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Hong Kong restaurants blur the boundary between dining and art

Updated 11:43 PM EDT, Sun September 11, 2016
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Each of the dishes on Popsy Room's eight-course tasting menu is paired with a specific piece of art on the gallery's walls. The exhibition -- thus the menu, too -- changes every third month.
Popsy Room —
Each of the dishes on Popsy Room's eight-course tasting menu is paired with a specific piece of art on the gallery's walls. The exhibition -- thus the menu, too -- changes every third month.
The intense hues of the beetroot caviar in this spiky swordfish dish at Popsy Room are meant to salute Marilyn Monroe's ruby-red lips in Japanese pop-artist Zane Fix's painting "Some Like it Hot."<br />
Bombshell-inspired —
The intense hues of the beetroot caviar in this spiky swordfish dish at Popsy Room are meant to salute Marilyn Monroe's ruby-red lips in Japanese pop-artist Zane Fix's painting "Some Like it Hot."
In this Popsy Room pairing, both chef and artist were inspired by a bright red Japanese sunset. While pop art legend Zane Fix depicts a wailing rockstar in the forefront of bright red shades, the chef placed his confit duck ragu on top of an eye-popping tomato concasse.
Rockstar ragu —
In this Popsy Room pairing, both chef and artist were inspired by a bright red Japanese sunset. While pop art legend Zane Fix depicts a wailing rockstar in the forefront of bright red shades, the chef placed his confit duck ragu on top of an eye-popping tomato concasse.
Bibo's walls are covered in works from 34 contemporary artists including Damien Hirst, Banksy, Jeff Koons, Daniel Arsham, Kaws, Takashi Murakami and Blek Le Rat.
Bibo —
Bibo's walls are covered in works from 34 contemporary artists including Damien Hirst, Banksy, Jeff Koons, Daniel Arsham, Kaws, Takashi Murakami and Blek Le Rat.
Bibo
While Bibo's interior design -- inspired by French Art Deco and an abandoned tramway company -- is intentionally misaligned, the kitchen strives for French culinary perfection.
A luxurious dining dungeon —
While Bibo's interior design -- inspired by French Art Deco and an abandoned tramway company -- is intentionally misaligned, the kitchen strives for French culinary perfection.
Miles Slater
Bibo's bar is managed by mixologist Timothy Ching. His gin and tonic -- which features a combination of five citrus juices, homemade tonic syrup and Passion des Fleurs tea -- won last year's D1 cocktail competition.
Hong Kong's best G&T? —
Bibo's bar is managed by mixologist Timothy Ching. His gin and tonic -- which features a combination of five citrus juices, homemade tonic syrup and Passion des Fleurs tea -- won last year's D1 cocktail competition.
Eating at Duddell's is like attending a dinner party at the home of a renowned art curator who also happens to be a two-star Michelin chef.
Duddell's —
Eating at Duddell's is like attending a dinner party at the home of a renowned art curator who also happens to be a two-star Michelin chef.
Ai Weiwei and London Institute of Contemporary Art executive director Gregor Muir are among guest curators who have put together exhibitions for the restaurant.
Guest curators —
Ai Weiwei and London Institute of Contemporary Art executive director Gregor Muir are among guest curators who have put together exhibitions for the restaurant.
"Our diners appreciate the arts -- not only the artworks exhibited at the restaurant, but also the art of dining," says Duddell's executive chef, Siu Hin Chi.
Cantonese cuisine —
"Our diners appreciate the arts -- not only the artworks exhibited at the restaurant, but also the art of dining," says Duddell's executive chef, Siu Hin Chi.
Dine Art is an open kitchen and art space in the industrial area of Wong Chuk Hang.
Dine Art —
Dine Art is an open kitchen and art space in the industrial area of Wong Chuk Hang.
Michael Perini
"When guests come to Dine Art, a lot of them are very surprised by the gallery," says Italian chef and Dine Art founder Cosimo Taddei. "They could not imagine to find such a magical space in a very old industrial building."
Hidden surprise —
"When guests come to Dine Art, a lot of them are very surprised by the gallery," says Italian chef and Dine Art founder Cosimo Taddei. "They could not imagine to find such a magical space in a very old industrial building."
Michael Perini
Works by Frederick Ronald Williams -- one of the 20th century's major landscape painters -- and Zao Wou Ki -- a Chinese-French painter and member of Paris' Académie des Beaux-Arts -- are on permanent display.
Dine Art's collection —
Works by Frederick Ronald Williams -- one of the 20th century's major landscape painters -- and Zao Wou Ki -- a Chinese-French painter and member of Paris' Académie des Beaux-Arts -- are on permanent display.
Michael Perini
Taddei was born in Florence, where he attended the Buontalenti Culinary School. But it was as a poor 20-year-old backpacker that he really learned how to cook. "I worked as a cook in every place I visited -- from Mexico to Guatemala, New Zealand and Australia," he says.
Learning on the road —
Taddei was born in Florence, where he attended the Buontalenti Culinary School. But it was as a poor 20-year-old backpacker that he really learned how to cook. "I worked as a cook in every place I visited -- from Mexico to Guatemala, New Zealand and Australia," he says.
Philipp Engelhorn

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