consumers.
While you shouldn’t expect half-price drinks all over town some Lan Kwai Fong bars have already cut the price on beer by 7% and wine by up to 15% so if you are still cashflow positive after the holidays, in your stock investments and from all the Lai See you have received its time to hit a Watson’s Wine Cellar or just hit your favorite bar for some tasty bevvy’s this weekend!
The cut in wine and beer duties could lower the price of a bottle of wine in Hong Kong by about 29 percent if passed on to consumers, according to Bloomberg calculations. Tang, a known red-wine collector, told reporters he wasn’t thinking of himself, pointing out the city has the highest alcohol tax in the region.
We wish you speedy recovery from your hangovers on Monday!
Thursday. 27 December. 2007. 12:04 pm
UK sushi to open in the Landmark
ORIGINAL BUTTERBOOM.COM PUBLISH DATE: FEBRUARY 22, 2007
Contemporary sushi restaurant Zuma is opening shop in The Landmark this spring bringing a new style Japanese restaurant into a revitalizing Landmark. It’s slick and sparse layout brings a more western feel to the typical Japanese design and it will no doubt follow its London big brother in pricing when it opens.
Some reviews of the London restaurant are here, here and here.
