A HONG KONG KIND OF AUGUST

Tasty new offerings abound this month

IF YOU’RE WORKING hard to maintain that summer body, look away now. A new crop of restaurants has swept across the territory to test even the strongest-willed.

It’s practically game over for fans of Japanese cuisine, with Honjo, TMK and Bijin Nabe representing the triple threat. Avoid Sheung Wan if you don’t want to be sucked into

Honjo (1). Four themed rooms will feature generous sushi platters, melt-in-your-mouth sashimi, crispy tempura and a variety of hot dishes. Next door,

TMK (2) is a grungy ‘temakeria’ with fist-sized temaki hand rolls and overflowing cups of sake for nights of boisterous fun. If you prefer your Japanese food in hotpot form, Kwun Tong’s

Bijin Nabe (3) is the answer: it’s the Hong Kong debut of the brand, which has stormed across Japan and Singapore with its collagen-rich chicken ‘beauty stock’.

Get your fix of Bangkok street food at Sip Song – Thai Eatery & Bar (4) in Repulse Bay’s The Pulse. Pork neck skewers, steamed mullet in a chilli lime broth, and hanger steak fried noodles won’t help your waistline – but your soul is sure to be nourished.

If your palette is more swayed by European flavours, you’ve not escaped temptation. Kinship (5) in Central is a casual family eatery celebrating sustainable ingredients, from carrots home-grown in the New Territories to fresh salmon from the Faroe Islands.

Rajasthan Rifles (6) in the Peak Galleria salutes a 1920s Anglo-Indian mess hall. Try historic fusion dishes from chicken tikka chaat on bloomer bread to smoky plates of goat seekh kebabs. ( You could always assuage some of that caloric guilt by hiking up to the Peak before you chow down.)

Sommelier-led European restaurant Somm (7) has debuted at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental. Think Tasmanian salmon confit, grilled Japanese pork and raspberry mille-feuilles to end. Come at us, winter bod – we surrender.若你正為炎炎夏日苦練完美體態，請略過本文，因為大量餐飲新勢力正席捲全城，即使節食人士定力十足，恐怕亦會把持不住。

打頭陣的Hon jo、TMK和美人鍋帶來三重引誘，應會令日本料理迷全面失守。Honjo(1)設有四個主題房間，提供豐盛的壽司拼盤、入口即溶的刺身、香脆的天婦羅和多款熱菜，若要避開它的強大引力，遠離上環方為上策。毗鄰的手卷專門店TMK( 2)則走頹廢搖滾路線，名物手卷大如拳頭，芳醇清酒種類繁多，供饕客徹夜狂歡，不醉無歸。日式火鍋迷萬勿錯過落戶觀塘的美人鍋( 3)，餐廳的招牌「美人雞湯」含豐富骨膠原，早已風靡日本和新加坡，觀塘店是品牌於香港首設的分店。

對曼谷街頭小食念念不忘的饗客，可到位於淺水灣The Pulse商場的Sip Song

– Thai Eatery & Bar( 4)解饞。吃罷串燒豬頸肉、檸檬辣魚湯蒸烏頭和牛腹扒炒麵，腰圍暴漲在所難免，但閣下的心靈卻保證得到撫慰。

若你鍾情歐洲口味，別以為就能逃過美食陷阱。位於中環的家庭式餐廳

Kinship( 5)氣氛休閒寫意，精選從新界農場種植的甘筍，以至從法羅群島新鮮直送的三文魚等可持續食材，勢要大舉攻陷食客味蕾。高踞山頂廣場的Rajasthan

Rifles( 6)，設計概念向1920年代的英印食堂致敬。釀滿咖喱烤雞的軟身白麵和串燒羊肉卷等燒烤菜式，是殖民時期流傳至今的英印融和菜，不得不嚐。若因吸收過多卡路里而感到內疚，大可選擇步行上山頂，先行消脂。

最後，於置地文華東方酒店全新開業的歐洲菜食府

Somm( 7)由侍酒師主理，主打菜式括塔斯曼尼亞油封三文魚和日本香烤豚肉，甜品則有紅桑子千層酥。如斯美食當前，各位還是棄械投降，乖乖地在冬天時當個密實寶寶算了。