Hong Kong: Modern American Fare at Lily & Bloom

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As sultry as a Prohibition-era speakeasy, Lily & Bloom (5-6/F, Hotel LKF, 55 D’Aguilar St., Central; 852/2810-6166; lily-bloom.com) is easily the hottest venue to open in Hong Kong this year. It’s also deliciously two-faced. Upstairs, Lily, a bar dressed in discreetly lit timber and iron, is home to some of the city’s top mixologists, who serve up classics like an Old Fashioned made from 23-year-old Zacapa rum. Combine that with deep booths, a bar menu featuring deep-fried quail on corn bread and foie gras torchon, and a hidden room called the Blind Pig (home to an enviable selection of Cuban cigars), and it’s a wonder anyone makes it downstairs.

But make it you should, for Bloom rekindles faith in “Modern American” cuisine with every mouthful. The restaurant’s main dining room has the feel of a chic New York bistro from the ’50s, with its tiled floor, oysters on ice, and scurrying black-clad waiters. The compact menu, like the service, is blessedly unpretentious, with standouts such as roasted bone marrow and Iberico pork chops with sage marmalade. –Nicholas Walton

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