Special Occasions

Double Fifth festival and celebrating Northern Chinese cooking

The ‘Double Fifth Festival’ is also known by other names such as Duanwu Festival or Dragon Boat Festival, but due to the festival falling on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar, it has gained the popular name of ‘Double Fifth’.

There are various legends about the origins of this festival. The most familiar story is in regards to observing the death of poet Chu Yuan, who drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 278 B.C. Dragon boat races are held on this day, symbolic of the attempt to rescue Chu Yuan.

The ‘Double Fifth’ taste journey begins…

With the Double Fifth festival only a few weeks away, we are excited to start sharing with you the dishes which will form our special menu – five courses each exploring one of the five tastes.
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Celebrating Double Fifth: five dishes, five tastes

Hutong Monkfish fillet in sour broth

Saturday 20th June is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month or ‘Double Fifth’, a very special date in the Chinese calendar. The Double Fifth is the day of the traditional Dragon Boat Festival, an ancient tradition dating back to the death of China’s revered patriot poet Qu Yuan on that day in 278BC. In despair at hearing of the capture of his beloved country’s capital, Yuan committed ritual suicide by wading into the Miluo river.
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Join us over the Christmas holidays!

With Christmas only a week away, we wanted to share with you our opening hours over the festive season as we very much hope that you will make a visit to Hutong part of your celebrations!
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Introducing our 8 new anniversary dishes

Since we opened in June 2013, there have been very few changes to the a la carte menu at Hutong, a reflection of the enduring popularity of many dishes. But knowing our guests’ appetite for discovering the flavours of northern China, to mark our first anniversary of opening we have introduced eight new dishes which we are sure will quickly become as popular as those they join.
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The Hutong Anniversary Cup is won!

Thousands of spectators turned out on Sunday 29th June to enjoy the colourful spectacle of the London Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival – and we were among them. Not just to watch though – we were also there to present the Hutong Anniversary Cup for the very first time!
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Bing Cha cocktails at Hutong's Shanghai Bar

The Jade Emperor cocktail at Hutong's Shanghai Bar

The full dim sum menu is available at lunchtime at Hutong

The pleasure of new cocktails

A cocktail in our Shanghai Bar, whether before or after dining or as an indulgence on its own, has always been one of the pleasures of visiting Hutong. Now, to mark our first anniversary of opening, we hope to further enhance the pleasure with an all-new cocktail list and the introduction of dim sum service in the bar.

Try your luck – you could win a duck!

To celebrate the first anniversary of our opening, which falls on June 26th, for the whole of that week we will be offering every table of diners the chance to win a celebratory prize – a whole roasted Peking duck to share!
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Crowds enjoying the London Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

Family entertainment includes traditional lion dancing

Teams can compete for the Hutong Anniversary Cup!

Announcing the Hutong Anniversary Cup!

To celebrate both the first anniversary of our opening later this month and the ancient tradition of the Dragon Boat Festival, we are excited to announce our sponsorship of the Hutong Anniversary Cup at the London Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, starting from 2014.
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Beef braised in aged vinegar and ginger with vegetable rice

Traditional zongzi sweet glutinous rice dumplings

Suzhou and zongzi conclude our ‘Double Fifth’ odyssey

Our very special ‘Double Fifth’ menu marking the Dragon Boat Festival is available from today until Monday 2nd June, and the final stop on our culinary tour of China is Suzhou, in the east of the country about 6o miles from Shanghai.

Suzhou is best known for its exquisite gardens and the canal network, now sadly mostly lost to development, for which the city was once known as ‘the Venice of the Orient’. The gardens however remain, and their delicate appearance is reflected in the subtlety of the region’s cuisine.
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