THE FACTS ABOUT SPOON BY ALAIN DUCASSE

China Hong_Kong

Multi-starred visionary Alain Ducasse opened the easternmost outpost of his mix-and-match Spoon restaurant in the InterContinental hotel in Kowloon a year ago. London, of course, has its own branch, but it doesn't spoon-feed you with dazzling harvour views as you lounge on mink-cushioned sofas and eel-skin-upholstered chairs in a leather and chrome bar. Dine on farfalle, chanterelles and pimento under a ceiling of 550 hand-blown Venetian glass spoons. How very Ducasse. How very Hong Kong. CONTACT InterContinental Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui (00 852 2313 2256). About £170 for two with wine