8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana Hong Kong

Awards

OAD

Asian Restaurants 2022, 73

All OAD Asian in Hong Kong All OAD Asian in China

The World’s

50 Best

Asia`s 50 Best Restaurants 2023, #70

All Asia`s 50 Best in Hong Kong All Asia`s 50 Best in China

Chef

Umberto Bombana

Cuisine

Italian

• 2017
• 2016

8 / 10

Lifetime Achievement Award dinner

on 13 Feb 2017

by Peter Chang

Invitation dinner to celebrate Umberto Bombana being awarded the Diners Club Lifetime Achievement Award for Asia.

One of my better meals at this fine restaurant, which has always delivered tasty dishes even if I have only felt it worthy of 3 stars only once.

Full post on this special dinner is here:
http://www.diarygrowingboy.com/2017/02/a-lifetime-of-achievements.html

8 / 10

Lunch at 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana

on 27 Apr 2016

by Gerhard Huber

For some reason in my ideal Italian restaurant you come in, meet the Chef who looks like somebody who really likes to eat and drink, especially his own food, you don’t look at the menu but discuss with the Chef what you are about to eat. He asks how you feel and how much you want to eat and in a few short, delicious minutes together you have designed the ideal menu for yourself.

Chef Umberto Bombana although he runs the only 3 star Italian restaurant outside Italy is such a Chef. The wine sommelier... More

For some reason in my ideal Italian restaurant you come in, meet the Chef who looks like somebody who really likes to eat and drink, especially his own food, you don’t look at the menu but discuss with the Chef what you are about to eat. He asks how you feel and how much you want to eat and in a few short, delicious minutes together you have designed the ideal menu for yourself.

Chef Umberto Bombana although he runs the only 3 star Italian restaurant outside Italy is such a Chef. The wine sommelier matches his skills and selected super interesting white and red wines to match the food.

The asparagus ravioli (lower left) is in my book a bench mark dish, it cannot be done better. Very well done! Less