Landmark Mandarin Oriental is Hot for Haute Chocolate

Where: 15 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong

February 24, 2009 at 12:27 PM | by JetSetCD | 1 Comment

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.

If you're especially cuckoo for cocoa, then perhaps the $320 workshop with Gilles Marchal (creative director of La Maison du Chocolat) will do it for you. Only on March 6 at 3pm will he "demonstrate the fine art of chocolate making and share some of the secrets of making the world's finest pralines and ganaches." Oh, and you totally get his latest book signed; it's like a Barnes & Noble author reading taken into the kitchen and injected with luxury.

Book yourself a spot at one of the dinners or in the workshop by calling Amber Restaurant at +852 2132 0066 or email lmhkg-amber@mohg.com. Prices per night at The Landmark are notoriously high, think $450 as a starting rate, so maybe stay elsewhere as repentance for your chocolate indulgence.

[Image via The Landmark Mandarin Oriental]

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