The Lounge & Bar @ Ritz Carlton, Hong Kong

It's Christmas Day!!

...and another Christmas tree!! Haha.

Headed to The Lounge & Bar @ Ritz Carlton with the GF to celebrate our Christmas Day. 

Staff are setting up the table for the afternoon tea.

Tosca Restaurant is located just at the end.

Was looking forward to get a sit at the window table, but wasn't able to get one as it's already fully book.

No, those are not humpty dumpty. Haha

Every area was well decorated with Christmas decorations & cute teddies. Those are for sale though.

And.....tada! Our complimentary mini bear to take home with.

Ginger & Herbs. A wellness tea with genuine root of ginger & herbs that will freshen you up.

Famous Earl Grey Tea. A cool & fresh breath of bergamot fragrance over selected teas from java India that makes an extravagant blend.

And finally, The Ritz Carlton Teddy Bear Afternoon Tea is served!

The one looking at you with those cute eyes is the Teddy Bear Chocolate Cookies.

Front: Scottish Smoked Salmon & Spinach Bread.

Right: Mini Apple Stuffed with Balsamic Cheese. 

Left: Cream Cheese & Baby Spinach Cranberry Sweet Roll.

Right: Foie Gras Mousse & Pepper Smoked Duck Breast with Mini Hot Dog Bun.

Left: Almond Nougat Shot.

Right: Chestnut Bar with Spices Biscuit.

Back Left: Assorted Christmas Cookies.

Front Left: Vanilla Cheese Cake.

Front Right: Dresden Almond Stollen.

Plain & Cranberry Scones. 

Left: ....Served with Belberry Jam & Clotted Cream.

Front Right: Pumpkin Meringue Creme.

The Lounge & Bar

102/F, The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, 

International Commerce Centre, 

1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui 

Mon.-Sun.: 12:00-00:00 

Breakfast：Mon.-Fri.: 06:30-10:30

Sat.-Sun.&Public Holidays: 06:30-11:00 

Tea Time:Mon.-Sun.: 15:00 - 18:00

+852 2263 2270

Went to have a walk at Temple Street after our Afternoon Tea.

Curry Fish Ball. Not the best I've had as it was a little too hard. But taste wise was good.

Spasso @ Ocean Centre

After settling down in the hotel & get some rest, we headed back to Harbour City for our Christmas eve dinner.

The place is really crowded now as everyone is getting ready to get a space for the Christmas countdown.

Spasso @ Ocean Centre.

The menu for our five course dinner is placed nicely on out plate.

Spasso's home baked bread served with pasto, vinegar with olive oil & chili oil.

Prosecco Conti D'Arco. A perfect sparkling wine to start off with our dinner.

Duo of Carpaccio. Snapper carpaccio with strawberry foam & Mediterranean octopus carpaccio served with a light basil coulis. 

Tortellini della Nanna. Home-made & triple cooked tortellini in a consomme (clear soup) that is accordance to Nanna's Christmas recipe.

Atlantic cod linguini served with sea cod ragout & Italian white bean tossed with light cherry tomato sauce.

Duo of Pork. 48 hours slow cooked Berkshire pork belly with pumpkin mash & lentils served with Kurobuta tenderloin with baby vegetables & potato fondue. Pork is really tender & juicy. 

Slow cooked sea bass fillet served on a bed of celeriac puree with Piccadilly tomatoes, Altedo green asparagus & candies orange peels. Crispy on one side and tender on the other side.

Chestnut strudel with chocolate & raisins, flavored with XO Cognac served with warm sabayan sauce & dark chocolate ice cream. This dessert is beyond words. It's just too yummy to describe. Haha

Spasso

Shop 403, Ocean Centre, 

Harbour City, 17 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

852 2730 8027

More Info HERE

After dinner & some time calculation, we decided that taking 1 hour earlier before the Christmas countdown is sufficient enough.

However, to our surprise, the place is really crowded and instead of taking 30 minutes to reach Lan Kwai Fong, it took us 1 hour 30 minutes to reach!!! We need to walk a big round with the strating point at SOHO.

And this is the first thing we saw when we've reached. Haha

Portobello @ SOHO

Headed to SOHO for a walk before heading back to Harbour City for our Christmas eve dinner.

The street is still quite empty as it was still early or I think it's Christmas eve?

Sported a cafe that serve some nice dessert and without thinking twice, we entered. 

Portobello @ SOHO

Red Wine Sangria.

Raspberry Crepes. Well cooked & the filling is not so sweet. 

Portobello

G/F, 9 Staunton Street, 

SOHO, Central

852 2523 8999

Al Molo @ Harbour City

Besides taking the MTR to Tsim Sha Tsui (Which takes ages to reach), we are also able to take the ferry at pier 7 to Tsim Sha Tsui. It's much cheaper & it's convenient & fast too.

Another ferry on the way to Tsim Sha Tsui.

The Celebrity X Cruises.

After 10 or 15 minutes later, we've arrived at Harbour City. 

The place is filled & well decorated with Christmas decorations.

A red Christmas tree at the main entrance.

It's the bunny from Alice in Wonderland & Rudolf the red nose reindeer?

Santa's reindeer are flying around at the entrance of Harbour City.

After a long walk, we decided to find a place to relax & decided to choose Al Molo as it was situated just beside the river which was very relaxing & cooling.

Al Molo's signature cocktail, Al Molo. Yes, the cocktail is named Al Molo.

Another ferry is arriving at Harbour City port.

Al Molo

G63, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, 

17 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

852 2730 7900

More Info HERE