On 17th and 18th May 2023, two MICHELIN-starred TATE Dining Room is set to host a powerhouse chef collaboration between its own chef current Tatler Dining Asia’s Chef of the Year, Chef Vicky Lau and visiting chef Pam Soontornyanakij of one MICHELIN-starred Restaurant Potong, one of Bangkok’s current hottest tables. The special TATE x Potong four-hands menu will be available for dinner on Wednesday 17th May, and both lunch and dinner on Thursday 18th May.
Located in the heart of Bangkok’s Chinatown, Restaurant Potong is set within an historic 120-year-old Sino-Portuguese building that formerly housed the chef’s family’s Chinese herbal medicine business. Potong quickly rose in fame since opening its doors in 2021, gaining one MICHELIN star and ranking no.35 on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023 among a host of other prestigious accolades. At Potong, award-winning chef-owner Pam translates her emotions via a 20-course tasting menu of innovative Thai-Chinese cuisine, an homage to her mixed heritage. For the first time in Hong Kong, Chef Pam will join Chef Vicky at TATE Dining Room to create an exquisite collaborative tasting menu that fuses French Chinese and Chinese-Thai flavours.
“Chef Pam and I met back at the 2022 MICHELIN Guide Gala Dinner in Bangkok which we were both cooking for the event, and there was an instant connection. We share very similar culinary philosophies, starting with our foundational approach to cuisine as a form of storytelling on a plate,” says Chef Vicky Lau. “I feel very honored to be the first to host Chef Pam in Hong Kong.”
“I have wanted to cook in Hong Kong for a long time, and it is most fitting that my first time in this incredible city is through a collaboration with my good friend Chef Vicky at TATE Dining Room. We are both advocates of melding tradition with progressive flavours, and our menu is a reflection of this from two unique yet complementary perspectives.” says Chef Pam.
Priced at HK$2,880+10% for dinner and HK1,880 + 10% for lunch (with additional wine pairing options), the full TATE Dining Room x Potong collaboration menu is as below:
17th-18th May TATE Dining Room x Restaurant Potong Menu
8-course menu at HK$2,880 +10% for dinner per guest
6-course menu at HK$1,880 +10% for lunch per guest
** not applicable for lunch menu
Petit Salé
Mussel Croustade
Amuse Bouche
White Asparagus Blanc-Manger with Squid in Green Pepper Vinaigrette
Crab | roe | black pepper | broth
By PoTong**
Grilled Sea Bass with Fresh Seaweed Broth and Braised Turnip
By TATE Dining Room
Fish maw | scallop mousse | scallion
By Potong
Blue Lobster with Lobster Cannelloni accompanied with Scallion Ginger and Oyster Lobster Sauce
By TATE Dining Room**
Egg Noodles | morels | caviar
By Potong
Greffeuille Lamb Saddle Roulade with Crispy Puff filled with
Red Tofu Braised Neck of Lamb and Fermented Chinese Brassica
By TATE Dining Room
Refreshing Tomato Sorbet with Fraise de bois
By TATE Dining Room
Chrysanthemum
By Potong
Mignardises of Bua Loy | black sesame | soy bean
5 spiced chocolate tart, Lemon Tea Tartlet and Dragon’s Breath Candy
By TATE Dining Room and Potong
Thai Tea or Coffee