The buzz: Towngas Avenue’s revamped store features a whole new restaurant celebrating the art of gas cookery.

The décor: Cooking on high heat over an open flame is supposed to give food (especially Cantonese food) the desired “wok flavor,” so the restaurant is done up in shades of red, orange and brown to evoke the heat of flame-cooking.

The drinks: A wine list selling mainly wines by the bottle, Lavazza coffee, fair-trade teas and some unusual cocktails such as Gin Green Peace and Vodka Red Forest.

The food: The menu is designed by two local celebrity chefs: Jacky Yu of Xi Yan designed the Chinese side while Ricky Cheung of Le Mieux Bistro put together the Western side. For a touch of the old school, three items (braised abalone with sea urchin, roasted French chicken and a baked Alaska) are flambéed tableside.

Why you’ll come back: Flame has a private dining room where you can bring in your own ingredients and have a dish created for you, request a chef demo at $500 per dish, or host your own dinner party and cook for your friends—with the added benefit of having top-of-the-line cookware at your disposal and no clean-up afterwards.

59-65 Paterson St., Causeway Bay, 2367-2710.