Pretty as a picture

A salmon dish looks like a work of art at Ce La Vi, Hong Kong. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Bars, too, have gotten into the act.

At M bar in the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, Agung Prabowo is mixing up cocktails with shocking colors like the paintings of Andy Warhol, to complement the Warhol in China photo exhibition from Monday through March 26. The three art-inspired drinks (each HK$195 or $25), include The Camouflage (Herno gin, Cointreau, lemon, egg white, half and half, raspberry and hibiscus dust) and Velvet Underground, which was particularly inspired by Warhol's iconic 1966 painting Banana.

Meanwhile, at the Langham Hong Kong's Palm Court, pastry chef Matthieu Godard and his culinary team have designed a Blooming Art Afternoon Tea, with a selection of five colorful pastries decorated as a bouquet of blossoms. But on March 25 and 26, the art is you. British illustrator Tanya Bennett, whose fashion vignettes have been featured by prestigious brands such as Christian Louboutin, Cartier and Lane Crawford, will be creating guest's portraits to take home.

Contact the writer at miachaelpeters@chinadaily.com.cn

If you go

BEIJING

Barolo

Art & Gastronomy menu through April at Ritz-Carlton Beijing, 83A Juanguo Road, China Central Place, Chaoyang district. 010-5908-8151.

Tru-M

In Sanlitun Taikooli North N2-16-26; call 15101514820 for information on upcoming events.

HONG KONG

Ce La Vi

Special menu through March 31; 25/F, California Tower, 32 D'Aguilar Street, Central district. 852-3700-2300.

Armani/Aqua

2/F, Landmark Chater (Chater House), 8 Connaught Road, Central district. 852-3583-2828.

Palm Court

Blooming Art Afternoon Tea available from March 21 to May 31; HK$348 for one person and HK$598 for two persons (plus service charge).

Guest portrait experience only offered on March 25 (2:15－6:30 pm) and March 26 (2:15－4:15 pm); at the Langham, 8 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon district. 852-2132-7898.

M bar

Warhol themed cocktails (HK$195) March 13-26; at Mandarin Oriental, 5 Connaught Road, Central district. 852-2825-4002.