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• 14/F Amaroni’s Little Italy Classic American-Italian fare. Spaghetti with meat-a-balls and the like.
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• 13/F Le Salon Restaurant & Croissanterie A charming French establishment with a cozy 40-seat French restaurant serving classics such as beef tartare with fries and hearty French onion soup with steamed langoustine. Next to the restaurant is a croissanterie – all croissants are baked in house using quality butter and flour imported from France. They come in a variety of flavours including chestnut, chocolate, caramel and tiramisu. 2115 3328. • 12/F The Dining Room A modern Shanghainese dining experience with some traditional twists and favourites thrown in.
• 8-10/F Eslite 24-hour bookstore Taiwanese mega-bookstore Eslite takes up a whopping three-storeys. Chronic bookworms can browse for hours as Eslite is open until 2am on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
• 6/F Garden of Eden A gallery designed exclusively for the ladies, boasting everything from lingerie and shoes to mani-pedi experts. You’ll have fun, trust us.
Image from DLN Architects & Engineers
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• 11/F Kitchen 11 Hysan Place takes the traditional food court to new heights. Get your fix of Honeymoon Dessert, Pepper Lunch, Izumi Curry, Ganpachi Ramen, Shiok!, Triple O’s and more.
• 7/F An entire floor dedicated to shoes. ‘Nuff said.
• 2/F Concierge service Hate waiting in line for a seat at your favourite restaurant? Check in with the concierge and keep shopping – display screens on each floor will inform you when your table is ready.
STATS & FACTS 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay Completed in 2012 40,000 square metres of retail space over 15 floors and a further 15 floors of offices with full sea view. The first private initiative to create one of Hong Kong’s most sustainable commercial buildings.
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The first composite retail mall and office building to be Pre-Certified LEED Platinum by the US Green Building Council. Awarded a merit in the new building category in the 2012 Hong Kong Green Building Awards. Designed by Hong Kong-based architects, DLN. www.dln.com.hk.
• Basement Jasons Food & Living The 20,000-square-foot food utopia makes grocery shopping epic with murals by Hong Kong artists, a soundtrack hand picked by music therapists and uniforms by G.O.D.