Wine dinners often come with a pretty hefty price tag, but this particular wine dinner – a collaboration between Frantzén’s Kitchen, two-Michelin-starred chef Björn Frantzén’s first venture outside Sweden, and fine wines importer L’Imperatrice – will set diners back for $36,000 per person. The one-of-a-kind, one-night-only dinner will feature a specially curated 13-course menu by Frantzén’s Kitchen’s chef Jim Löfdahl, and a careful selection of wines from the legendary Burgundy estate Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) to be paired with the dishes.
The dinner will be held on March 11, 7pm to 9pm. Seats are very limited, so gourmets and oenophiles who are interested in going may want to hurry up and register at frantzen@imperatrice.com.hk with the number of seats you’d like to reserve. Once a seat is allocated, payment is required within 48 hours to secure your spot.
Here’s the menu: (subject to change)
Sweetcorn chawanmushi with fermented mushroom jûs, sea urchin & herring caviar
French toast with truffle & vacche rosse
Scallop sashimi with daikon, lavender & rosemary
Deep-fried Scottish langoustine with puffed Koshihikari rice & birch-tree mayonnaise
Norwegian king crab with textures of carrot, finger lime, yuzu olive oil & chrysanthemum
Pan-seared foie gras with Medjool dates, saffron & cinnamon
Blue lobster with girolle & dehydrated apricot purée, tarragon emulsion
Crumbled sweetbreads, artichokes, citrus flavours and homemade liquorice
Blackened halibut, cabbage veloutè, escargot pearls and frog leg
Blood orange sorbet, pink pepper and Champagne
BBQ Kobe beef with brioche truffle sauce and haricot vert
Hidden mandarin sorbet
Viola mousse, pistachio oil semi-dry beetroot and hibiscus
Wines
DRC, Hautes Cotes de Nuits Bourgogne Blanc 2012
DRC, Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Duvault Blochet 2009
DRC, Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Duvault Blochet 2006
DRC, Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 2006
DRC, Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 2003
DRC, La Tache Monopole Grand Cru 2003
DRC, Romanee Conti Grand Cru 2007
Frantzén’s Kitchen
11 Upper Station Street, Sheung Wan
Tel: 2559 8508
