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Milan star

Guest chef Carlo Cracco, an icon of Milan's cooking scene, will take over the kitchen at Tosca for dinner Nov 3 and lunch and dinner Nov 4 and 5. Cracco is a lively judge on MasterChef Italia, as well as Hell's Kitchen Italia, and he will present dishes from his Michelin-starred Cracco-Peck restaurant, including prawns, salted pistachio and beetroot; marinated egg yolk, pappa al pomodoro and vegetables; amberjack with vanilla white, green and purple asparagus; and chocolate, lentils and peas. Prices range from HK$588 ($76) for a three-course lunch menu to HK$2,180 for a seven-course dinner menu.

Tosca in the Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong; International Commerce Center, 1 Austin Road West,

Kowloon district. 852-226-2270.

LONDON

Zodiac inspiration

HKK, Hakkasan's upscale sibling, has just launched a new eight-course tasting-menu series inspired by the 24 terms of the Chinese solar calendar. The solar terms are based on the sun's position in the zodiac and play an important role in Chinese culture and cuisine. The menu will be refreshed every two months to reflect seasonality and the relevant solar terms. The current menu focuses on the Bailu, meaning white dew, which indicates the beginning of cool autumn. It features spiny lobster and pumpkin soup and uses one of the most opulent ingredients in China, fish maw, containing a host of nutrients that are beneficial to the body and skin.

88 Worship Street, Broadgate Quarter, behind London Liverpool Street Station, +44 (0)20-3535-1888.