Coinciding with the arrival of the cherry blossom season, New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel’s Japanese restaurant, Sagano, has lined up a first-ever joint collaboration with K11 Beauty to present a sakura-themed dining and beauty experience this March and April. Guests will not only enjoy the Sakura Set Lunch and Sakura Kaiseki menu created by Kyoto-born Japanese Chef Masahiko Noka but also receive a complimentary beauty trial set and discounted art nail service by K11 Beauty.
Paying homage to this season’s flower, Chef Noka incorporates sakura infusions and the edible flower into selected dishes.
The highlight of the exquisite Sakura Set Lunch is the assorted seasonal appetisers, offering diners 10 kinds of petite Japanese treats including poached vegetables, grilled silver cod with miso paste, grilled egg rolls, chicken and jellyfish, mini glutinous rice dumplings, grilled beef, Zuwai crabmeat with crab miso paste, marinated surf clam and seaweed, marinated squid with soya sauce, and stewed sweet potatoes in lemon sauce. The set lunch also comes with assorted sashimi including tuna, yellowtail and sweet shrimp, as well as assorted tempura, salmon and salmon roe on rice served with miso soup. Desserts are homemade sakura pudding and sakura ice cream using real sakura leaves from Japan with their unique aroma.
Appreciating sakura is not only a daytime activity in Japan; at night the blossoms are illuminated for strollers to admire the display. Inspired by this tradition, Chef Noka has tailor-made a sakura-themed kaiseki menu for local diners to celebrate the season during the dinner period.
The festive kaiseki starts with refreshing appetisers and assorted sashimi, including Toyama squid with sour miso paste and poached vegetables, white shrimp mixed with sea urchin, and sea bream sushi with broad beans and stewed sweet potatoes in lemon sauce. This is followed by stewed tilefish with sake, grilled Spanish mackerel with sesame sauce, prawn and spring vegetable tempura, slightly-grilled scallop and cockle in vinegar sauce, and Chirashi sushi served with red miso soup. The homemade sakura pudding with seasonal fruit will give diners a perfect ending to the sakura feast.
Complementing the dining experience is a certificate for a pampering session at K11 Beauty. Diners ordering a sakura lunch set or kaiseki will each receive a voucher. Upon presentation of this voucher at K11 Beauty, guests will receive:
- A complimentary gift (on a first-come, first-served basis for 200 guests)
- A Dr. Hauschka limited-edition 4-colour eyeshadow palette (not available for sale in Hong Kong) or
- A goodie bag consisting of a travel-size body care and a full-size make-up product such as foundation, lipstick, lip gloss and mascara and more
- Diamond nail exclusive offer
- A single-colour soak-off / hard gel manicure service with two complimentary sakura art nails and a hand treatment session at a special price of HKD398 (valued at HKD1,060) or
- A manicure package including five single-colour soak-off / hard gel nail sessions, with additional benefits including 0.01 carat Hearts and Arrows diamond embellishment plus one hand treatment on the first session, and two complimentary art nails per session, at a special price of HKD1,990 (valued at HKD5,700)
K11 Beauty is located at K11 Art Mall in Tsim Sha Tsui. The hotel provides free shuttle bus service to transport hotel and restaurant guests directly to the mall.
The Sakura Set Lunch is priced at HKD510 per person. The Sakura Kaiseki is available at dinner for HKD1,350 per person. Members of Epicure, the hotel’s dining membership programme, can enjoy an exclusive 25% discount; black-out dates apply. Guests who are not a member yet can also sign up for the programme for free. Simply complete the form and email it to communications@newworldmillenniumhotel.com. The application will take 7 working days to process.
All prices above are subject to 10 percent service charge. For enquiries or reservations, please call 2313 4222.
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