ONE MICHELIN-STARRED CRISTAL ROOM BY ANNE-SOPHIE PIC CELEBRATES MAY WITH NEW À LA CARTE MENU AND LE FRENCH GOURMAY SHOWCASE

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<<Hong Kong, 12^th May, 2025>> – Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic, a collaboration between Leading Nation Hospitality, Baccarat, and celebrated French chef Anne-Sophie Pic, is thrilled to announce the launch of its new à la carte menu for lunch and dinner service. This initiative highlights the intention to offer guests the opportunity to further personalize their culinary experience, introducing a wider range of choices and flexibility. This shift also considers those with busy schedules, providing alternatives to shorten dining time.

Recently awarded with “Best New Restaurant Opening” + “Top 30 Restaurants of Hong Kong” by Harpers Bazaar Hong Kong – Bazaar Elite Taste 2025, Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic presents elegant gastronomy carefully curated by the world’s most decorated MICHELIN-starred female chef, Anne-Sophie Pic. Spearheading the kitchen operations is Head Chef Marc Mantovani and Pastry Chef Leo Faler, leading a skilled team to deliver culinary excellence. While the front of house ensures impeccable service, the sommelier team oversees a stellar beverage program crafted together with Pic executive chef sommelier, Paz Levinson.

A New A La Carte Menu Offering Personalisation for Guests

Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic now offers greater dining flexibility with an enticing new à la carte menu, complementing the signature 6-course “Voyage” dinner tasting menu, exclusively for lunch and dinner. With a required minimum order of three courses, the buildable à la carte menu adds a fresh dimension to the exceptional culinary journey at Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic.

À la carte dishes include appetizers such as Frog Legs Meuniere (HK$488), a union of cauliflower myriad consommé flavored with Laksa and lapsang souchong. The Green Asparagus from Jerome Galis (HK$588), is marinated with kaffir lime leaves with a bavaroise flavored with Sichuan pepper; while the Salsify from Eric Roy (HK$428) presents an elegant combination of salsify from Eric Roy’s organic farm in Loire Valley, infused with honey, beer, and lardo, and a velvety sabayon of yuzu, cacao nibs, and black sesame.

Introducing this season’s innovative iteration of Cheffe Anne-Sophie Pic’s iconic Les Berlingots carried over from Maison Pic in Valence, Les Berlingots ASP© (HK$488) features triangular pasta parcels filled with Comté cheese aged 24 months, champignons de Paris consommé infused with coffee and sobacha. Exploring treasures from the sea, the Glazed Red Mullet (HK$688) is served with eggplant caviar and ponzu with a beurre rouge flavoured with assam and buddha amacha tea.

From the land, the succulent French Aveyron Lamb (HK$728) infused with tonka and cherry blossom , served with a seaweed tartlet, broccoli and kaffir lime. The jewel of the menu, the Bresse Pigeon (HK$988 for two), is a decadent creation of eucalyptus-smoked pigeon, stuffed with foie gras, and served with pomme soufflé and pigeon jus.

Conclude with sublime desserts such as Le Millefeuille Blanc (HK$288), which enchants with layers of candied ginger, crispy tuile, finished with genmaicha crémeux and geranium chantilly. Indulge in the Mekonga Chocolate (HK$248), a luscious chocolate mousse infused with mint, served alongside Pandan sorbet crunchy cocoa, and coconut tapioca pudding. The Coffee Beans Baba (HK$248) features rum-soaked cake complemented by marigold gel and passion fruit sorbet. Lastly, the Chantecler Apple (HK$198) presents poached apple infused with balsamic vinegar and sobacha, boasting whisky accents and a decadent salted caramel sauce.

Le French GourMay 4-Course Menu on Mondays-Thursdays from 1-31 May

On Mondays to Thursdays throughout the month of May, Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic presents an exquisite Le French GourMay four-course tasting menu that reflects Chef Pic’s signature blend of precision, elegance, and unexpected harmony. The journey begins with Green Asparagus from Jérôme Galis, marinated with combawa leaves and paired with a Sichuan pepper-infused bavaroise, followed by the iconic Les Berlingots ASP — pasta parcels filled with 24-month-aged Comté cheese, served in a Paris mushroom consommé subtly perfumed with coffee and sobacha. The main course spotlights Aveyron Lamb, beautifully infused with tonka and cherry blossom, accompanied by a seaweed tartlet with broccoli and combawa. To finish, the ethereal Le Millefeuille Blanc. The menu is priced at HK$1,280 and includes a welcome Serendipity cocktail.

Le French GourMay is Hong Kong and Macau’s annual French gastronomy festival, organised by Business France under the French May Arts Festival. Celebrating a different region of France each year, the event highlights the richness and diversity of French culinary traditions through exclusive menus, wine pairings, and gourmet experiences curated by top restaurants and chefs.

For bookings, please visit website at HERE.

Signature Lunch and Dinner Tasting Menus Remain at Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic

As always, the current tasting menus at Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic are a seasonal celebration of the finest cuisine, rooted in Cheffe Anne-Sophie Pic’s signature French expertise while artfully infused with regional influences. The 3-course “Savoir-Faire” lunch set, starting from HK$680, offers delights like Japanese prawn chawanmushi with marigold and tarragon, and poached Chantecler apple with whisky salted caramel sauce.

For an indulgent evening with a spectacular view of Hong Kong’s renowned Victoria Harbour, the 6-course “Voyage” dinner tasting menu, starting from HK$2,280, presents dishes such as Cheffe Anne-Sophie Pic’s signature Les Berlingots ASP©, pasta parcels filled with comté cheese aged 24 months swimming in onion consommé, and wild venison from Alsace with mint and glazed Jerusalem artichoke. Elevate the dining experience further with beverage pairings starting from HK$288 for lunch and HK$888 for dinner.

Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic is open for lunch from Tuesday – Saturday and for dinner from Monday – Saturday. For reservations / bookings at Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic, please visit website at HERE.

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About Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic

One MICHELIN-starred Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic represents a groundbreaking collaboration between Baccarat, the iconic crystal manufacturer and creator of enchanting worlds, Anne-Sophie Pic, the world’s most Michelin starred female chef, and Leading Nation Hospitality in Hong Kong. This remarkable restaurant, opened in mid-November 2023, seamlessly blends the realms of hospitality, design, and gastronomy. Conceived by Gilles et Boissier, the renowned Paris-based architecture and interior design studio behind Baccarat Hotel in New York, the 40-seat venue offers a breathtaking panoramic view of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour and showcase the culinary know-how with the open kitchen.

Anne-Sophie Pic, acclaimed for her culinary finesse and renowned for her concept and cuisine philosophy of “Suffusion”, brings her unmatched exquisite sensibilities, perfect balance, and striking flavour combinations to the Cristal Room. Throughout her unique creations, together with her head chef Marc Mantovani, she invites guests to savour dishes that reflect her French identity while showcasing Asia as a re-appropriation of her own traditions. Beverage creations, extension of Anne-Sophie Pic signature, are imagined with Paz Levinson to create a symbiosis between dishes and drinks. In the same pursuit of perfection, Anne-Sophie Pic and Eric Verbauwhede, created artful expressions of the chef’s culinary philosophy in the realm of pastry.

At the entrance, guests are greeted by a mesmerizing chandelier engulfed in flames. This stunning display symbolizes the harmonious fusion of the four elemental forces – fire, air, earth, and water – that serve as the foundation for all Baccarat creations.

About Forty-Five

Forty-Five located in LANDMARK is the most exciting art, culinary and lifestyle destination in a generation. The sprawling space atop Gloucester Tower houses five new experiential concepts, including MICHELIN-recommended The Merchants, Kaen Teppanyaki, Cardinal Point, One MICHELIN-starred Cristal Room by Anne-Sophie Pic, and private members’ club, the Gloucester Arts Club.

Address: 43/F Gloucester Tower, LANDMARK, 15 Queen’s Road Central

About Leading Nation Hospitality

Founded in 2016 by entrepreneurs Gerald Li and Kevin Poon, the Hong Kong-based hospitality group Leading Nation specialises in eclectic F&B with a focus on éclat and design, all of which combine to craft unique culinary experiences. Young, dynamic and with a proven track record of world-class operations, Leading Nation’s award-winning portfolio of concepts including Elephant Grounds, The Diplomat, Wagyumafia, and more, have grown from Hong Kong to cities including Chengdu, Guangzhou, Manila, and Tokyo.

About PIC and Chef Anne-Sophie Pic

Anne-Sophie Pic, the world’s most Michelin starred female chef, is known for her exquisite sensibilities, perfect balance, and striking flavour combinations, which achieve superlative equilibrium between powerful tastes and their delicate expressions. Her unique legacy is founded in grace and audacity – a bold openness to the world and a reverence for the earth and those who cultivate it.   At the heart of Anne-Sophie Pic’s creativity is her concept and cuisine philosophy called “Suffusion”.  Suffusion happens when aromas enter a new flow, expressing themselves at their very best, through astonishing new tastes and sensations, through the use of different techniques from the French culinary tradition such as marination, infusion, steeping, or smoking.

Anne-Sophie Pic holds 3 Michelin stars in her gastronomic Pic*** restaurant in Valence, France where the family house has been located for three generations. With Anne-Sophie Pic in charge of the creation and David Sinapian, her husband, at the head of the company, they turned Pic into a group dedicated to luxury restaurants and high-end F&B experiences.

Follow the Pic universe on social media @annesophiepic @pic-valence @ladamedepicparis

About Baccarat

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