Thank Your Mum at 1908BC this Mother’s Day
As dine-in dinners resume, the contemporary Chinese restaurant presents a spectacular Mother’s Day menu to celebrate the leading lady in your life on a night out
A time for families to come together, Mother’s Day is particularly special to 1908BC. Growing up with her mother’s cooking in the UK, the founder Suzanna grew up in a British-influenced Chinese traditions which encouraged her to open her very own restaurant inspired by this unique cuisine. This holiday, she brings the nostalgic dishes she grew up with to her Sheung Wan restaurant with two very special menus to honour her mum and all mothers out there. As evening dine-in restrictions are lifted, each item on the menu is carefully chosen and are celebratory dishes that are best devoured in a restaurant setting, making 1908BC the place to go this Mother’s Day.
Leaning towards the more traditional dishes Suzanna grew up with at home, the Old Hong Kong Mother’s Day Menu (HK$620 per person) for minimum of 4 or more, is a 8-course feast for families of four or more. Treat mum to much-loved hearty comfort dishes she will revel in including time-honoured classics. To start, the nourishing Double Boiled Pork and Hairy Fig Soup sets the tone with its full-flavoured broth brewed for hours to bring out the unique taste of the various ingredients. One of mum’s best kept beauty secret recipes is the Fish Maw with Chinese Mushrooms in Abalone Sauce, featuring the protein and collagen-rich ingredient that all mums will be thankful for. An at-home favourite, the ‘ketchup prawns’ are elevated at 1908BC substituting with Giant River Prawns in a Tangy Tomato Sauce; the zest and brightness of the tomatoes enhance the sweet brininess of the prawns and bring out the wok hei of the dish.
Other mouth-watering dishes from the menu include the popular Steamed Scallops with Vermicelli slathered in a garlic puree, 1908BC Roasted Soy Sauce Whole Chicken, Seasonal Greens with Cordyceps Flowers in Broth, Conpoy Egg White Fried Rice and Chef’s Specialty Dessert.
For those who are looking for a more modernised British Chinese affair, the New Hong Kong Mother’s Day Menu (HK$480 per person) for four or more, focuses on more British and contemporary take of the traditional dishes. Starting off with a bang, three appetizers including the Crispy Wonton served with house red sauce, Honey Pork Ribs, and the restaurant’s most ordered golden Butterfly Prawn Toast. The Crispy Aromatic Duck is a chip shop stable also an imperative dish for a visit to 1908BC; the crackling skin and juicy meat is best enjoyed enveloped in a Chinese pancake with cucumber, scallion and a generous dollop of flavourful sweet duck sauce. Crispy Shredded Beef is another of the restaurant’s most revered dish uses strips of tenderised flank steak flash fried to crunchy and chewy strands before being coated in a homemade sweet and sour tangy sauce with sweet peppers and onions.
Also included in the New Hong Kong Mother’s Day Menu is the mouth-watering Stir Fried Chicken with Cashews, Sweet and Sour Vegetables, Char Siu Chow Mein and finally the Chef’s Dessert to end.
Available starting from 5th May to 8th May, the two special Mother’s Day menus will surely delight mum as she enjoys a complimentary glass of prosecco, and more importantly, a night off from cooking and relishes in the flavoursome and aromatic meal with the ones she loves.