Since May 2023, Allstar Communications has partnered with Wynn Resorts to invite star chefs from China and around the world to create the year-long “Wynn Guest Chef Series”, presenting a wide array of exquisite seasonal dishes at Wynn Palace and Wynn Macau. Guest chefs include Chef Zhang Jian, head chef of the Michelin Guide Guangzhou-listed Sichuan restaurant Lan Ting Yong, and Chef Yuan Yongqing, executive chef of Fengtian Fanhua, which specialises in refined Northeastern Chinese cuisine. Together they are staging a series of splendid feasts, and in June the themed series “A Journey Between Mountains and Seas” will invite guests to explore the essence of many regional cuisines with their palates.
Allstar Communications has planned a series of remarkable guest chef residencies at Wynn. The series opened in May with Chef Zhang Jian of Lan Ting Yong, which entered the Michelin Guide Guangzhou just one month after opening. Using seasonal ingredients, Chef Zhang builds on a Sichuan foundation infused with Cantonese flavours, striking a superb balance of spice, numbing heat, umami and saltiness. His dishes include the “Chilled Kung Pao Blue Lobster”, in which Irish blue lobster is poached in a lobster broth to keep a silky, just-set texture and served with a chilled Kung Pao sauce that is sweet, sour and smoky with a lingering finish; “Wok-Seared Water Bamboo”, cooked with the Sichuan flash-sear technique to preserve its flavour and lifted with dried chillies and Sichuan peppercorns; “Cabbage in Consommé”, featuring the hearts of high-altitude baby cabbage with clear broth and slices of Ibérico ham; and “Caviar and Sea Urchin Custard”, a chawanmushi of bafun sea urchin and chicken broth topped with Sichuan caviar, contrasting the flavours of sea and river. The menu also features “Yoshihama Abalone in Chicken Jus” and “Star Grouper with Black Bean Sauce”, among other delicacies.
In mid-May, Chef Yuan Yongqing, executive chef of Fengtian Fanhua, followed with a residency showcasing Northeastern Chinese cuisine, recognised as intangible cultural heritage. Fengtian Fanhua is the high-end flagship of the Northeastern restaurant brand Fengtian Xiaoguan. Building on traditional Northeastern cooking, Chef Yuan brings in the meticulous ingredients and refined presentation of Manchu official cuisine, offering diners an elegant taste of the region. The guest menu included “Tiger Salad with Sea Cucumber”, which combines fresh, spicy crunch with a soft, tender bite; the smooth and springy “Sesame Glass Noodles with Braised Dalian Abalone”; the fragrant “Roasted Deer Tendon with Sweet Potato”; as well as “Fish Maw in Pickled Cabbage Broth”, “Caviar Guo Bao Rou” and “Hazel Mushroom Braised Rice” — bringing together premium ingredients from land and sea in Northeastern specialities where tradition and innovation coexist.
Allstar Communications and Wynn have curated these guest chef feasts with great care. In June, the themed series “A Journey Between Mountains and Seas” invites a renowned Chinese chef each week, including Shanghai’s refined Anhui restaurant Pu Hui, BLS Group’s creative restaurant Pei De, Beijing’s Michelin Guide-listed Chinese–Western fusion restaurant Qu Lang Yuan, Chengdu’s one-Michelin-starred modern Sichuan restaurant Yin Guo, and Shanghai’s Black Pearl one-diamond creative restaurant Hai Wei Guan, each presenting enticing seasonal dishes at Wynn Palace or Wynn Macau.
For details, please visit the Wynn website, or call (853) 8986 3663 (Wynn Macau) or (853) 8889 3663 (Wynn Palace) for reservations and enquiries.
