HotelChatter - Central

Hong Kong's Landmark Mandarin Will Have a Swanky Easter Buffet

JetSetCD — 2009-04-06T11:18:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/MObarHK.jpg" class="top"> Although any excuse for a fancy hotel buffet or high tea service will do, there is nothing like Easter for bringing out all the trimmings. Stop into any nice hotel in the United States this upcoming weekend and you're sure to catch the chefs covered in egg dye and the diners swathed in pastels. What about if you are abroad and have a hankering for some traditional Easter noshing, however? In Hong Kong, leave it up to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Landmark+Mandarin+Oriental/ian/233357">Landmark Mandarin Oriental</a> to save the day with an Easter weekend lunch, brunch buffet, and afternoon tea buffet. On April 11 and 12 only, the 648HKD ($89) lunch at the Landmark's Amber restaurant involves more than just five

Landmark Mandarin Oriental is Hot for Haute Chocolate

JetSetCD — 2009-02-24T12:27:47-05:00

Any excuse to overindulge in chocolate works for us, but when you're talking the haute stuff from La Maison du Chocolat, then that's another matter entirely. How we wish we were still in Hong Kong right now, as throughout March, the creative director of the gourmet chocolate company will be teaming up with the Landmark Mandarin Oriental to offer several chocoholic-centric dinners and workshops at Amber, the hotel's restaurant.

While it's a little pricier than the the Ritz Carlton Battery Park's chocolate buffet, the $163 six-course dinner at The Landmark includes delectables such as foie gras and langoustine, of course paired with chocolate sauces or sides.

Back Where It All Began: The Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong

JetSetCD — 2009-02-04T13:44:06-05:00

We may be far flung out in Hong Kong this week, but even on the coast of the South China Sea we cannot escape the hotel love. For you see, in HK, much of the rich goings-on revolve around either the luxury malls or the opulent hotels, and most of the time those are one in the same. But walking through Central today, we caught a breath of fresh air in the Mandarin Oriental, which both stands on its own and steeps in its quiet history.

Get Put to Sleep at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong

JetSetCD — 2009-01-02T15:00:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Mandarin_HK_Spa.jpg" class="top"> Rest easy, insomniacs of the world, for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Mandarin+Oriental+Hong+Kong/ian/141268">Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong</a> has heard your prayers; they've just introduced a "Sleep Ritual" treatment to their extensive list of spa offerings, as they believe modern living detracts too much from healthy sleep patterns. We have to agree, especially since Hong Kong thrives on its round-the-clock vivacity. Head to the Mandarin Oriental, where for $180 you will be soothed with 90 minutes of music, aromatherapy and massage in the hopes of providing a "sedating effect." The treatment even caters to your stomach with a massage to "release negative emotion" and these refreshments to keep you satisfied through a nap: "a soya milk drink (containing the sleep-inducing amino acid

Four Seasons Hong Kong, Meet Asia's Modern Art Scene

ced138 — 2008-11-05T09:15:07-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/7156/picture.jpg" class="top"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Hong+Kong/ian/232125">The Four Seasons Hong Kong</a>, a tower of curved metal filled with avant garde furniture with a Chinese flair, just got even hipper. The hotel will host Hong Kongs first modern art auction next month, when Taipeis only contemporary auction house, <a href="http://en.ravenelart.com">Ravenel</a>, and a plethora of other Asian art dealers, besiege the city for the first major bizarre of its kind. Art dealers say Hong Kongs citizens have developed a voracious appetite for high-priced artwork, rivaling those in London and New York. The day the city-state starts to rival Paris in its number of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Art%20Hotels">art hotels</a>, well know it has really become the high-culture epicenter of the world. Its not that surprising, since the Hong