Gourmet bargain hunt

This year’s Fall RestaurantWeek, presented by DiningCity and Citibank, offers special menus from Sept 1-11 from more than 400 restaurants in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Suzhou. At least three delicate courses will be available by booking in advance from 58 to 128 yuan ($8.70-$19) for lunch, and from 98 to 258 yuan for dinner. It’s a great way to sample the fare at luxe eateries you’ve been dying to try, or some promising newrestaurants that are just starting to get some buzz. Public booking started from Aug 25, and hot spots sell out fast.

More info at info@diningcity.asia; reservations at 4006038831.

Mantra Bars are carb-free snacks from healthy-eating guruMarte Vanos, crafted to be ideal pickme-ups after a gym workout or for a slow afternoon in the office. Available in three flavors: cinnamon-cacao, coffee and a spunky lemon-ginger. Find them at Beijing’s weekend Farm to Neighbors’Market in the Grand Summit complex at Liangmaqiao or onWeChat at mantrabar. AnewurbanNewYork style gastropub has come to the heart of HongKong’sSOHO. Brooklyn Bar & Grill’s warmly lit space is half smokestack speak-easy, half glammed-up eatery with industrial fit-outs and exposed brick. Look for the eponymous Brooklyn Lager and prosecco in a cheerful flow— or the sweet-and-sour punch of the Raspberry LemonDrop and the Spiked Blueberry Lemonade. The food is grassroots grub in big portions. Yumfactor: Pizza doused in truffle oil, flecked with oregano and marbled with cheese. Other menustars: the straight-out-of-aNewYork-deli pastrami sandwich and the buttermilk crispy chicken sandwich. Creamy cheesecake options can change weekly.

29 Staunton Street; www.brooklyn-bar-grill.com; 852-2801-6280.