Amber

90th Best Restaurant in the World 2010

Amber is one of Hong Kong’s most celebrated restaurants, located in the decadent surroundings of Landmark Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong. At Amber, diners can sample truly innovative dishes created by Richard Ekkebus and his team. Chef Richard’s culinary creations combine perfectly with Amber’s original interior conceived by iconic designer Adam Tihany. In a city renowned throughout the world for its quality and variety of cuisine, Amber offers the best of modern French cuisine in an elegant and stylish setting.

Trained in the conventions of classic French cuisine, Richard is much admired for his fresh ideas and innovative spirit. Thus Amber’s cuisine, while built on a solid foundation of traditional French cooking, nevertheless evinces a contemporary and light feel. Here the focus is on superior produce and ingredients in time-honoured dishes with a new twist.

Richard takes particular pride in the superb quality of his ingredients. “There is no compromise regarding quality,” he assures. “At Amber, we are committed to using the finest and freshest ingredients sourced from all parts of the world. Great emphasis also is placed on beautiful, creative presentations employing varying food textures and colours.”

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Richard began his illustrious career via an apprenticeship in his native Holland under Michelin-starred chefs Hans Snijders and Robert Kranenborg. In Holland, he won the prestigious Golden Chef’s Hat for “Young Chef of the Year”, an honour that encouraged him to further perfect his art under the tutelage of some of the greatest three-star chefs in France, including Pierre Gagnaire, Alain Passard and Guy Savoy.

With a strong desire to explore world cuisines, Richard embarked on a journey that saw him hold executive chef positions first at the Royal Palm in Mauritius and then at The Sandy Lane in Barbados. He accepted the same role for The Landmark Mandarin Oriental in 2005.

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