This week we have a variety of delicious food ideas for you, including an epic brunch for beef lovers, a brand new Japanese noodle restaurant and a workshop for those with a sweet tooth. As for drinks, we recommend an unusual coffee offering and a strong cocktail spot.

Read on to discover something to add to your food and drink routine this weekend.

1. Conspiracy Chocolate Workshop

Put your treats to work at a two-hour chocolate-making workshop from Conspiracy Chocolate on Sunday 25 August, where you can try out the techniques for processing beans into bars.

The workshop begins with a little explanation of the history and properties of cocoa and the processing of cocoa beans. The various steps are then explained, from winnowing and grinding the beans on stones to tempering and shaping the chocolate.

Each participant can take home four bars of their own homemade chocolate, packaged in Conspiracy Chocolate’s signature packaging.

2. The old bookstore

Shop 1, Ground Floor, Tower 535, 535 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay

3. Men-ya New Old

Cool off with Japan’s hottest noodle trend this summer: Kombusui Tsukemen consists of elastic noodles that are dipped in a seaweed broth (kombu means seaweed, while so means water in Japanese), which has a slightly sticky consistency thanks to the algae.

It is the trademark of Men-ya New Old, recently opened by the team behind popular noodle restaurants Zagin Soba and Maru de Sankaku nearby.

9 Gough Street, Central

4. Carna’s Nose-to-Tail Brunch

Get plenty of protein this weekend with Carna’s nose-to-tail brunch menu.

The 14-course menu is served family style and includes an unlimited number of starters – choices include roast beef tonnatoBeef tartare, warm beef shank salad, mixed bruschetta (Parma ham and spicy beef ragout) and a Caprese salad. The only pasta course, rigatoni with braised beef tripe, pork sausage, mint and pecorino cheese, and the side dishes are also available as all-you-can-eat.

If you make it to the main course – a platter of grilled meats – you can choose from three steak options to accompany Black Angus short ribs and house-made beef and pork sausages.

The epic feast starts at HK$728 (US$93) per person and goes up to HK$888 per person, depending on the steak you choose. The menus are designed for a minimum of two people, but if you want the Carima Costata di Manzo steak, you’ll need to bring three more friends. Complimentary drink options are available from HK$280 per person.

39/F, Mondrian Hong Kong, 8A Hart Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui

5. Bamboo bar

The menu presents Sichuan cuisine with spicy snacks such as hot and sour lotus roots, mala xia (spicy Sichuan-style shrimp) and crispy offal skewers. The bar is currently offering a two-for-one cocktail deal from 5pm to 10pm daily.

Any occasion is good to toast the arrival of the newest panda cubs in Hong Kong, right?

21 D’Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central